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On the recordDecember 5, 2018
There's not a smoking gun, there's a smoking saw. You have to be willfully blind not to come to the conclusion that this was orchestrated and organized by people under the command of MBS, and that he was intricately involved in the demise of Mr. Khashoggi.
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Lindsey Graham
Republican · South Carolina

Editor's note · Context

Graham asserts that the murder of Jamal Khashoggi was orchestrated by the Saudi crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman.

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