Trump says spoke to Saudi king, suspect of 'rogue killers'

WASHINGTON - Agence France Presse

US President Donald Trump said Oct. 15 he is sending his top diplomat to Saudi Arabia after speaking to Saudi King Salman, who denied knowledge of the fate of missing journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

"Just spoke to the King of Saudi Arabia who denies any knowledge of whatever may have happened ’to our Saudi Arabian citizen,’" Trump said in a tweet, adding he was "immediately sending" Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to meet with the king.

"The denial was very, very strong," Trump told reporters at the White House after talking to King Salman by telephone. "It sounded to me like maybe these could have been rogue killers. Who knows?"