Trump slipped and admitted that he is in on the cover-up
by digby
He said it:
The Saudi Arabian government announced Friday that Khashoggi died after a fistfight at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, and that 18 Saudis had been arrested for further investigation while Deputy Director of Saudi Intelligence Ahmed al-Assiri had been dismissed
"I do. I do," Trump said when asked about his confidence in the explanation. "Again, it's early.
We haven't finished our review, our investigation. But I think it's a very important first step."
He's clearly referring to the Saudi investigation as "our" investigation. There is no American investigation that we know of.
He's been talking up this Saudi investigation for days and the investigation is obviously a cover-up. So ...
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