Article snippet: The Saudi government has claimed that the crown prince was not involved in Khashoggi's death, and a spokesperson for the Saudi Embassy in Washington issued a statement Friday denying that Khalid had any phone conversations with Khashoggi. "The claims in this purported assessment is false. We have and continue to hear various theories without seeing the primary basis for these speculations," the spokesperson said. The statement added that the ambassador met with Khashoggi once in late September 2017 for a "cordial discussion" and they texted into the following month. A spokesperson for the CIA didn't immediately return a request for comment from The Hill on Friday evening. “Alhamdulillah. The truth shall prevail,” Karen Attiah, Khashoggi’s editor at The Post who has been a vocal critic of Saudi explanations for his death, tweeted in response to the newspaper's report on Friday evening. CIA Director Gina Haspel visited Turkey late last month and briefed MORE on her findings once returning to the U.S. Khashoggi disappeared after entering the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on Oct. 2 to obtain papers for his marriage. Turkish officials have said that he was killed by a Saudi hit squad shortly after entering the consulate, and was then dismembered and his body removed from the premises. The Saudi government issued several conflicting explanations for his disappearance before eventually acknowledging that he was killed inside the consulate, while denying that the crown pri... Link to the full article to read more