Sec. 2. Findings
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Congress finds the following: Jamal Khashoggi, a United States resident, Saudi journalist, and Washington Post columnist, was killed and dismembered in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Turkey on October 2, 2018, by at least 14 intelligence officers of the Government of Saudi Arabia. Khashoggi was lured to the consulate under the false cover of needing to address a consular matter. Following the killing, 17 officers from the Saudi intelligence service, or Mabahith, reportedly visited Istanbul and cleansed the crime scene.
At the time of his murder, Khashoggi was living in Virginia under an O visa and was in the process of applying for a permanent residency. A subsequent, highly-credible investigation by the United Nations concluded that Khashoggi’s killing was premeditated and that the mission was endorsed, planned, and overseen by senior Saudi officials.