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Rand Paul to Saudi foreign minister: 'It takes a lot of damn gall' to lecture the US
No Rand: 'It takes a lot of invested money' to lecture the US
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(CNN)Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul on Monday pushed back on the Saudi foreign minister Adel al-Jubeir who criticized him for suggesting Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was responsible for Jamal Khashoggi's death.
"Yesterday the Saudi foreign minister chose to lecture me on television about the Khashoggi murder," Paul said on a conference call with reporters. "He said my opinion was based on emotion and speculation and that we should presume innocence for the crown prince. My response to him is that it takes a lot of damn gall for Saudi Arabia, with a dictatorship with 3,000 political prisoners held without trial, to lecture the US on the presumption of innocence."
Al-Jubeir told Fox News on Sunday there is, "the presumption of innocence until proven guilty," and that the US Congress should, "wait until they have the facts," on Khashoggi's murder before making a judgment.
Responding to criticism from Paul specifically, al-Jubeir said, "I find it very surprising that somebody 6,000 miles away can be certain about an event that happened 6,000 miles away with no access to information or intelligence. So, this is a judgment call on the part of Senator Paul. This is not based in fact, it's just based on emotions and based on speculation."
"Yesterday the Saudi foreign minister chose to lecture me on television about the Khashoggi murder," Paul said on a conference call with reporters. "He said my opinion was based on emotion and speculation and that we should presume innocence for the crown prince. My response to him is that it takes a lot of damn gall for Saudi Arabia, with a dictatorship with 3,000 political prisoners held without trial, to lecture the US on the presumption of innocence."
Al-Jubeir told Fox News on Sunday there is, "the presumption of innocence until proven guilty," and that the US Congress should, "wait until they have the facts," on Khashoggi's murder before making a judgment.
Responding to criticism from Paul specifically, al-Jubeir said, "I find it very surprising that somebody 6,000 miles away can be certain about an event that happened 6,000 miles away with no access to information or intelligence. So, this is a judgment call on the part of Senator Paul. This is not based in fact, it's just based on emotions and based on speculation."
https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/22/politics/rand-paul-saudi-criticism/index.html
