Making of a Nothingburger

"The killing of Khashoggi, the way it was done, was meant to send a message... they killed him – violently. They cut him up while he was still alive and then put his body through a meat grinder.”--Ali al-Ahmed [1]

As we have seen plainly in the uncovered phone call that was illegally classified by the administration, this President is more than willing to trade favors to do away with his enemies. [2]  We had already learned of him having Jared Kushner hand over an enemies list to Mohammed Bin Salman Al Saud, with the intent of doing away with those on the list. [3]

And we know very well that--just as he had promised to do for Ukraine in exchange for favors--he sold Al Saud weapons, in defiance of congress. [4], [5]

We know that Jamaal Khashoggi was banned from writing in Saudi Arabia after he wrote criticisms of Donald Trump [6]

And we know that Trump's first response to the news of Khashoggi's demise was to assassinate his character: 

' Representatives of Saudi Arabia say that Jamal Khashoggi was an “enemy of the state” and a member of the Muslim Brotherhood, but my decision is in no way based on that ' [7]

Based on the exposure of Trump's modus operandi during the Ukraine call--and according to his former lawyer, the sort of coding he used [8]--it seems more than likely that he was intimately involved in conspiring against Khashoggi, because the journalist had dared to speak ill of him.

Congress must find the courage to get to the bottom of this!


[1] https://augustafreepress.com/saudis-under-scrutiny-on-anniversary-of-khashoggis-death/

[2] https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/09/26/whistleblower-complaint-against-trump-read-full-declassified-document/3773047002/

[3] https://theintercept.com/2018/03/21/jared-kushner-saudi-crown-prince-mohammed-bin-salman/

[4] https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-vetoes-bill-that-would-have-prevented-arms-sales-to-saudi-arabia-and-uae/

[5] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lc8L4dQFQK8

[6] https://www.newsweek.com/saudi-arabia-banned-khashoggi-speaking-writing-after-criticized-trump-1226762

[7] https://www.scmp.com/article/2174244/heres-donald-trumps-full-statement-about-jamal-khashoggis-killing-its-636-words

[8] https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/09/28/how-trump-tells-people-do-bad-things/