The Saudi government said it fired five top officials and arrested 18 other Saudis as a result of an investigation showing that Washington Post contributing columnist Jamal Khashoggi died in a fistfight in the country’s consulate. President Trump responded to the Saudi announcement, saying “I think it’s a great first step.”
The assertions increased pressure on the Trump administration to mount an independent investigation into Khashoggi’s death.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has kept focusing attention on what Turkish officials called a brazen, state-sponsored assassination on Turkey’s soil.
Khashoggi, a contributing columnist for The Post, disappeared after he entered the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul on Oct. 2. (Video: The Post; photo: AP)
The criticism clashes with President Trump’s desire to continue to export planes, missiles and tanks to the kingdom, which he said is vital for the American economy and national security.
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