UH OH: Turkey now UNWILLING to share audio of gruesome Khashoggi murder with United States

Yesterday the pro-Erdogan newspaper Yeni Safak reported that Turkey had shared the audio recordings with the US, or so it seemed:

Turkish officials have told Reuters that authorities have an audio recording indicating that Khashoggi was killed in the consulate, and have shared evidence with countries including Saudi Arabia and the United States. Saudi Arabia has denied any role in Khashoggi’s disappearance.

I know it says ‘evidence’ but it was in the article about the audio recordings and what they revealed. What better ‘evidence’ could there be?

But apparently that’s not the case and Turkey is now refusing to share the audio recordings with the US:

Pro government Turkish newspaper Yeni Safak : Ankara will not, for the time being, share an audio recording with the United States that allegedly shows clear evidence that Khashoggi was killed inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul

I had a Turkish friend of mine confirm that is indeed what the article said. He said it means “Turkey is not sharing video and voice recording with USA at this point.”

If they aren’t going to share the audio then we can’t be sure it even exists and it puts into question everything they are saying.

Pompeo is, for now, reserving judgement until they have all the evidence. He is recommending to Trump that they give Saudi Arabia a few more days to finish their investigation:






UPDATE:

Trump just weighed in on this with a couple of tweets:


UPDATE 2:

Mnuchin has just announced he’s pulling out of a Saudi Arabia conference:


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