Washington • Rep. Chris Stewart defended President Donald Trump’s dismissal of CIA findings that Saudi Arabia’s crown prince was complicit in the killing of a U.S.-based journalist, noting that America needs relationships with some countries it doesn’t always agree with.
Stewart appeared on CNN on Tuesday not long after a bipartisan group of senators received a closed door briefing by CIA Director Gina Haspel about the killing of Saudi dissident Jamal Khashoggi, a Washington Post columnist, who was reportedly slain and dismembered inside a Saudi consulate in Turkey.
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salmon was a “wrecking ball” and that “he's complicit in the murder of Mr.