Following the murder of Khashoggi , the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations approved a resolution to impose sanctions on people blocking humanitarian access in Yemen and suspend arms sales to Saudi Arabia . Senator Lindsey Graham said America 's relationship with Saudi Arabia " is more of a burden than an asset . " He also said , " The crown prince of Saudi Arabia is so toxic , so tainted , so flawed . " Andrew Smith , of Campaign Against Arms Trade ( CAAT ) , said that Jeremy Hunt and Boris Johnson " have played an utterly central and complicit role in arming and supporting the Saudi-led destruction of Yemen . " Hunt 's Conservative leadership campaign was partly funded by a close associate to Mohammad bin Salman . In August 2016 , Donald Trump Jr. had a meeting with an envoy representing Mohammed bin Salman and Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan of Abu Dhabi . The envoy offered help to the Trump presidential campaign . The meeting included Joel Zamel , an Israeli specialist in social media manipulation , Lebanese-American businessman George Nader , and Blackwater founder Erik Prince
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Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi
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