Trump awaits briefing from CIA director in Khashoggi case
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump says the killing of a Saudi journalist was a botched operation and a “bad original concept” as his administration has taken its first steps in punishing the Saudis by deciding to revoke the visas of the suspects.
Trump awaited a briefing Thursday from CIA Director Gina Haspel, who has been in Turkey.
He had told reporters at the White House on Tuesday that the operation was a fiasco.
“They had a very bad original concept,” Trump said. “It was carried out poorly, and the coverup was one of the worst coverups in the history of coverups. Somebody really messed up, and they had the worst coverup ever.”