Biden Hits Back After Saudi Official Makes Claim on Meeting With Crown Prince

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President Joe Biden early Sunday disputed a claim that he didnโ€™t accuse Saudi Arabiaโ€™s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of orchestrating the killing of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi in private meetings.

After arriving home in Washington, D.C. on Sunday, Biden was asked by a reporter about a comment from the Saudi foreign minister, Adel al-Jubeir.

โ€œThe Saudi foreign minister said he didnโ€™t hear you accuse the crown prince of Khashoggiโ€™s murder. Is he telling the truth?โ€ the reporter asked the president.

โ€œNo,โ€ Biden said quickly. โ€œWhy donโ€™t you talk about something that matters?โ€ the president then told journalists, as another one asked him about bumping fists with the Saudi crown prince, the de facto leader of the Muslim kingdom, who is sometimes referred to as โ€œMBS.โ€

Biden added, โ€œIโ€™m happy to talk about something that matters.โ€

Days before that, at a news conference, Biden claimed that he spoke about the death of Khashoggi several years ago. After his death in 2018, a number of mainstream media outlets often featured the death as front-page news, and those outlets also attempted to tie his killing to the Trump administration. Federal agencies have suspected the Saudi government was involved in his death.

โ€œWith respect to the murder of Khashoggi, I raised it at the top of the meeting, making it clear what I thought of it at the time and what I think about it now,โ€ Biden said during a press conference on July 15. โ€œHe [Crown Prince Salman] basically said that he was not personally responsible for it. I indicated that he was, and he said he was not personally responsible for it and he took action against those who were responsible,โ€ Biden also said.

What the Minister Said

But al-Jubeir, the foreign minister, told Fox News that Biden and MBS never addressed Khashoggiโ€™s death.

โ€œI didnโ€™t hear that particular phrase,โ€ al-Jubeir remarked. โ€œThe president mentioned that the U.S. is committed to human rights because since the Founding Fathers wrote the Constitution and he also made the point that American presidentsโ€”this is part of the agenda of every American president.โ€

Byย Jack Phillips

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