Intel: How Congress is trying to hold Saudis accountable for Khashoggi’s murder

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., defends Judge Brett Kavanaugh during the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on his nomination be an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, focusing on allegations of sexual assault by Kavanaugh against Christine Blasey Ford in the early 1980s, in Washington, DC, U.S., September 27, 2018. Picture taken September 27, 2018. Tom Williams/Pool via REUTERS - RC1E5B7EC8E0
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., defends Judge Brett Kavanaugh during the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on his nomination be an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, focusing on allegations of sexual assault by Kavanaugh against Christine Blasey Ford in the early 1980s, in Washington, DC, Sept. 27, 2018. - REUTERS/Tom Williams
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The Donald Trump administration sanctioned 17 Saudi officials for killing journalist Jamal Khashoggi this week, but Congress wants to go further. Shortly after the announcement, a bipartisan group of six senators introduced legislation to sanction members of the Saudi royal family for their role in Khashoggi’s murder. 

The bill also takes aim at the Saudi-led coalition’s war against Yemen’s Houthi rebels by banning US refueling of coalition planes, suspending weapons sales to Riyadh and placing sanctions on any actor — Saudi or Houthi — blocking humanitarian aid.

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