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In this Tuesday, March 20, 2018 file photo, President Donald Trump holds a chart highlighting arms sales to Saudi Arabia during a meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) **FILE**

Donald Trump: Saudi Arabia will remain ‘steadfast partner’ of U.S. after journalist’s murder

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, listens to Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan through an interpreter, as they attend an event marking the completion of one of the phases of the Turkish Stream natural gas pipeline, in Istanbul, Monday, Nov. 19, 2018. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

Putin and Erdogan mark key phase in natural gas pipeline

By ZEYNEP BILGINSOY - Associated Press

Turkish police detain 13 academics, activists in raids

By SUZAN FRASER - Associated Press

FILE - In this Friday, Nov. 2, 2018 file photo, a video image of Hatice Cengiz, fiancee of slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, is played during an event to remember Khashoggi, who was killed inside the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul on Oct. 2, in Washington. Saud Al-Mojeb, Saudi Arabia’s top prosecutor, is recommending the death penalty for five suspects charged with ordering and carrying out the killing of Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi. Al-Mojeb told a press conference in Riyadh Thursday, Nov. 15, 2018, that Khashoggi’s killers had been planning the operation since September 29, three days before he was killed inside the kingdom’s consulate in Istanbul. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

The Latest: Post urges independent probe in columnist slay

Associated Press

Saudi Arabia's top prosecutor Saud al-Mojeb leaves his country's consulate in Istanbul, Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2018. The Turkish fiancee of slain journalist Jamal Khashoggi has called on U.S. President Donald Trump and other leaders to ensure that his death in Istanbul is not covered up, while Saudi Arabia's top prosecutor on Tuesday visited the Saudi Consulate where officials from his government killed the writer. (Can Erok/DHA via AP)

Turkish prosecutor says Saudi writer strangled, dismembered

By MEHMET GUZEL and SUZAN FRASER - Associated Press

Hatice Cengiz, the fiancee of the killed Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, reacts as she speaks during a memorial event for her fiancee at the Mechanical Engineers Institute in London, Monday Oct. 29, 2018. The Al Sharq Forum think tank and Middle East Monitor have organised the event in honour of the murdered journalist Khashoggi who died in the Saudi consulate in Turkey. (John Stillwell/PA via AP)

Khashoggi’s fiancee calls on Trump to prevent ‘cover-up’

By ZEYNEP BILGINSOY and SUZAN FRASER - Associated Press

The entrance to Saudi Arabia's Consulate in Istanbul, Sunday, Oct. 28, 2018. The post to the left, notifies in Turkish and Arabic that the consulate will remain closed Oct. 29 because of national holiday in Turkey. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

Saudi, Turkish prosecutors discuss Khashoggi killing

By Christopher Torchia and Zeynep Bilginsoy - Associated Press

FILE - In this Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2018, file photo, Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir speaks to journalists during a joint press conference with Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi after their meeting in Jakarta, Indonesia. Al-Jubeir says the global outcry over the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi has become &quot;hysterical,&quot; while vowing that the kingdom is determined to bring the perpetrators to justice. He added that he thinks people have assigned blame to Saudi Arabia with certainty before the investigation is complete.(AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim, File)

Saudi FM says global outcry over Khashoggi ‘hysterical’

By AYA BATRAWY - Associated Press

Activists, protesting the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, hold a candlelight vigil outside Saudi Arabia's consulate in Istanbul, Thursday, Oct. 25, 2018. The poster reads in Arabic:' Khashoggi's Friends Around the World'. A group of Arab and international public, political and media figures are establishing a global association called &quot;Khashoggi's Friends Around the World&quot;; &quot;to achieve justice for the freedom martyr&quot;.(AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

Turkey seeks extradition of suspects in Khashoggi killing

By SUZAN FRASER and CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 22, 2018, file photo, a security guard enters Saudi Arabia's consulate, in Istanbul. The official Saudi statements on the fate of journalist Jamal Khashoggi changed several times since he disappeared after entering his country's consulate in Istanbul on Oct. 2. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, File)

A timeline of events in the Khashoggi case

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

In this photo released by Saudi Press Agency, SPA, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, right, shakes hands with Salah Khashoggi, a son, of Jamal Khashoggi, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2018. Saudi Arabia, which for weeks maintained that Jamal Khashoggi had left the Istanbul consulate, on Saturday acknowledged he was killed there in a &quot;fistfight.&quot; (Saudi Press Agency via AP)

The Latest: Turkish media say Saudi vehicle scouted forest

Associated Press

Officials enter Saudi Arabia's consulate in Istanbul, Tuesday, Oct. 23, 2018. Saudi officials murdered Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi in their Istanbul consulate after plotting his death for days, Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Tuesday, contradicting Saudi Arabia's explanation that the writer was accidentally killed. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

Key moments surrounding the killing of Jamal Khashoggi

Associated Press

In this photo taken on Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2018, white smoke billows from the courtyard of Saudi Arabia's consulate in Istanbul. A video shared by a television channel that is close to Turkey's government broadcasted on Monday, Oct. 22, 2018 appears to show three men burning documents at the Saudi Consulate's backyard a day after Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi was killed. A Haber news channel said the surveillance camera video - allegedly showing &quot;evidence&quot; being burned inside a drum - was recorded on Oct. 3. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

The Latest: Trump calls Khashoggi killing a ‘total fiasco’

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Media report outside Saudi Arabia's Consulate in Istanbul, Sunday, Oct. 21, 2018. The chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee says Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman &quot;crossed a line&quot; 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. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

Jamal Khashoggi case: Saudi calls, ‘body double’ after killing

By Suzan Fraser and Jon Gambrell - Associated Press

In this image made from an Oct. 18, 2018, video provided by Metafora Production, Eiad Alhaji, left, edits video in his studio as Jamal Khashoggi on a monitor speaks during an interview held in March 2018 at an undisclosed location. Eighteen days after Khashoggi disappeared, Saudi Arabia acknowledged early Saturday, Oct. 20, 2018, that the 59-year-old writer has died in what it said was a &quot;fistfight&quot; inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. (Metafora Production via AP)

Key moments surrounding the killing of Jamal Khashoggi

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

In this photo taken on Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2018, white smoke billows from the courtyard of Saudi Arabia's consulate in Istanbul. A video shared by a television channel that is close to Turkey's government broadcasted on Monday, Oct. 22, 2018 appears to show three men burning documents at the Saudi Consulate's backyard a day after Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi was killed. A Haber news channel said the surveillance camera video - allegedly showing &quot;evidence&quot; being burned inside a drum - was recorded on Oct. 3. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

The Latest: Mnuchin meets with embattled Saudi crown prince

Associated Press

Barriers block the road leading to Saudi Arabia's consulate, background, in Istanbul, Saturday, Oct. 20, 2018. Turkey will &quot;never allow a cover-up&quot; of the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Saudi Arabia's consulate in Istanbul, a senior official in Turkey's ruling party said Saturday after Saudi Arabia announced hours earlier that the writer died during a &quot;fistfight&quot; in its consulate. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

The Latest: Khashoggi’s fiancée put under police protection

Associated Press

A security guard stands behind barriers blocking the road leading to Saudi Arabia's consulate in Istanbul, Saturday, Oct. 20, 2018. Turkey will &quot;never allow a cover-up&quot; of the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Saudi Arabia's consulate in Istanbul, a senior official in Turkey's ruling party said Saturday after Saudi Arabia announced hours earlier that the writer died during a &quot;fistfight&quot; in its consulate. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

A timeline of Saudi statements on the killing of Khashoggi

Associated Press

In this image made from an Oct. 18, 2018, video provided by Metafora Production, Eiad Alhaji, left, edits video in his studio as Jamal Khashoggi on a monitor speaks during an interview held in March 2018 at an undisclosed location. Eighteen days after Khashoggi disappeared, Saudi Arabia acknowledged early Saturday, Oct. 20, 2018, that the 59-year-old writer has died in what it said was a &quot;fistfight&quot; inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. (Metafora Production via AP)

Saudi writer saw Turkey as base for a new Middle East

By SARAH EL DEEB - Associated Press

A man enters Saudi Arabia's consulate in Istanbul, Friday, Oct. 19, 2018. A Turkish official said Friday that investigators are looking into the possibility that the remains of missing Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi may have been taken to a forest in the outskirts of Istanbul or to another city — if and after he was killed inside the consulate earlier this month. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

The Latest: Germany reassessing arms sales to Saudi Arabia

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