US President Donald Trump has criticised the Saudi operation that killed journalist Jamal Khashoggi, calling it one of the “worst cover-ups in the history of cover-ups”.
Mr Trump told reporters in the Oval Office that he is expecting a full report on the killing soon.
But he said “they had a very bad original concept” and it was “carried out poorly”.
He called the events after Mr Khashoggi’s death “the worst cover-up ever”.
Saudi Arabia has claimed Mr Khashoggi, a writer for The Washington Post who wrote critically about Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, died accidentally in a brawl at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on October 2.
But Turkish officials say a 15-man team tortured, killed and dismembered the writer and say Saudi officials had planned the killing for days.
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