According to Reuters, senior members of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet urged U.S. senators on Wednesday not to downgrade ties with Saudi Arabia over the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. In a blog post, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that degrading U.S.-Saudi ties would be a grave mistake for the national security of the U.S. and its allies." Trump has repeatedly dismissed a CIA assessment that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered Khashoggi’s killing.
