Prince Kingpin

“If the Crown Prince went in front of a jury, he would be convicted in 30 minutes.” So said Bob Corker following a meeting with CIA head Gina Haspel. That puts the Senator in direct opposition to President Trump who continues to deny that his own CIA’s evidence is conclusive. And it’s not just Corker. The recently converted Trump-o-phile Lindsay Graham “said while there was no smoking gun, there was a ‘smoking saw,’ referring to the bone saw that investigators have said was used to dismember Khashoggi … Graham made clear that business as usual with the Saudis had come to end, and said the United States should come down on the government in Riyahd like ‘a ton of bricks,’ adding that he could no longer support arms sales to the Saudis as long as Mohammed was in charge.” WaPo: Senators accuse Saudi crown prince of complicity in Khashoggi murder.