Donald Trump says Mohammed bin Salman 'knew nothing' about Jamal Khashoggi murder – video

The US president blasted ABC News as ‘fake news’ when a reporter asked the Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman about the 2018 murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, which US intelligence concluded he orchestrated. Trump said Prince Mohammed ‘knew nothing about it’, adding that the reporter should not ’embarrass our guest by asking something like that’. US intelligence concluded in 2021 that the crown prince approved the capture or killing of Khashoggi at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. He denied ordering the operation but acknowledged responsibility as the kingdom’s de facto ruler