Sarah Sanders Slams Joaquin Castro's 'Slanderous Lie' Linking Kushner To Kashoggi's Disappearance
Sarah Sanders slammed Joaquin Castro following his remarks on CNN about Jared Kushner and Jamal Khashoggi.
After Democratic Representative Joaquin Castro linked President Trump's son-in-law and White House adviser Jared Kushner to the disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders slammed the lawmaker on Twitter.
Sanders tweeted: 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."
Her tweet came hours after Castro made his remarks in a CNN segment.
Castro stated: "Let me get to the point that I think is most disturbing right now; the reporting that Jared Kushner may have with US intelligence delivered a hit list, an enemies list to the Crown Prince [Mohammed bin Salman], to MBS in Saudi Arabia, and that the prince then may have acted on that and one of the people that he took action against is Mr. Khashoggi."
The CNN anchor pushed back on the comment, saying that the network doesn't have that report.
Castro continued that he's "seen reporting" on that claim and it "needs to be investigated."
He was widely criticized for floating the theory without citing any evidence.
In a tweet later, Castro noted: "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."
While Kushner has close ties to the Saudi crown prince, "no one has previously accused Kushner of having a role in the incident," notes BuzzFeed News.
Khashoggi disappeared on October 2. He was last seen walking into the Saudi Arabian consulate in Turkey.
After Democratic Representative Joaquin Castro linked President Trump's son-in-law and White House adviser Jared Kushner to the disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders slammed the lawmaker on Twitter.
Sanders tweeted: 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."
Her tweet came hours after Castro made his remarks in a CNN segment.
Castro stated: "Let me get to the point that I think is most disturbing right now; the reporting that Jared Kushner may have with US intelligence delivered a hit list, an enemies list to the Crown Prince [Mohammed bin Salman], to MBS in Saudi Arabia, and that the prince then may have acted on that and one of the people that he took action against is Mr. Khashoggi."
The CNN anchor pushed back on the comment, saying that the network doesn't have that report.
Castro continued that he's "seen reporting" on that claim and it "needs to be investigated."
He was widely criticized for floating the theory without citing any evidence.
In a tweet later, Castro noted: "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."
While Kushner has close ties to the Saudi crown prince, "no one has previously accused Kushner of having a role in the incident," notes BuzzFeed News.
Khashoggi disappeared on October 2. He was last seen walking into the Saudi Arabian consulate in Turkey.