Democrat Joaquin Castro is pushing this weird conspiracy theory that Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner ordered the Saudis to assassinate Jamal Khashuggi.
Here’s the idiot pitching his theory on CNN:
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
Even anti-Trump people were like WTF what are you talking about buddy.
Then he tried to produce evidence supporting his thesis:
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
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 @washingtonpost: https://t.co/ZY56E3kFTi (3/7)
— 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 @theintercept: https://t.co/BoeAMNHEBl (5/7)
— Joaquin Castro (@JoaquinCastrotx) October 19, 2018
See here from @businessinsider: https://t.co/0HWpgqdjs0 (6/7)
— 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
Very weird. There’s a lot of people bashing him for this irresponsible statement that doesn’t seem to be supported by the facts. If he has evidence, he should produce it. If not, shut up.