The case of journalist Jamal Khashoggi continues … Trump: I don’t want to give up Saudi Arabia, they have ordered weapons with 110 billion dollars !!!

US President Donald Trump says he does not want to give up Saudi Arabia because of their $ 110 billion sale of arms and says he has asked for audio and video recordings from Turkey about the disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

US President Donald Trump said his country needs Saudi Arabia in the fight against terrorism, at a time when Saudi Arabia has received much international criticism over the disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi after he entered his consulate in Istanbul about two weeks ago.

Trump said Wednesday he had asked for audio and video recordings from Turkey about Khashoggi, if any, while American media quoted Trump as saying: “I hope that the Saudi king and his crown prince will not know what happened to Khashoggi when it happened”.

He confirmed that he would know what happened to Khashoggi Most likely week “.

“I hope we are at the other end of the equation”, Trump said in response to a question in an interview with Fox Business about what he intends to do about Riyadh if it is proven.

“I do not want to give up Saudi Arabia, and frankly they have a huge order, $ 110 billion”, Trump said, referring to a promised sale of US arms to the kingdom.

“We need Saudi Arabia in our war on terror, and in everything that happens in Iran and elsewhere”.

In the same context, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who is visiting Turkey, said that his country “needs to know the facts behind Khashoggi’s disappearance before it can prepare a suitable response”.

The Turkish team investigating the disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi on Thursday morning ended his work at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul.

The investigation team collected evidence about the incident inside the consular building and in its garden, according to the Anadolu news agency correspondent.

After collecting the evidence that was placed in special envelops and cans, and loaded into a CID.

After the completion of the criminal investigation team, this was accompanied by Saudi officials; all members of the Joint Working Group left the consulate building.

Saudi journalist Khashoggi disappeared on October 2 after entering his consulate in Istanbul for formal treatment of his marriage.

While Khashoggi left the consulate shortly after its entry, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan asked the kingdom to provide proof, which the Saudi authorities have not yet done, and said the consular cameras “did not register” at the time Khashoggi entered.

Turkey has agreed to a Saudi request to set up a joint investigation team in the case.

On Tuesday, the Khashoggi family issued a statement calling for the formation of an international commission of inquiry to reveal the truth of his death allegations after entering the consulate.

Turkish officials have told their American counterparts that they have audio and video recordings of Khashoggi’s death inside the consulate, Riyadh has denied.

On Wednesday, US President Donald Trump announced that he had asked Turkey for audio and video recordings, “if found” about Khashoggi.

Turkish newspaper “Yeni Shafak” reported that it had managed to obtain sound recordings, revealing horrific details about the death of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, after entering his consulate in Istanbul since October 2, and since then nothing is known about him.

Among the many recordings is a sound recording of the Saudi consul in Istanbul Mohammed Al Otaibi, who left for Riyadh after his home was about to be searched by the Turkish investigation team.

One of the recordings shows the voice of the consul Al Otaibi as he speaks to the killing team: “Do this outside my office… you will put scourge on my head because of this”.

The respond from one of the execution team” If you want to reach Saudi Arabia and want to live there, keep silence”.

The recordings revealed that the journalist Jamal Khashoggi was tortured horribly before being killed, where his fingers were cut off and then beheaded.