The US House passed two anti-Saudi measures on Monday but US President Donald Trump is expected to veto
The House of Representatives passed two measures on Monday that were highly critical of Saudi Arabia, with one seeking to have the US impose sanctions on the Saudi officials responsible for the grisly murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi.
Introduced by Congressman Tom Malinowski, the act requires the Director of National Intelligence to publicly identify the people involved in killing Khashoggi and impose visa and travel sanctions on them. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is further required to report on the extent to which Riyadh's security forces and military are involved in human rights violations.
That explanation, however, has flown in the face of international and US assessments of the killing, which place the blame for the murder on Crown Prince bin Salman.
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