Marco Rubio: Jamal Khashoggi’s alleged murder requires more than a ‘slap on the wrist’ for Saudi Arabia

Published October 16, 2018 12:08pm ET



Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., said Saudi Arabia has lots of questions to answer if it turns out officials there carried out the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, and warned that U.S. credibility on human rights would be permanently damaged if the U.S. lets that country get away with it.

“Where’s the body? Why wasn’t the family notified? Why have they spent the better part of eight or nine days saying they didn’t know anything about it?” Rubio asked on CNN.

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