The U.S. intelligence community has reportedly determined that the Saudi crown prince ordered the death of Khashoggi, who was a critic of the government, even as Trump has stopped short of echoing that view.

"It could very well be that the Crown Prince had knowledge of this tragic event — maybe he did and maybe he didn’t! That being said, we may never know all of the facts surrounding the murder of Mr. Jamal Khashoggi," Trump said in a statement last year.