In his first visit to the White House since the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, Mohammed bin Salman received a warm welcome from President Donald Trump , who contradicted U.S. intelligence and said the Saudi crown prince “knew nothing” about the killing.

“You’re mentioning somebody that was extremely controversial,” Trump said Tuesday in response to questions from a journalist about Khashoggi. “A lot of people didn’t like that gentleman that you’re talking about. Whether you like him or didn’t like him, things happen, but [bin Salman] knew nothing about it, and we can leave it at that.”

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Trump began his remarks by saying that he was proud of the crown prince in “terms of human rights and everything else.”

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