Trump Didn’t Commit to Extraditing Turkish Cleric, Official Says

President Donald Trump didn’t commit to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that he would extradite a U.S.-based religious leader Turkey has accused of instigating an attempted coup, a senior White House official said.

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Sunday that Trump had told Erdogan he was “working on” the extradition of Turkish cleric Fethullah Gulen at a meeting during the Group of 20 summit in Buenos Aires earlier this month. But the U.S. official, who asked not to be identified in order to discuss the private conversation, indicated Trump’s commitment did not extend beyond previous assurances to consider Turkey’s extradition request.