Trump defends Crown Prince over Khashoggi killing

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U.S. President Donald Trump defended Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman over the 2018 killing of Jamal Khashoggi during the prince’s Washington visit.

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00:00U.S. President Donald Trump offered a strong defense of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman,

00:06saying he knew nothing about the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018,

00:11a claim that contradicts U.S. intelligence findings.

00:13The comments come as the Crown Prince made his first visit to the White House in over seven years,

00:19a high-profile trip marked by new military and economic agreements.

00:25You're mentioning somebody that was extremely controversial.

00:28A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about.

00:32Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happened.

00:35But he knew nothing about it, and we can leave it at that.

00:37You don't have to embarrass our guests by asking a question like that.

00:41U.S. intelligence agencies have concluded that bin Salman approved the operation at the Istanbul Consulate,

00:47where journalist Jamal Khashoggi was captured and killed.

00:50The Crown Prince denied ordering the operation, but accepts responsibility as the kingdom's de facto ruler.

00:56At the Oval Office, he called the incident painful and said Saudi Arabia has improved its systems to prevent a repeat.

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