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Credible defense because as we have been pointing out, as newspapers and television networks have been pointing out, the benefits that donald trump claims for the u.s./saudi relationship are vastly exaggerated. i was interested to read that "new york times" story where the saudis basically sold trump on the idea of buying $50 billion worth of u.s. weapons. in fact they are only buying about $14 billion. but then trump and kushner decided to inflate it and claim it is actually $110 billion. they ...

Each other jared and mohamed with text melssages and phone calls. he admitted he had contact when he talked to van jones in october. >> what are kind of advice did you give mbs? >> to be fully transparent. the world is watching and this is a very, very serious accusation and situation and to make sure you are transparent and to take it very seriously. >> mbs personally ordered jamal khashoggis killing, but kushner continued to argue that saudi arabia is a key ally to the trump administration. le...

Presidents political team is worried about that. you dont want to head into a re-election campaign. another thing were beginning to see, at least on the question of saudi arabia, strong pushback from congress, thinking jared kushner is too close to the crown prince, that the administration doesnt get it, that they killed and dismembered jamal kha shchlt oggi and the administration needs to do more. >> i have zero doubt in my mind that mbs ordered the killing, monitored the killing, planned it in...

And recently got into a shouting match with john bolton over a surge of illegal border crossings. >> there is communication with the saudis. according to the president, son-in-law jared kushner offered advice on how to weather the storm. "new york times" reporter mark mazetti broke the story. >> since ckhashoggis killing, there is advice hes given to the crown prince. hes been advising him to settle some of his problems in the region within the kingdom, avoid mistakes that clearly the killing of...

Surprising new details on how a key player handled the fallout from the murder of jamal khashoggi. according to a report in the "new york times," the presidents senior adviser and son-in-law, jared kushner, was advising the saudi crown prince even after he was accused of ordering the killing. kushner offered mohammad bin salman advice on how to weather the storm following jamal khashoggis death. it goes on to say kushner and mbs were chatting in the days after the murder despite white house prot...

Knew and have known from the beginning that jared kushner and mbs had this personal relationship and we saw it play out over the visits to the united states and the dinners. these are both men in their 30s who had peers from an age perspective and had the ability to forge of bonds of a relationship that would bear fruit on the foreign policy front. after jamal khashoggis killing rveths the circumstances of that from a policy perspective have changed. the fact that several u.s. officials were wil...

Murder, but last week u.s. senators came out a classified briefing saying the crown prince was behind it. ana cabrera spoke with one of the reporters who broke the khashoggi story. listen. >> since khashoggis killing, we report that hes continued these messaging conversations with mohammed bin salman and some of the advice hes given is unclear, but it is our understanding that he has been advising him to settle some of his problems in the region, within the kingdom, avoiding mistakes, that clear...

A key player handled the fallout of the murder of jamal khashoggi. the presidents senior adviser and son-in-law, jared kushner after he was accused of ordering jamal khashoggis killing. the times said kushner offered mohammad bin salman, always known as mbs advice on how to weather the storm following jamal khashoggis death. it goes on to say kushner and mbs were chatting privately and informally in the days after the murder despite white house protocol that national security staff be on all pho...

Said, they know something that the u.s. government doesnt. thats a bribery point and a counter intelligence target for the saudis. >> how potentially dangerous is it that jared kushner sent signals to mbs and the white house essentially had his back even before knowing all of the facts, susan? >> to sams point, it is dangerous because it is compromising. we havent seen jared kushner skirt the protocols out of convenience, but taking steps to attempt to hide his communications from the u.s. gover...

Because advising the saudi crown prince even after he was accused of ordering khashoggis killing. the "times" says kushner offered bin salman, mbs, advice about how to, quote, weather the storm after the killing. it goes on to say kushner and mbs were chatting privately in the days after the october murder despite white house protocol that national security staff be on all phone calls with foreign leaders. according to three former white house officials, and two others briefed by the saudi royal...