Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi tweeted about Fitaihi before his assassination : " What has happened to us ? How can someone like Dr. Walid Fitaihi be arrested and what are the justifications for it ? Of course , everyone is in a state of confusion and helplessness , there is no one you can go to , no public prosecutor has questioned . God help us . " US National Security Advisor John Bolton , when asked about Fitaihi 's case during an interview on CNN 's " State of the Union " , said that " he knew only that American diplomats had recently met with him in prison . Beyond that , we do n't really have any additional information at this point . " In response to an Associated Press query , the State Department released a statement confirmed that U.S. diplomatic representatives had met with Fitaihi and had " raised his case " with the Saudi government
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Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi
Walid Fitaihi