New report on the Turkish press
The denials and revelations in the Khashoggi saga have reached fresh levels of insanity.
Turkish pro-government daily Yeni Safak -- the same organization that published details of the yet-unverified audio of Khashoggi's murder -- now reports that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman contacted Khashoggi by phone directly and tried to convince him to return to Riyadh.
He refused out of fear he would be arrested and killed and refused the offer. Instead, he was killed in the consulate a short time later.
A series of denials by Saudi officials were followed by a dramatic turn on Friday as a Saudi statement admitted he was killed in the consulate in some kind of brawl gone wrong. Bin Salman has continued to deny any involvement but a phone call would certainly undermine that.
Turkey has promised to reveal details of its investigation on Tuesday to his party's parliamentary group.
h/t @zerohedge
In a separate report, the WSJ says the MBS spoke to Jared Kushner on October 10 and asked "why the outrage?" He was told to get to the bottom of it fast.
"The prince's confusion soon turned into rage. 'He was really shocked
that there was such a big reaction to it,' said a person close to the
royal court. 'He feels betrayed by the West. He said he would look
elsewhere and he will never forget how people turned against him before
evidence was produced.'"
