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Utah Rep. Stewart says ‘journalists disappear’ all the time in defending Trump’s reaction to the murder of a U.S.-based columnist

Washington • Rep. Chris Stewart defended President Donald Trump’s dismissal of CIA findings that Saudi Arabia’s crown prince was complicit in the killing of a U.S.-based journalist, noting that America needs relationships with some countries it doesn’t always agree with.

Stewart appeared on CNN on Tuesday not long after a bipartisan group of senators received a closed door briefing by CIA Director Gina Haspel about the killing of Saudi dissident Jamal Khashoggi, a Washington Post columnist, who was reportedly slain and dismembered inside a Saudi consulate in Turkey.

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salmon was a “wrecking ball” and that “he's complicit in the murder of Mr.