By mid-October, the Saudis’ lies about Khashoggi’s death have unraveled. The narrative that is ultimately supported by the evidence begins with Khashoggi realizing that something is wrong shortly after entering the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on October 2 to get a marriage license. He is escorted to the consul general’s office. The Washington Post journalist’s sense of wrongness is triggered by seeing there Maher Abdulaziz Mutreb, a “former Saudi diplomat and intelligence official” known to be a “close associate” of MBS who “has often been seen at the crown prince’s side,” according to
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