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‘Maybe He Did, Maybe He Didn’t’

Stephen Colbert expressed outrage on Tuesday over President Trump’s stubborn support of Saudi Arabia. The president released a statement on Tuesday refusing to hold Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman accountable for the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, a Washington Post journalist killed inside the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul last month.

Despite the C.I.A.’s conclusion that the crown prince authorized the killing, Trump essentially said the truth was unknowable: “It could very well be that the Crown Prince had knowledge of this tragic event — maybe he did and maybe he didn’t!”