President Donald Trump and Saudi Arabia' s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman , the de facto ruler of his nation, on Tuesday brushed off questions about bin Salman's involvement in the 2018 killing of the Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul.

"Things happen," Trump said when asked about Khashoggi's killing by a reporter as he sat next to bin Salman in the Oval Office.

Khashoggi, who was a critic of the regime, was also a U.S. resident.

Trump called the ABC News reporter "fake news" after she asked about Khashoggi, about claims by families of 9/11 victims that Saudi Arabia bankrolled the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks, and about the propriety of Trump's business investing in Saudi Arabia.

"You're mentioning somebody that was extremely controversial," T

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