Lawmakers questioned Pompeo about efforts to hold Saudi Arabia’s top leadership accountable for the journalist’s death.
Members of the House questioned Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday about the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi and why Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman has not beenheld accountable for his death.
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo testifies before the House Appropriations Committee on March 27, 2019 in Washington, D.C. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images “We are continuing, across the government, with overt means, and certainly with all the tools we have in our capacity, to learn more facts about this. President Trump has made very clear that we will continue to work to identify those who are responsible for Jamal Khashoggi’s murder and hold them accountable," Pompeo said in response to questions about how the Trump administration was holding Saudi Arabia responsible for Khashoggi’s murder accountable.
Khashoggi was a U.S. resident and a columnist for The Washington Post who was critical of the young Crown Prince and his regime. He was murdered when he entered the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Turkey in October last year in order to obtain documents he needed to marry his fiancée. Senators briefed by the U.S. intelligence agencies have said Mohammed bin Salman was responsible for the journalist's death.
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