The widow of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was murdered in 2018 by Saudi agents, said on Wednesday, November 19, “anxious” following statements made the day before by Donald Trump, when receiving Mohammed Ben Salman at the White House. When asked by journalists, the American president defended the Saudi crown prince, even though the CIA considered him one of the instigators of the murder. He also said that Jamal Khashoggi was a nobody “very controversial”.
“It really pissed me off, and I was disappointed”said Hanan Elatr Khashoggi in an interview with Agence France-Presse, emphasizing that Donald Trump is “misinformation” to her husband. “Jamal Khashoggi was a stable, brave, transparent man and a professional journalist”he added.
The American president vigorously defended the Saudi crown prince, whom he received at the White House with all honors, saying that Mohammed Ben Salman “don’t know anything”. But the American intelligence agency showed its direct responsibility in the murder of the journalist.
mI Khashoggi said again “surprised” to see the American president try to do it “to silence” ABC journalist who asked about this, as well as the way her husband presented it “as if they were talking about someone else”.
Residing in the United States, critical of Saudi power after being close to it, Jamal Khashoggi was murdered in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul (Türkiye) by agents from Saudi Arabia. His dismembered body was never found.
“America abandons its values”
The journalist’s widow, who has obtained political asylum in the United States, confirmed she had written to Donald Trump before the crown prince’s visit to help him obtain compensation but received no response.
In a message published in X on Tuesday, after the crown prince spoke about a “big mistake” regarding the murder of the journalist, he called to see him so that he “I apologize and (left)‘compensation for the murder of my husband’.
“Unfortunately, I didn’t get a response from them”he said, confirming that he wanted it “find the remains” her husband for “bury him with dignity and demand a formal apology and financial compensation”.
Asked about the grandeur of the visit to Washington by “MBS,” who signed a number of lucrative contracts with the United States, she replied that her husband, “If he was there, he would be happy”. But “I am deeply disappointed to see America abandon its values, human rights and democracy”he added.
