U.S. implicates Saudi crown prince in Khashoggi’s killing
Secretary of State Antony Blinken says President Biden has moved toward a promised ‘recalibration’ of U.S.-Saudi relations, but many lawmakers, human rights activists and Saudi dissidents say it's not enough.
By Karen DeYoungWashington Post
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WASHINGTON — The Biden administration will impose no direct punishment on Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for the 2018 murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, despite the conclusion of a long-awaited intelligence report released Friday that he “approved” the operation, administration officials said.
“The relationship with Saudi Arabia is bigger than any one individual,” Secretary of State Antony Blinken said at a news conference. By making public the intelligence report – withheld by the Trump administration for two years – and taking other actions, President Biden has moved toward a promised “recalibration” of the U.S.-Saudi relationship, he said.