WASHINGTON _ Sens. Lindsey Graham and Rand Paul, two of President Donald Trump's closest allies on foreign policy, said in pointed, angry terms Tuesday that Saudi Arabia's crown prince was behind the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi _ a sharp break with the Trump administration's view.
"There is not a smoking gun, there's a smoking saw," Graham, R-S.C., told reporters after emerging from a Capitol Hill briefing with Central Intelligence Agency Director Gina Haspel.
Graham was convinced the administration was willfully ignoring the evidence linking Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman with Khashoggi's death to avoid having to sever ties with the kingdom. And Paul, R-Ky., suggested that a "deep state" was at work.
