Senate Republicans on the Foreign Relations Committee appeared dissatisfied with a Trump administration briefing Monday on the murder of Saudi Arabian journalist Jamal Khashoggi
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The briefing came after the Trump administration said in February that it had the right not to comply with demands from lawmakers under the Magnitsky Act, which requires that the president provide Congress with a report on Khashoggi’s killing. President Donald Trump has refused to implicate Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for the murder, despite reported conclusions from U.S. intelligence officials that he ordered the killing — angering members of his own party.
“We learned very little,” said Sen. Mitt Romney , a member of the Foreign Relations Committee. Another Republican senator said that nothing said in the meeting was a game changer.Sign Up By signing up you agree to receive email newsletters or alerts from POLITICO. You can unsubscribe at any time. Sen. Marco Rubio , who has criticized the Trump administration over its handling of the Khashoggi murder, said that ultimately “Magnitsky is a decision to be made by the president.” Rubio predicted that it would be up to the Senate to determine the next steps.Khashoggi, a Washington Post columnist, was murdered in October inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Turkey.
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