"Their shared disdain and fear of a free press was evident, from downplaying the killing of Khashoggi to snapping at ABC News reporter Mary Bruce when she asked about his murder. You don't have to embarrass our guest by asking a question like that, Trump said, then he proceeded to debase a journalist who wasn't there to report on the event because he'd been silenced, forever."
"A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. Fender-benders happen. Spilled milk happens. But the orchestrated assassination of a journalist by a regime that he covers is not one of those things that just happen. It's an orchestrated hit meant to silence critics, control the narrative and bury whatever corruption, human rights abuses or malfeasance that a healthy free press is meant to expose."
Jamal Khashoggi was murdered inside Saudi Arabia's embassy in Istanbul in October 2018. The CIA concluded the killing was carried out by Saudi operatives on the order of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. The prince denied the accusations, and other U.S. intelligence agencies later reached the same assessment. President Trump invited and praised the Saudi leader at the White House despite the findings. Trump publicly downplayed the killing, rebuked an ABC reporter who questioned the prince, and emphasized Saudi investment promises. The killing is characterized as an orchestrated assassination intended to silence critics and stifle a free press.
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