Trump on Saudi Journalist Khashoggi: “The Worst Cover Up in History of Cover Ups.”

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President Donald Trump, addressing reporters in the Oval Office, criticized the Saudi operation that killed Jamal Khashoggi, calling it one of the “worst in the history of cover-ups.” Saudi Arabia has claimed Khashoggi, a writer for The Washington Post who wrote critically about Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, died accidentally in a brawl at the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul on October 2. But Turkish officials say a 15-man team tortured, killed and dismembered the writer, and that Saudi officials had planned the killing for days. Saudi Arabia denies the allegations.