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tblue37

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Thu Nov 20, 2025, 08:15 AM Nov 2025

Vindman says, "The American people and the Khashoggi family deserve to know what was said on that call." [View all]

After the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, I reviewed a call between the president and the Saudi crown prince. The American people and the Khashoggi family deserve to know what was said on that call. If history is any guide, the receipts will be shocking.?

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But according to veteran reporter Bob Woodward, Trump once bragged about protecting Salman from congressional scrutiny after the killing, which Trump’s own CIA pinned on the crown prince.

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“I saved his a--,” Trump is quoted as saying in Woodward’s book, Rage. “I was able to get Congress to leave him alone. I was able to get them to stop.”

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But speaking on CNN on Wednesday morning ahead of Trump and the crown prince attending a Saudi investment forum, Vindman said the call he reviewed was equally disturbing and shocking “in light of the enrichment that the Trump family has received in the ensuing years.”

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More: https://www.thedailybeast.com/secret-tape-that-could-spin-trump-into-another-cover-up-scandal/
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