Saudi Prince Alwaleed: Khashoggi probe will exonerate leader
Monday November 5, 2018
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Saudi Arabian billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, an international businessman from the kingdom, said on Sunday that an official investigation into the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi will exonerate the country’s leader.
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On Sunday, Prince Alwaleed said his detention was "forgiven and forgotten.”
The crown prince’s allies have said last year’s crackdown was a fight against corruption and Prince Alwaleed agreed.
"Thank God that, after this incident, many of those that were detained had a big cleaning process,” he said.
Prince Alwaleed was freed from Riyadh’s Ritz-Carlton Hotel along with other royals, senior officials and businessmen, most of whom reached financial settlements with the authorities.
Prince Alwaleed denied reports that he had been tortured in custody and that officials stripped him of his wealth.
Reporting by Patrick Rucker; Editing by Kevin Drawbaugh, Lisa Shumaker and Susan Thomas
Saudi Prince Alwaleed: Khashoggi probe will exonerate leader
Khashoggi, a Washington Post columnist critical of the Saudi government and its de facto ruler Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, was killed after he entered the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in early October. "I ask Saudi Arabia now publicly, t