today a criminal court in saudi arabia delivered what some are calling a travesty of justice. that ruling came in the murder of washington post journalist jamaal khashoggi, which sparked a global outrage last year. in fact, the saudi court sentenced five men to death in connection with the murder but cleared top saudi officials believed to be behind the killing. critics at the u.n. are calling the verdicts the antithesis of justice and a mockery. meanwhile, a white house senior administration official called the sentencing an important step in holding those responsible for this crime accountable. donald trump stood by saudi arabia despite the murder. in fact he sent his son-in-law jared kushner and treasury secretary steve mnuchin to a conference there this fall. trump has repeatedly praised crown prince mohammed bin salman. the man who the cia says ordered khashoggi s murder. robert jordan, the ambassador to
and it could not have occurred without the full knowledge and consent and direction of the crown prince as well as several others who have now been let off the hook. it obviously puts the united states in general, not just this administration, in a difficult position. let me read for you, sir, what adam schiff had to say today about the verdict. he essentially said the intelligence authorization act includes a provision i authored requiring the director of national intelligence to provide a report to congress within 30 days about current or former saudi officials who played a role or who had advance knowledge of khashoggi s murder, and requires the names to be provided in an unclassified format unless it would reveal sources and methods. we will insist on the completion of that report. what leverage does congress have when you have a president and an administration who are bending over backwards to placate the saudis? what leverage does representative adam schiff have to get this k
him asking ukraine for a favor is essentially what all these leaders do, isn t it? so i think it really leads us to what we saw on sunday. the vice president s chief of staff in front of fox news chris wallace saying the things he said and saying let s investigate both russia and ukraine. and then he it was just this is remarkable. they ll do anything. rina, do you expect any republicans in the senate to stand up and at least have some kind of backbone in demanding witnesses and a fair trial if not at least going through and acquitting the president but at least demanding a fair trial? i still have hope. i hold out hope for senator romney, senator collins, murkowski. these are people that have cared a great deal about really the principles throughout these 3 1/2 years now. we ve really heard them stand up. and though senator romney seems to have waned on domestic issues at times, i think he likes where
never let publicity go to waste. no one appears to have demanded a correction from the post and this is trump and this is vanilla ice and this is florida, so who with amon mohyeldin filling in for lawrence. good evening. i was going to say ice is back with a brand new invention. take it away, friend. that was good. we have a lot to get to. today a new editorial hits, saying senate majority mitch mcconnell senate majority leader mitch mcconnell is a clear and present danger to the u.s. constitution. we re going to talk about that. and as the impeachment stalemate continues, is there a chance moderate republicans will buck their leader and president trump in support of impeachment witnesses in the senate? also ahead, the show trial in saudi arabia for the murder of u.s. journalist, u.s.-based journalist jamal khashoggi. u.s. intelligence says the crown prince ordered the assassination. but today anyone close to the prince was cleared of wrongdoing.
testimony on november 21st, in which she pretty much admonished i would argue mostly the republicans on that committee for peddling this russian conspiracy theory. watch this. based on questions and statements i ve heard, some of you on this committee appear to believe that russia and its security services did not conduct a campaign against our country and that perhaps somehow for some reason ukraine did. this is a fictional narrative that is being perpetrated and propagated by the russian security services themselves. why do you think republicans i mean, forget the white house here for a moment, but why do you think republicans, as fiona hill was saying to members of the committee, why are they peddling this conspiracy theory? what is it they have to gain by pushing it forward? well, the way they see it they have nothing to lose. congressional republicans have really started to take on a lot of what trump does. you know, they started to wear that sort of mask that trump wears.