Texas Congressman Joaquin Castro, a Democrat, appeared on CNN with Poppy Harlow, when he claimed that Jared Kushner gave the Saudis a hit list of enemies, he wanted to be assassinated and that Khashoggi was on that list. Castro, like the good little liberal loser that he is, provided absolutely no evidence whatsoever. The next day he doubled down on the accusation.
At her Friday Press Conference, Sarah Sanders ripped Castro for his irresponsible remarks.
“Castro’s allegation is an outrageous slanderous lie without a shred of proof, it’s reprehensible for a sitting Congressman and supposed “news” outlets to continue citing an article that used unnamed sources and was completely debunked.”
Video: Here’s the video of Democratic Congressman Joaquin Castro stating without evidence that Kushner may have given the Saudis a hit list that had Khashoggi’s name on it and thus the Saudis had him killed. Incredibly irresponsible. pic.twitter.com/9mossq4Cdt
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) October 19, 2018
To be clear, I did not intend to accuse @jaredkushner of orchestrating anything. Based on press reporting, I’m asking for Congress to open an investigation of whether any US Intelligence was shared with Saudi Arabia that led to political persecution or killing of #Khashoggi (1/7) https://t.co/31vUT7bEUc
— Joaquin Castro (@JoaquinCastrotx) October 19, 2018
Joaquin Castro accuses Jared Kushner of orchestrating the Khashoggi killing https://t.co/ZiNn8pdiCx
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) October 19, 2018
There has been broad skepticism in the US intelligence community of @jaredkushner’s relationship with #MBS. See here from @nytimes: https://t.co/QRHwQNLQyu (2/7)
— Joaquin Castro (@JoaquinCastrotx) October 19, 2018
See here from the @guardian: https://t.co/uL50JkHWt5 (4/7)
— Joaquin Castro (@JoaquinCastrotx) October 19, 2018
See here from the @guardian: https://t.co/uL50JkHWt5 (4/7)
— Joaquin Castro (@JoaquinCastrotx) October 19, 2018
For these reasons, Congress should open an investigation to see whether @jaredkushner or any other Admin official shared any US intelligence with the Saudis that led to any political persecution, including the killing of #JamalKhashoggi. (7/7)
— Joaquin Castro (@JoaquinCastrotx) October 19, 2018