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Article snippet: MORE on Tuesday criticized people blaming Saudi Arabia for the disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, saying they are prejudging the case. "Here we go again with, you know, you're guilty until proven innocent. I don't like that," Trump said during an interview with The Associated Press. The president likened the global outcry against Saudi Arabia to the controversy surrounding Supreme Court Justice MORE, who was accused of sexual assault during his confirmation process. "We just went through that with Justice Kavanaugh and he was innocent all the way as far as I'm concerned," he said. "So we have to find out what happened." Trump's latest comments are the furthest he has gone to defend the Saudi government from charges that it is responsible for the dissident journalist's fate. The president earlier Tuesday spoke to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman and vouched for his claim that he has no knowledge of what happened to Khashoggi. But Trump said that the prince has agreed to "expand" an investigation into the incident. Trump told the AP he hopes the Saudi investigation concludes in “less than a week.” Khashoggi, a critic of Salman, has not been seen since entering the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on Oct. 2. Turkish officials say the journalist was killed and dismembered inside the compound. After speaking to the Saudi king on Monday, Trump said it is possible that "rogue killers" were responsible for Khashoggi's disappearance. The president said in the i... Link to the full article to read more