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The Saudi “investigation” of the disappearance of #JamalKhashoggi does not exist.

Rather, President Trump and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo are conspiring with the Saudi leadership, buying time for them to build a cover story. wapo.st/2CVGLUl
The Saudi leadership under King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, like the Turkish government, knows what happened to Jamal.

So do Trump and his top aides. They have access to U.S. intelligence reports that are being withheld from Congress. wapo.st/2CVGLUl
The basics have been widely reported.

The Turks say they have audio and video recordings that show what happened to Jamal. Experts say it is unthinkable that the operation would have been carried out without the crown prince’s knowledge and approval. wapo.st/2CVGLUl
So, as we said, there is no investigation; the crown prince cannot investigate himself.

Accountability for Mohammed bin Salman and his associates will likely require action independent of Saudi Arabia and the Trump administration. wapo.st/2CVGLUl
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💣Complicit💣

Let this sink in...

Kush urged Trump to stand by MBS, & argued that outrage over Khashoggi’s brutal murder “will pass, like the kidnapping of Lebanon’s PM & the killing of a busload of children by a Saudi airstrike.

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