Several US lawmakers in Congress say they are skeptical of Saudi Arabia’s explanation for the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, after Riyadh claimed he died in a “fistfight” in the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul, Turkey.
US Senator Lindsey Graham, a Republican from South Carolina, has been sharply critical of Saudi Arabia after the disappearance of Khashoggi on October 2.
“To say that I am skeptical of the new Saudi narrative about Mr. Khashoggi is an understatement,” Graham said on Twitter on Friday.
During a televised interview earlier this week, Graham said Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman “has got to go.”
US Representative Adam Schiff, a Democrat from California, said Saudi Arabia’s claim that Khashoggi was “killed while brawling with a team of more than a dozen dispatched from Saudi Arabia is not credible.”
He was “fighting for his life with people sent to capture or kill…
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