On Wednesday, a bipartisan group of US Senators introduced a resolution calling for the White House and the international community to hold Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman responsible for the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi and to pressure Riyadh to negotiate an end to its war in Yemen.
Resolution 714, introduced by Democrats Dianne Feinstein and Ed Markey in conjunction with Republicans Lindsey Graham, Marco Rubio, Todd Young and Chris Coons, is the continued fallout of the CIA’s finding that the Saudi crown prince must be responsible for the murder of Khashoggi, which was leaked last month to the media. CIA Director Gina Haspel gave extensive closed-door testimony before the Senate on Tuesday, which swayed many fence-sitters unsure whether or not to side with the Trump administration’s version of the events, which is based heavily on that provided by the Saudi monarchy.