The president of the United States, Donald Trump , warned today that there will be a "severe punishment" if it is shown that Saudi Arabia is behind the disappearance of the Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi .
We are going to get to the bottom of the matter and there will be a severe punishment, "Trump said today in an excerpt from an interview with CBS that will be broadcast tomorrow.
In that interview, the president estadunid ense believes that Saudi Arabia could be responsible for the disappearance of Khashoggi , a columnist of the US newspaper The Washington Post .
It is being investigated, it is being analyzed with great force. And if that were so, we would be very upset and angry. For now, they deny it vehemently. Could it be them? Yes, "Trump conceded.
Trump told CBS that his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, spoke this week on the matter with the Saudi Crown Prince, Mohamed bin Salman, who denied any responsibility.
They deny it. They deny it in any way you can imagine. But, in the not too distant future, I think we will know a response, "he said without giving further details about the direction of the investigation or his talks with Saudi Arabia, a traditional ally of the United States in the Middle East.
The president, very critical of the US press, considered that the matter is especially serious because he is a journalist.
Maybe because he was a reporter, I think that's why there's a lot at stake here. It is something that will surprise you that I say, but there is something very terrible and disgusting about that, if that is the case. We are going to have to see, "he said.
Khashoggi was last seen alive on day 2, when he entered the Saudi consulate in Istanbul to collect some documents he needed to be able to marry his Turkish girlfriend, who stayed waiting outside the building.
The journalist, previously close to the Saudi monarchy, distanced himself from her last summer, when the current crown prince, Mohamed bin Salman, rose to positions of power.
According to The Washington Post , the Turkish government had informed US authorities that it had video and audio recordings that would show that the journalist was killed at the consulate.
The recordings show that the dissident was arrested at the consulate by a security team, which later killed him and dismembered his body, according to the newspaper, which cites Turkish and US officials as sources.
Riad tumbles
The Saudi government denied today having given the order to kill the journalist in the consulate of his country in Istanbul, after numerous allegations circulated about his possible murder, which has sparked a wave of global outrage.
What has been circulating about the orders to kill him are lies and unfounded accusations against the Government of the kingdom, "the Saudi Interior Minister, Prince Abdulaziz bin Saud bin Naif bin Abdulaziz, said in a statement released by the state agency SPA.