Scoop: Biden will call Saudi king ahead of damning report

[DonViejo]

President Biden plans to call Saudi Arabia’s King Salman on Wednesday, ahead of the public release of a potentially damning intelligence report about the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a source briefed on the call told Axios.

Why it matters: The call, if it happens as scheduled, will be Biden’s first conversation as president with the Saudi king. While they are likely to discuss a range of issues, the conversation will be colored by the imminent release of the explosive report expected to involve one of the monarch's sons.

The report, an unclassified document produced by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence for expected release on Thursday, implies Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was involved in Khashoggi’s murder and dismemberment at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in 2018.

Bin Salman has denied involvement but accepted responsibility as the kingdom's de facto leader.

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https://www.axios.com/biden-saudi-king-khashoggi-report-29272e86-a315-4d54-b37d-3a4183d178c4.html

[Botany]

1. Jared Kushner helped to set up Khashoggi to help pay back MBS for getting him out from ...

.... behind his 1.3 billion $ debt on 666 5th Ave NY, NY.

Trump, Pompeo, and Kushner helped to cover up the murder and Turkey's Erdogan
used his knowledge about the Khashoggi murder to blackmail Trump into letting him
murder or friends and allies the Kurds.

Biden knows that this will really hurt Trump.