Khashoggi’s fiancée seeks Trump’s help
WASHINGTON » The Turkish fiancée of Jamal Khashoggi called Friday for President Donald Trump’s help in pressuring Saudi Arabia to reveal the location of the slain journalist’s body, even as she criticized the U.S. administration for its dealings with the kingdom.
Hatice Cengiz made her appeal in a video message to a memorial in Washington where friends and activists marked one month since Khashoggi’s death and paid tribute to his advocacy for democratic change in the Arab world. Cengiz urged Trump to support Turkey’s request for Saudi Arabia to extradite those it has detained in connection with the killing of the 59-yearold columnist for The Washington Post.
“I would like him to support Turkey’s efforts in trying to bring light to this situation and to discover the whereabouts of his body,” said Cengiz, who was waiting outside the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul on Oct. 2 when the journalist went inside to obtain paperwork for their planned marriage, never to re-emerge.
U.S. evangelicals, Saudi crown prince meet
A group of U.S. evangelical figures, including several of Trump’s evangelical advisers, met Thursday in Riyadh with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, whose role in the killing of Khashoggi remains unclear.
In a statement that included smiling photos, the group said, “It is our desire to lift up the name of Jesus whenever we are asked and wherever we go.”
The American group was led by Joel Rosenberg, an evangelical political strategist-turned-novelist who lives in Israel and writes books about biblical prophesies. Others in the delegation were former U.S. Congresswoman Michele Bachmann; Jerry A. Johnson, president and CEO of National Religious Broadcasters; Michael Little, former president and COO of the Christian Broadcasting Network; writer Mike Evans; Skip Heitzig, a New Mexico pastor; and former NRB CEO Wayne Pederson.