Senators Seek Path to Punish Saudi Prince for Khashoggi Killing
- Lawmakers discuss way to avoid freewheeling amendment process
- Senators want to punish kingdom over murder of Khashoggi
Mohammed Bin Salman
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A bipartisan group of senators is struggling over how to punish Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for the murder of columnist Jamal Khashoggi without undercutting their parallel effort to restrict U.S. support for a Saudi-led military campaign in Yemen.
Five senators, including Foreign Relations Chairman Bob Corker of Tennessee, met Thursday to discuss whether to add arms-sale restrictions, other Saudi sanctions, and a statement about Prince Mohammed’s complicity in the Khashoggi killing, to the Yemen resolution set to be considered by the Senate next week. Senators are trying to avoid a free-for-all of debate over amendments to the Yemen measure.