Top GOP officials in the United States are yet hesitant to address Saudi Arabia’s possible murder of a dissident journalist in Turkey as the Trump administration severely engages in efforts to maintain close ties with Riyadh.
Republican leaders in Congress, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Speaker Paul Ryan, said Wednesday that they would await the outcome of an investigation into Jamal Khashoggi’s mysterious disappearance at the Saudi consulate on October 2.
This is while gruesome details of the apparent assassination appear on a daily basis, with the Turkish media reporting that Khashoggi’s fingers were severed before he was dismembered earlier in the day.
Some US lawmakers, including John Kennedy, Mark Warner and Nancy Pelosi, have joined others slamming the kingdom for murdering the journalist while pushing the administration to take action in accordance.
“I think Mr. Khashoggi is dead,” Louisiana Republican…