President Trump and top Cabinet officials have completely obscured and slow-rolled their own intelligence community’s conclusion about the Saudis' killing of Washington Post Global Opinions columnist Jamal Khashoggi. The resolution by Corker (Tenn.) says, among other things: “The Senate … believes Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is responsible for the murder of Jamal Khashoggi.”Ahmed Bedier, the head of the Justice for Jamal campaign, speaks during a memorial for slain journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Washington on Nov. 2. “That being said, we may never know all of the facts surrounding the murder of Mr. Jamal Khashoggi. In any case, our relationship is with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.”Thursday’s resolution is the Senate saying, with a unified voice, that’s simply not good enough. We pretty much know it won’t pass the resolution calling for pulling out of Yemen, but it could join in rebuking the Trump administration on the crown prince.

Source: Washington Post December 13, 2018 21:22 UTC