Washington – Corker Says Saudi Prince Behind Writer Killing

Washington – The chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee says Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman “crossed a line” in the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi and must pay a price.

Tennessee Republican Bob Corker says that based on his briefings he believes the royal known as MBS was behind the killing of the Saudi critic. He is being interviewed on CNN’s “State of the Union.”

Corker tells CNN’s “State of the Union” that the crown prince has “now crossed a line and there has to be a punishment and a price paid for that.”

Corker is also calling on Turkey, which has said it has tapes from Khashoggi’s killing inside the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul, to turn them over to the United States.

He says of the NATO ally: “The Turks have been talking more to the media than they have us.”