Trump ‘not satisfied’ with answers to Khashoggi’s death

President Donald Trump on Monday said that the U.S. currently has “top intelligence people in Turkey” and that “we will know very soon” what happened with Khashoggi. | Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images

President Donald Trump on Monday said he is “not satisfied” with findings from investigations into Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi’s death at a Saudi Consulate in Turkey.

“I am not satisfied with what I’ve heard,” the president said outside the White House on his way to Joint Base Andrews.

Khashoggi, a Saudi journalist who was a critic of the royal family, had been living in exile in the U.S.

Saudi Arabia said Khashoggi was killed following an argument and a “fist fight” at the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul, where he was last seen on Oct. 2. Fifteen individuals have been arrested, the Saudi kingdom said. The kingdom’s new statement is at odds with its first findings, in which officials said the Saudi journalist had left the consulate alive.

Trump on Saturday told the Post that “obviously there’s been deception, and there’s been lies,” but continued to label the kingdom as an “incredible ally.”

The president on Monday said the U.S. has “top intelligence people in Turkey” and they will be coming back either Monday or Tuesday and “we will know very soon” what happened with Khashoggi.

Source:Politico.com