State Department Announces Penalties In Response To Jamal Khashoggi Death

“Covering up such a brutal act would wound the conscience of all mankind,” Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told members of parliament in Ankara, speaking about the death of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi

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Updated at 7:04 p.m. ET

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced on Tuesday afternoon that 21 Saudi suspects in the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi will have their visas revoked or be ineligible for a visa to enter the United States.

“The U.S. has identified at least some of the individuals responsible including those in the intelligence services, the royal court, the Foreign Ministry and other Saudi ministries that we suspect to have been involved in Khashoggi’s death,” Pompeo told reporters during a briefing at the State Department.