Hanan Elatr Khashoggi, the widow of murdered Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, has shared how “upset” she was by President Donald Trump dismissing her husband’s brutal death by casually stating that “things happen.”

The president was asked about Khashoggi’s 2018 murder during an Oval Office meeting on Tuesday with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

“You’re mentioning somebody that was extremely controversial,” Trump said about the slain journalist. “A lot of people didn’t like that gentleman that you’re talking about. Whether you liked him or didn’t like him, things happen.”

The president then defended Prince bin Salman by insisting he was not involved in the journalist’s death—a statement that directly contradicts U.S. intelligence, which found the prince likely ordered the murder

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