US Prez: Full report on Khashoggi on Tues
US President Donald Trump has said he had spoken with the CIA chief on the agency’s assessment of the killing of Jamal Khashoggi and that there will be a “very full report” by Tuesday, amid reports that it had held the powerful Saudi Crown Prince responsible for the murder of the dissident scribe.
In an interaction with reporters in California on Saturday, Trump said he spoke with Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director Gina Haspel, who has been studying this case very closely. “It’s a horrible thing that took place, the killing of a journalist... It should never have happened,” Trump said.
About reports the CIA had assessed role by the Crown Prince, the President said, “They haven’t assessed anything yet. It’s too early. That was a very a premature report.” “We’ll be having a very full report over the next two days, probably Monday or Tuesday.” More definitely there would be “a report on Tuesday,” Trump said.
The report will address what “we think the overall impact was and who caused it, and who did it.” “In the meantime we’re doing things to some people that we know for a fact were involved and we’re being very tough on a lot of people,” he added.
Trump said he has been fully briefed on an audio tape of Khashoggi’s murder but does not want to listen to it himself. “Because it’s a suffering tape. It's a terrible tape. It was very violent, very vicious and terrible.”