WASHINGTON (AFP) -- The Washington Post, whose columnist Jamal Khashoggi was reported to have been killed in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, has accused the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump of performing a "diplomatic cleanup operation" for Riyadh.
In an editorial headlined "Why is the Trump administration cleaning up Saudi Arabia's mess?" the paper backed calls by U.S. officials for an independent international commission into the disappearance of the journalist earlier this month, which has tarnished the image of Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman.