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Sen. Marco Rubio said Sunday that the Trump administration should skip an international investors conference in Saudi Arabia until more is known about what happened to missing journalist Jamal Khashoggi.<\/p>\n
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin this month is scheduled attend the event in Riyadh known as \u201cDavos in the Desert,\u201d even as corporate leaders are pulling out over concerns about the fate of Mr. Khashoggi, a critic of the Saudi regime.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t think he should go,\u201d Mr. Rubio said on CNN\u2019s \u201cState of the Union.\u201d \u201cI don\u2019t think any of our government officials should be going and pretending it\u2019s business as usual until we know what\u2019s happened here.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Florida Republican also said that Congress would respond strongly no matter how the administration may react.<\/p>\n
\u201cI believe the Trump administration will do something, the president said that, but if he doesn\u2019t, Congress will, that I can tell you with 100 percent certainty,\u201d said Mr. Rubio.<\/p>\n
\u201cWith almost full unanimity across the board, Republicans and Democrats, there will be a very strong congressional response if in fact the Saudis lured him into that consulate, murdered him, cut up his body, and disposed of it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
.@marcorubio to @jaketapper on Secretary Mnuchin attending economic summit in Saudi Arabia: \u201cI don\u2019t think we should continue as business as usual until we know exactly what\u2019s happened here\u2026 I don\u2019t think he should go.\u201d #CNNSOTUpic.twitter.com\/8U28j5jZlk<\/p>\n
\u2014 State of the Union (@CNNSotu) October 14, 2018<\/p>\n
Mr. Khashoggi, a columnist for The Washington Post, has not been seen since Oct. 2, when he walked into the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Turkey. His disappearance has touched off a diplomatic crisis amid fears that he may have been killed at the behest of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.<\/p>\n
The White House has come under pressure to impose economic sanctions and halt arms sales to Saudi Arabia. President Trump has said \u201cwe would be punishing ourselves\u201d by canceling arm sales.<\/p>\n
Larry Kudlow, director of the White House National Economic Council, said Sunday that Mr. Mnuchin still plans to attend the conference, which he described as a meeting on stopping terrorist financing.<\/p>\n
\u201cI spoke to him last evening, and at the moment he\u2019s intending to go because of the importance of the issue of ending terrorist financing,\u201d Mr. Kudlow said on ABC\u2019s \u201cThis Week.\u201d<\/p>\n
.@GStephanopoulos: Is it appropriate for Treasury Secretary Mnuchin to attend the investor conference in Saudi Arabia?Director of White House National Economic Council Larry Kudlow: \u201cHe\u2019s intending to go because of the importance of the issue of ending terrorist financing\u201d pic.twitter.com\/5HNdzO7rvH<\/p>\n
\u2014 This Week (@ThisWeekABC) October 14, 2018<\/p>\n
\u201cBut along with the president and the general investigation, Mr. Mnuchin will make up his mind as the week progresses and as new information surfaces,\u201d Mr. Kudlow said.<\/p>\n
Sen. Bernard Sanders, Vermont independent, also expressed outrage over the possibility that Mr. Khashoggi may have been murdered.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe cannot have an ally who murders in cold blood in their own consulate,\u201d said Mr. Sanders.<\/p>\n
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