Pompeo says in meetings with Saudi leaders he “stressed the importance of them conducting a complete investigation into the disappearance of Jamal Khashoggi and they made a commitment. They said they would do that...”
2/ “...They said there would be a thorough, complete, transparent investigation. We’ll all see the results of that. They made a commitment that they would show the entire world the results of their investigation. They also indicated they would get this done quickly...
3/“...I don’t know the precise timeline, but they indicated that they understood the importance of getting that done in a timely rapid fashion so that they could begin to answer important questions....”
4/ Q: Did they tell you what happened to Khashoggi?
“Only that they were going to conduct a thorough, complete, transparent investigation. They made a commitment to to hold anyone connected to any wrongdoing found accountable whether they are a senior officer or official...
“Only that they were going to conduct a thorough, complete, transparent investigation. They made a commitment to to hold anyone connected to any wrongdoing found accountable whether they are a senior officer or official...
5/ Q: Including a member of the royal family?
“They made no exceptions as to who they would hold accountable...they were very clear. They understand the importance of this issue...
“They made no exceptions as to who they would hold accountable...they were very clear. They understand the importance of this issue...
6/ Q: And did they say that Mr. Khashoggi is alive or dead?
“I don’t want to talk about any of the facts. They didn’t want to either and that they want to have to opportunity to complete this investigation in a thorough way...
“I don’t want to talk about any of the facts. They didn’t want to either and that they want to have to opportunity to complete this investigation in a thorough way...
7/ crosstalk Q: Do you believe the denials?
“I think that’s a reasonable thing to do to give them that opportunity and then we’ll all get to judge. We’ll all get to evaluate that work that they do.”
“I think that’s a reasonable thing to do to give them that opportunity and then we’ll all get to judge. We’ll all get to evaluate that work that they do.”
8/ ...Q: And what happens if the Saudis are found to be involved?
“We talked about the importance of the investigation, completing it in a timely fashion and making sure that it was sufficiently transparent that we could evaluate the work that had been done...
“We talked about the importance of the investigation, completing it in a timely fashion and making sure that it was sufficiently transparent that we could evaluate the work that had been done...
9/ “... to get to the bottom of it so that was the purpose of the visit in that since it was incredibly successful. We received commitments that they would complete this and I am counting on them to do that.”
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