Schumer: Haspel should brief full Senate on Khashoggi killing
Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) said Tuesday that CIA Director Gina Haspel should meet with the full Senate after holding a closed-door briefing with roughly 10 senators earlier that day.
“While I will not discuss the content of the Haspel briefing, it reinforced the need for a strong response to the murder of Jamal Khashoggi," Schumer said in a statement. "CIA Director Haspel should brief the full Senate without delay."
Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois, the No. 2 Democrat in the Senate, also called for Haspel to meet with the entire chamber to brief lawmakers on the death of Khashoggi, who was a U.S. resident and Washington Post contributor.
"Every Senator should hear what I heard this afternoon," Durbin said in a statement. "CIA Director Haspel must brief the full Senate immediately."
Both Schumer and Durbin attended Tuesday's closed-door briefing with Haspel, who made the trip to Capitol Hill about a week after Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Defense Secretary James Mattis briefed the full Senate.
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