Pompeo: I Told Trump To Give Saudis ‘A Few More Days’ For Khashoggi Investigation

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, after meeting with Saudi and Turkish leadership to discuss their investigations into the suspected murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, said Thursday that he told President Donald Trump “that we ought to give them [the Saudis] a few more days to complete that, so that we, too, have a complete understanding of the facts surrounding that.”

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  1. Is that enough time for the Saudis to dispose of all evidence, both physical and human?

  2. Avatar for j.dave j.dave says:

    A few more news cycles – er, days?

    So everyone will forget as this story gets overrun by distractions?

    You don’t have to be Bill Belichick to figure out this guy’s playbook …

  3. " 'Cause I’m a big he man. I told the president a thing. Watch me swagger into his office next time and tell him he is the greatest, smartest, bestest, tremendousest, president in the whole wide world forever and ever. I am a tough straight-shooter."

  4. they have to decide on which fallguy to blame.

  5. Avatar for bodie1 bodie1 says:

    They’ll round up the usual suspects.

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