Speaking to reporters after a phone call with King Salman, he said the Saudi leader had firmly denied knowing what had happened to Mr Khashoggi.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is flying to Saudi Arabia immediately. Turkish police have, for the first time, been inside the Saudi consulate where Mr Khashoggi was last seen. They entered the building around an hour after a group of Saudi officials. Turkish officials believe Mr Khashoggi was murdered in the consulate by Saudi agents nearly two weeks ago, but Riyadh has always strongly denied this. However, unconfirmed reports in the US media suggest Saudi Arabia is preparing to admit that Mr Khashoggi died as a result of an interrogation that went wrong and that the original intention had been to abduct him. Mr Trump addressed snatched questions from reporters over helicopter engine noise at the White House, describing King Salman's denial as "very, very strong. It sounded to me like maybe these could have been rogue killers. Who knows?" However, Mr Trump provided no evidence to back his suggestion.
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