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sheshe2

(95,140 posts)
Thu Nov 20, 2025, 09:19 PM Nov 20

This Congressman Knows What Trump Told MBS After Khashoggi's Killing. He Says the Public Needs to See the Transcript

Scoop: Rep. Eugene Vindman knows what Trump said on a 2019 call with the Saudi Crown Prince about Jamal Khashoggi's killing, and his effort to make it public is about to rachet up.

Tomorrow, Vindman will appear alongside Khossoggi's widow to call on Trump to release the transcript

Aman Batheja (@amanbatheja.bsky.social) 2025-11-20T19:41:43.297Z


Rep. Eugene Vindman, a Virginia Democrat, is alleging there was a “shocking” 2019 call between President Donald Trump and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia following the brutal killing of Jamal Khashoggi that the public needs to hear. Vindman knows about it because he was working at the time as a lawyer on the White House’s National Security Council, which produced a classified summary of the conversation.

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Vindman first spoke publicly about the phone call on the House floor on Tuesday, but his comments were largely swamped in the news by the landslide House vote demanding Trump release the Jeffrey Epstein case files. In his speech, Vindman called on Trump to also release the transcript of his call with MBS, as the Crown Prince is known. “If history is any guide, the receipts will be shocking,” Vindman said.

Those remarks were the opening salvo of a pressure campaign Vindman plans to unfold in the next weeks and months to demand Trump reveal to the public what he told MBS in private. That campaign will include Khashoggi’s widow, Hanan Elatr Khashoggi, joining Vindman for a press conference at the Capitol tomorrow. Vindman tells TIME he has also spoken to the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, Rep. Robert Garcia of California, about writing a bill to require Trump release the transcript.

Vindman’s unusual decision to speak about the sensitive work he was involved with on the National Security Council came about quickly this week. He says the President forced his hand. He was in his Capitol Hill office on Tuesday when he heard that Trump had defended the crown prince during their Oval Office meeting, in response to a question about Khashoggi, a Washington Post columnist. Trump said on Tuesday the Saudi leader “knew nothing” about Khashoggi’s 2018 death and “things happen.” But a CIA assessment released in 2021 found that Saudi agents in Istanbul had been acting on bin Salman’s order in 2018 when they killed and dismembered Khashoggi, who had written critically of the Saudi royal family.


More: https://time.com/7335544/trump-transcript-khashoggi-vindman-mbs/

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Eugene Vindman is a good man. Let the truth be told.









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This Congressman Knows What Trump Told MBS After Khashoggi's Killing. He Says the Public Needs to See the Transcript (Original Post) sheshe2 Nov 20 OP
I pray for his safety tonight Grim Chieftain Nov 20 #1
I am with you on this. sheshe2 Nov 20 #2
You mean Trump lied? Bmoboy Nov 20 #3
I haven't. nt Cha Nov 20 #8
Vindman is a courageous man with verifiable information JohnnyLib2 Nov 20 #4
Pam Bondi has it on her desk for review. rubbersole Nov 20 #5
Both Vindman twins are heroes. soldierant Nov 20 #6
TY, she and Rep Eugene Vindman ! Cha Nov 20 #7
From your lips to the Goddesses ear, Cha. sheshe2 Nov 20 #10
Damn right. Release the transcript. ReRe Nov 20 #9
the Republicans are insane popsdenver Nov 20 #11
Good! Joinfortmill Nov 21 #12
Vindman is a patriot Bayard Nov 21 #13
Interesting timing for MBS to be visiting Trump right when the Epstein bill passes Wiz Imp Nov 21 #14
Just TELL us. Why wait? Unless he's legally barred from it. Callie1979 Nov 21 #15

JohnnyLib2

(11,303 posts)
4. Vindman is a courageous man with verifiable information
Thu Nov 20, 2025, 09:55 PM
Nov 20

and in a strong position to bedevil Trump. Bravo!

Cha

(316,090 posts)
7. TY, she and Rep Eugene Vindman !
Thu Nov 20, 2025, 10:56 PM
Nov 20

We So Appreciate him and Hanan Elatr Khashoggi Bravely Speaking Out at the Capitol tomorrow.

Be So Careful and Security Please Watch Their Backs! :

Yes.. "Things happen.." and some day Things will happen to the Glazed Orange Pig.

Release the Transcript

ReRe

(12,162 posts)
9. Damn right. Release the transcript.
Thu Nov 20, 2025, 11:15 PM
Nov 20

djt's cavalier attitude on camera about the demise of an American citizen who entered the Saudi Embassy to pick up a marriage license, his fiancé waiting in the car, who was never seen again. I immediately thought of how Khashoggi's fiancé must have felt when A-hole said that, while mbs sat over there wringing his hands.
Things happen alright. Rep Eugene Vindman is going to prove that things happen.

popsdenver

(1,239 posts)
11. the Republicans are insane
Thu Nov 20, 2025, 11:46 PM
Nov 20

if they let this go on any longer.............The 25th amendment takes too long, and if he knows it is coming, he will be hell bent for revenge on everyone/everything.....Here and in the entire world.......

They are risking their entire Republican party at this point...........

Wiz Imp

(8,411 posts)
14. Interesting timing for MBS to be visiting Trump right when the Epstein bill passes
Fri Nov 21, 2025, 12:31 AM
Nov 21

The NY Times published a story a few months ago revealing Epstein had prominently displayed a photo of himself with MBS in his NYC Townhome. And there are emails between Epstein and others concerning Saudi Arabia in 2017 relating to MBS being promoted to Crown Prince. You would think at least someone in the media would have made mention of Epstein ties with MBS and Saudi Arabia this week (perhaps someone did but I didn't see it).


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