Pence: US will hold those responsible for Khashoggi's murder accountable
Source: The Hill
BY MORGAN GSTALTER - 11/17/18 07:56 AM EST
Vice President Pence on Saturday vowed to hold those responsible for the murder of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi accountable after a CIA assessment found that the Saudi crown prince ordered his death.
Pence told reporters while traveling in Papua New Guinea for events surrounding an Asia-Pacific summit that he "cant comment on classified information" but said Khashoggi's death last month was an "atrocity."
It was also an affront to a free and independent press and the United States is determined to hold all of those accountable who are responsible for that murder, he said, according to pool reports.
Pence added that the U.S. is "going to follow the facts" on Khashoggi's death while saying that the Trump administration wanted to find a way to preserve a "strong and historic partnership" with the Saudi kingdom.
Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/417243-pence-us-will-hold-those-responsible-for-khashoggi-murder-accountable
The Liberal Lion
(1,414 posts)Fucking liar!
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,659 posts)because they let Trump fondle their glowing orb, and then there's that $110B arms sale. "We also have a great ally in Saudi Arabia. They give us a lot of jobs, they give us a lot of business, a lot of economic development."
Larrybanal
(227 posts)after 15 saudis flew airplanes into it
LBM20
(1,580 posts)Autumn
(45,026 posts)dalton99a
(81,426 posts)keithbvadu2
(36,730 posts)Trump believes it was rogue killers
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)Someone is pushing Pence out there to take on more of a role. Hmmmmm.
Hotler
(11,412 posts)sweep the garage.
bitterross
(4,066 posts)Just like Mitch McConnell with the whole bipartisan thing. What a riot.
Nitram
(22,776 posts)marble falls
(57,063 posts)47of74
(18,470 posts)LastLiberal in PalmSprings
(12,577 posts)Solly Mack
(90,762 posts)Go away. Shoo.
sakabatou
(42,146 posts)JDC
(10,122 posts)BobTheSubgenius
(11,562 posts)No one held them responsible for 911. Why would that be allowed to slide, and why would that give anyone confidence that this murder will be an accountable event? That notion doesn't even pass a sniff test.
duforsure
(11,885 posts)He'll get replaced with ivankie, he's just not corrupt enough for the lying king.