White House adviser Jared Kushner said on Monday he had urged Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to be transparent about the killing of Jamal Khashoggi, and told him “the world is watching” Riyadh’s account of the disappearance.
Mr. Kushner has cultivated a personal relationship with the Prince and urged President Donald Trump to act with caution to avoid upsetting a critical strategic and economic relationship, a senior administration official said.
Mr. Kushner said the U.S. was in a “fact-finding phase” on the case and had its “eyes wide open”.
Meanwhile, Ömer Çelik, spokesman of Turkey’ ruling party, said on Monday that the murder was “savagely planned”, the first official indication from Ankara that it believes a plot was hatched in advance.
