US President Donald Trump has said he believes the death of Saudi dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi was the result of a ‘plot gone awry,’ and that he opposes ending the USD 110 billion mega arms deal with Riyadh over the issue.
The Saudi government initially said he left the consulate through the back door.
Following a global outrage, the Saudi government on Friday in a statement acknowledged that Khashoggi was killed in a fistfight inside the consulate and noted that an interrogation went wrong.
Turkish officials have said they have evidence Khashoggi was tortured, dismembered and murdered inside the consulate.
US President Donald Trump has said he was ‘not satisfied’ with the response of Riyadh over Khashoggi”s death. The president also said a group of US officials are in Saudi Arabia and another group of investigators in Turkey are trying to gather information on this issue.
“I am not satisfied with what I’ve heard,” Trump told reporters at the White House before leaving for an election rally in Texas Monday.
