{"id":44240,"date":"2018-12-05T16:31:43","date_gmt":"2018-12-05T16:31:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/12\/05\/mattis-and-pompeo-misleading-in-khashoggi-briefing-senator-says\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T23:30:53","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T23:30:53","slug":"mattis-and-pompeo-misleading-in-khashoggi-briefing-senator-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/newsletters\/daily-news-roundup\/2018\/12\/05\/mattis-and-pompeo-misleading-in-khashoggi-briefing-senator-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Mattis and Pompeo \u2018misleading\u2019 in Khashoggi briefing, senator says"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo knowingly misled senators in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2018\/11\/28\/mattis-pompeo-back-riyadh-ahead-of-vote-to-cut-off-military-support-in-yemen-war\/\" target=_blank>closed-door briefing<\/a> last week on the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, Sen. Chris Murphy said Wednesday \u2014 joining two key Republicans who have raised questions about the officials&#8217; credibility in the matter<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Time will tell whether the rare shot at Mattis&#8217; integrity from Capitol Hill will have repercussions when he testifies to defend the president\u2019s budget request a few months from now. In recent months, Mattis \u2014 a former Marine four-star popular with lawmakers \u2014 has defended other politically controversial moves by the Trump administration, like troop <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2018\/11\/20\/border-deployment-was-a-racially-motivated-stunt-new-hasc-chair-says\/\" target=\"_blank\">deployments<\/a> to the U.S. border and plans to reorganize the military for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2018\/08\/13\/pentagon-chief-defends-his-reversal-on-space-force-says-its-the-right-thing-to-do\/?utm_source=clavis\" target=\"_blank\">Space Force<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2018\/12\/05\/mattis-pompeo-khashoggi-briefing-murphy-1045365\" target=\"_blank\">Murphy<\/a>, D-Conn., said on MSNBC\u2019s \u201cMorning Joe&#8221; that the two officials had been placed \u201cin a really bad spot,\u201d during the all-senators briefing by President Donald Trump\u2019s \u201cmaybe he did, maybe he didn\u2019t\u201d position on whether Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered the murder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI think the secretary of defense and secretary of state are in a really bad spot because the president has given this bear hug to MBS and to the entire Saudi regime so they are bound to carry out his bizarre policy,\u201d Murphy said, using an acronym for the crown prince.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBut at the same time, it&#8217;s sort of hard to call this a cover up given the fact that everybody in that briefing last week knew that Pompeo and Mattis were misleading us, knew there was no way this murder happened without the consent and direction of MBS.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Murphy, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, co-sponsored a bipartisan resolution calling for an end to U.S. military aid in the Saudi-led war in Yemen, which has found new support in the wave of attention to Khashoggi\u2019s death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">House Intelligence Committee member Chris Stewart, R-Utah, defended Mattis and Pompeo, as well as Trump\u2019s response to the case. The intelligence provided to lawmakers about Khashoggi\u2019s murder \u201cwas not definitive,\u201d he said in a CNN interview on Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf someone is saying that Secretary Mattis or Secretary Pompeo were dishonest, they just don\u2019t know those individuals,\u201d Stewart said. \u201cThere\u2019s no way in the world those individuals came out and lied because they didn\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump has repeatedly avoided rebuking Saudi Arabia, pointing to the economic benefits of U.S. arms sales to Saudi Arabia and Riyadh\u2019s role in preventing a spike in oil prices. He\u2019s also argued its unknowable whether the crown prince was involved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mattis and Pompeo have defended the strategic relationship and downplayed the crown prince\u2019s ties to the murder. After briefing members of the Senate on Nov. 28, Pompeo said: \u201cThere is no direct reporting connecting the Saudi crown prince to the order to murder Jamal Khashoggi.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Three GOP lawmakers have voiced their own conclusions since a separate classified briefing Tuesday with CIA Director Gina Haspel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Corker, R-Tenn., told reporters the crown prince \u201cordered, monitored the killing\u201d of Khashoggi. \u201cIf he were in front of a jury, he would be convicted of murder in about 30 minutes,\u201d Corker said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., concluded the crown prince was involved and suggested in a CNN interview Wednesday that Mattis and Pompeo were both technically accurate and simply echoing the administration\u2019s position. Rubio is a member of the Senate Intelligence and Foreign Relations committees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019m neither excusing it, I\u2019m making an observation. I disagree with that assessment,&#8221; Rubio said of the two officials. \u201cI think you know enough and the American public knows enough about Saudi Arabia and about this murder to conclude that whether or not we have a smoking gun, there is no way that 17 people that close to that crown prince go to Turkey and murder a guy at a consulate and [the crown prince] not know about it and he not be OK with it, period.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and a close ally of Trump, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2018\/12\/04\/gop-senators-come-out-say-it-trump-administration-is-covering-up-khashoggis-killing\/?utm_term=.e809100a2379\" target=\"_blank\">told reporters<\/a> there was a \u201csmoking saw\u201d \u2014 a reference to reports Saudi government agents murdered and dismembered Khashoggi in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. You\u2019d have to be \u201cwillfully blind\u201d to not conclude Mohammed was responsible, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI would imagine in a Democratic administration, I would be all over them for being in the pocket of Saudi Arabia,\u201d Graham said of Mattis and Pompeo. \u201cBut since I have such respect for them, I\u2019m going to assume they are being good soldiers. \u2026 I would really question someone\u2019s judgment if they couldn\u2019t figure this out.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Graham, who is a member of the Armed Services and Foreign Relations committees, told Fox News that he he could no longer support arms sales to Riyadh under Mohammed, who he called \u201ca wrecking ball when it comes to the Mideast.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After the Saudi-led <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/breaking-news\/2018\/02\/14\/corker-lifts-hold-on-arms-sales-to-gulf-nations-over-qatar-row\/\" target=\"_blank\">embargo<\/a> on Qatar, Saudi <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/12\/24\/world\/middleeast\/saudi-arabia-saad-hariri-mohammed-bin-salman-lebanon.html?module=inline\" target=\"_blank\">treatment<\/a> of Lebanon\u2019s prime minister and Mohamed\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/a-year-after-the-ritz-carlton-roundup-saudi-elites-remain-jailed-by-the-crown-prince\/2018\/11\/05\/32077a5c-e066-11e8-b759-3d88a5ce9e19_story.html\" target=\"_blank\">jailing<\/a> of his family members, \u201cI\u2019ve had enough,\u201d Graham said. \u201cAnd if we don\u2019t stop him now, it gets worse later. So I\u2019m not going to support arms sales to somebody this unstable.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhat makes you believe he wouldn\u2019t take an American weapon system and give it to the Chinese? This guy\u2019s nuts,\u201d Graham said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another vocal proponent of foreign military sales, Rep. Kay Granger, R-Texas, said recently that she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/digital-show-dailies\/reagan-defense-forum\/2018\/12\/01\/top-gop-appropriator-signals-willingness-to-cut-arms-sales-to-saudi-arabia\/\" target=_blank>favors<\/a> a halt on sales to Riyadh. In the new Congress, Granger is expected to ascend from the House\u2019s lead appropriator for defense to the House\u2019s lead Republican appropriator overall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a Senate Armed Services Committee <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/2018\/12\/04\/scrapping-iran-nuclear-deal-hasnt-slowed-iran-says-centcom-nominee\/\" target=\"_blank\">hearing <\/a>Tuesday, Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., said defense officials\u2019 credibility on Capitol Hill has taken a hit because they\u2019ve echoed the administration\u2019s legalistic arguments, that U.S. aid to Saudi Arabia in Yemen aren\u2019t \u201chostilities\u201d under the law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019re insulted by that, and I just think we need to be candid about what we\u2019re doing and not doing,\u201d Kaine said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo misled senators in a closed-door briefing last week on the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, Sen. 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