A bipartisan group of senators has written to President Donald Trump, asking him to investigate whether Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered the murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi.
The letter from Republican Sen. Bob Corker and Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez, the chair and ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, sets up a showdown between the White House and Capitol Hill.
It comes in the wake of Trump’s statement Tuesday insisting there is no certainty bin Salman ordered the killing of the dissident journalist.
President Donald Trump's equivocation on a Saudi prince's responsibility for the murder of a journalist has brought a chorus of anger from senators on both sides of the political aisle
Democrat Bob Menendez of New Jersey (left) and Republican Bob Corker of Tennessee (right) wrote to the White House demanding a formal declaration from the White House that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was behind the death of Jamal Khashoggi, and said a federal law entitles them to an answer
Mohammed bin Salman, known as MBS, is thought to have ordered Khashoggi's killing at a Saudi embassy in istanbul last month
In their letter to the White House Tuesday evening, Corker and Menendez claim the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act allows them to force the president to make a formal determination if they ask for one.
'On October 10, we sent a letter requesting that you make a determination on the imposition of sanctions pursuant to the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act with “respect to any foreign person responsible” for Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi’s murder,' they wrote.
'In light of recent developments, including the Saudi government’s acknowledgement that Saudi officials killed Mr. Khashoggi in its Istanbul consulate, we request that your determination specifically address whether Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman is responsible for Mr. Khashoggi’s murder.
'We expect to receive your determination within 120 days of our original request.’
Khashoggi was slaughtered at the Istanbul consulate; he was an occasional Washington Post columnist and a frequent critic of the Saudi regime
Corker, never a Trump fan, tweeted his disgust on Tuesday: 'I never thought I'd see the day a White House would moonlight as a public relations firm for the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia.'
Other Republicans have slammed the president for his statement, including Sen. Lindsey Graham, a staunch Trump ally from South Carolina.
'It is not in our national security interests to look the other way when it comes to the brutal murder of Mr. Jamal #Khashoggi,' Graham tweeted.
Graham also warned he expects bipartisan support on Capitol Hill for sanctions on Saudi Arabia.
'I firmly believe there will be strong bipartisan support for serious sanctions against Saudi Arabia, including appropriate members of the royal family, for this barbaric act which defied all civilized norms,' he said.
A chorus of other GOP senators berate the president on Twitter.
'Our foreign policy must be about promoting our national interests. It is in our natl interest to defend human rights. HR violations lead to mass migration, help extremism flourish & often result in new governments hostile towards the U.S. because we supported their oppressors,’ wrote Republican Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida.
Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul slammed Trump's statement and blamed the president's national security advisor for writing it.
'I’m pretty sure this statement is Saudi Arabia First, not America First. I’m also pretty sure John Bolton wrote it,' Paul wrote on Twitter.
‘We should, at the very least, NOT reward Saudi Arabia with our sophisticated armaments that they in turn use to bomb civilians.'
Paul and Graham are longtime critics of Saudi Arabia, and have criticized MBS – the crown prince is known by his initials – in the past. They have also pushed for U.S. sanctions and a reduction in arms sales.
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Main photo article A bipartisan group of senators has written to President Donald Trump, asking him to investigate whether Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered the murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi.
The letter from Republican Sen. Bob Corker and Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez, the chair ...
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