Turkey reportedly has a second audio tape of a Saudi hit team discussing details of Jamal Khashoggi's murder, bolstering the CIA's claims

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November 17, 2018 7:52 PM

The tape allegedly shows evidence that journalist Jamal Khashoggi was the victim of a premeditated murder at the hands of Saudi Arabia.

Jamal Khashoggi
directly contradicts the conclusions
discusses how to execute Khashoggi immediately prior to his arrival at the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul, reports Turkey's Hurriyet newspaper.

Turkish officials reportedly have a second, 15-minute audio tape of a Saudi hit team discussing the details of a plan to murder the journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

The tape, first reported by a columnist at Turkey's Hurriyet newspaper, allegedly shows evidence that Khashoggi was the victim of a premeditated murder and directly contradicts the conclusions drawn by Saudi investigators.

Khashoggi, 59, was a contributor to The Washington Post and a Saudi Arabian national who frequently wrote

In the first tape, "Khashoggi'

On Thursday, US officials also announced sanctions against 17 Saudi officials.

"The Saudi officials we are sanctioning were involved in the abhorrent killing of Jamal Khashoggi," according to a statement fromTreasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin. "These individuals who targeted and brutally killed a journalist who resided and worked in the United States must face consequences for their actions."

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