MBS hits back at Biden after the President confronts Saudi prince about Khashoggi
CNN
Saudi Arabia's de facto ruler, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, fired back at US President Joe Biden after the president confronted him about the 2018 murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi during a meeting on Friday, according to a source familiar with the matter.
In the meeting, Bin Salman, also known as MBS, denied responsibility for the killing of Khashoggi at the kingdom's Istanbul consulate. Biden said he inidicated that he disagreed with MBS, based on US intelligence assessments, according to the source.
In response to Biden bringing up Khashoggi, MBS cited the sexual and physical abuse of prisoners at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison by US military personnel and the May killing of Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in the occupied West Bank as incidents that reflected poorly on the US, the source said.