US Democrats vow Congressional probe into Trump-Saudi Arabia ties
US legislators from the Democratic Party have vowed to investigate President Donald Trump's response to the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The incoming head of the US House intelligence committee Adam Schiff said on Friday that the body would conduct a "deep dive" into ties between the US and Saudi Arabia.
The committee will investigate the US intelligence assessment of Khashoggi's death as well as the war in Yemen, the stability of the Saudi royal family and the kingdom's treatment of critics and the press, Schiff told the Washington Post newspaper.
Trump has dismissed the CIA's reported assessment that Khashoggi's killing was ordered by the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Salman (MBS). On Thursday, Trump expressed doubts about the CIA's findings, saying that the agency "did not come to a conclusion. They have feelings certain ways."
Schiff said his panel will examine the CIA's findings as well as whether Trump's private financial relationship with the Saudis influenced his response as president.
"There are a whole set of potential financial conflicts of interest and emoluments problems that congress will need to get to the bottom of," Schiff said. "If foreign investment in the Trump businesses is guiding US policy in a way that's antithetical to the country's interests, we need to find out."
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