trivialize it and somehow bet bin salman off the hook. that is the pattern over the last 18 months. attack the intelligence reports and analysis that didn t square with his view of the world or what his sensibilities and predilections were. i think that it will be extremely difficult given the horrific nature of this crime, given the fact that the saudis have been lying on this from the very beginning, the most recent saudi report went back to the notion that the killing of jamal khashoggi was accidental, it was supposed to be a rendition back to saudi arabia and the dismemberment of his body was something that was done on the spot without authority from riyadh. i think the world knows it, i think congress knows it. the real question is whether the administration is prepared to