“His denial to me could not have been stronger.” “He tells me that he didn’t know about it.” “Jamal Khashoggi. The journalist, the Saudi journalist — was he murdered by the Saudis and did the prince give the order to kill him?” “Well, nobody knows yet, but we’ll probably be able to find out. As of this moment they deny it, and they deny it vehemently.” “I don’t think that the top leadership knew about it. He tells me that he didn’t know about it, and I will take him at his word.” “My people came to me — Dan Coats came to me and some others, they said they think it’s Russia. I have President Putin, he just said it’s not Russia. I will tell you that President Putin was extremely strong and powerful in his denial today.“