"On October 2, 2018, the dissident Saudi journalist and Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi went into the Saudi consulate in Istanbul to pick up a document. He never came out. For more than two weeks, the Saudi government denied all knowledge of what had happened to him. It was only after international scrutiny intensified that a government spokesman announced he had died in a "fight" after resisting arrest by officers intent on returning him to Saudi Arabia."
"Then, on November 15, the kingdom's deputy public prosecutor said Khashoggi's killing had been the result of a " rogue operation " led by Saudi agents-and that he had been forcibly restrained, injected with drugs, and dismembered. Turkish government investigators reached slightly different conclusions, finding that a hit squad of 15 Saudis had come to the consulate, disabled security cameras, and, when Khashoggi arrived, had immediately suffocated him and then dismembered his body."
"In a trial that human rights groups dismissed as a sham, five people were sentenced to death for Khashoggi's killing-though their sentences were subsequently commuted to long prison terms. A month after the killing, the CIA concluded that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman had ordered the murder of Khashoggi. Then-President Donald Trump called the killings, and the Saudis' attempt to deflect blame, "the worst cover-up ever," and then-Secretary of State Pompeo revoked the US visas of 21 suspects."
Jamal Khashoggi entered the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on October 2, 2018, to collect a document and did not emerge. Saudi officials initially denied knowledge, later claiming he died in a "fight" after resisting arrest. The Saudi deputy prosecutor later described a "rogue operation" and said he had been forcibly restrained, injected with drugs, and dismembered. Turkish investigators concluded a 15-member hit squad suffocated and dismembered him after disabling cameras. A trial produced death sentences later commuted to long terms. The CIA assessed that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered the killing and the US revoked visas of 21 suspects.
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