He was a critic of the brutal human rights violations and repression taking place in Saudi Arabia. And when he was traveling in Turkey, he was abducted by 17 members of Mohammed bin Salman's security team. He [Jamal Khashoggi] was strangled, and then he was drawn in, quarter, dismembered, assassinated by Saudi Arabia. And this is what our president describes in the compressed formulation of things happen. And that pretty much captures his attitude towards the whole thing. (10:48–11:45)
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Asserts that Jamal Khashoggi was strangled, dismembered, and assassinated by Saudi Arabia.
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