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Chris Murphy: “The cover-up was run by the Saudi government and Mohammed bin Salman, the crown prince, is effectively in charge of…”

On the recordDecember 5, 2018
The cover-up was run by the Saudi government and Mohammed bin Salman, the crown prince, is effectively in charge of national security inside Saudi Arabia.
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Chris Murphy
Democratic · Connecticut

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Murphy emphasizes that the Saudi government, led by the crown prince, was responsible for the cover-up of Khashoggi's murder.

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