Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo sharply criticizes murdered Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi in his new book, questioning his journalism credentials and lambasting what he calls the media’s sympathetic coverage of his brutal killing in Saudi Arabia.
“He didn’t deserve to die, but we need to be clear about who he was -- and too many in the media were not,” Pompeo wrote in “Never Give an Inch: Fighting for the America I Love.” NBC News obtained a copy of the book in advance of its Jan. 24 release. Pompeo, a potential 2024 presidential candidate, mocked the media’s portrayal of Khashoggi as “a Saudi Arabian Bob Woodward who was martyred for bravely criticizing the Saudi royal family through his opinion articles in the Washington Post.”
Pompeo, who also served as CIA director in the Trump administration, described Khashoggi as an “activist,” claiming that he was a journalist only “to the extent that I, and many other public figures are journalists. We sometimes get our writing published, but we also do other things.”Khashoggi, an open critic of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, disappeared Oct. 2, 2018, after he entered the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul.
Another horrible example of shocking inhumanity...
Big of him to admit Kashoggi didn't deserve to die. What a champion of press freedom Pompeo is.
That's *lambastes
He’s such a good Christian. Just like Jesus.
Bone saw murder apologism is an interesting stand mikepompeo. Whether he was a Bob Woodward equivalent or not is irrelevant and I’m not sure why you’d even bring that up in the same context as his horrific murder and dismemberment.
Turd
Pompeo is Gross, Anti-american
He is disgusting. Not even a human. 🤬
In other words, he was in on it, but he's likely received another large bribe from the Saudis and now suddenly feels the need to publicly disparage the murdered journalist.
Pompeo is so arrogant. He has the nerve to say this mans name when at the time of his death his CIA was leaking that they knew about the plot beforehand and then when Pompeo is at State more funny business in response to a FOIA request. Ask him.
This man is disgusting, I hope the media doesn't try to rehab him with a book tour.
Just before Trump/Republicans lost, they sent Pompeo to meet the Taliban, right after they set the Taliban leader free from the prison that America’s military put him in.😡 betrayed EspionageTrump
Maybe should listen to his wife’s voices. You’re sure he was died for just an criticizing article?
so he thinks activists deserve to be sawed into pieces? of course he does
Because the blood is on his hands too
So, he deserved it mikepompeo - you satanic phlegm.
Yeah, that guy had it SO easy.
He was more than a murder victim. That was a state sponsored assassination in a foriegn country in an embassy
Nobody cares what Mike says. He’s a traitor and enemy of the United States.
Mike Pompeo is clearly an evil man.
What a ________! Feel free to fill it in yourself.
Pompeo is dying and he needs to stay away from politics. The last time I seen him, he could hardly walk!!!
Quelle surprise
BOTTOM BOTTOM!!! Nope, Can’t see it. Keep going!
Pompeo says Khashoggi didn't deserve to die, but he also says that his death isn't all that bad. Shameful.
PompeoIsATraitor
A book that I will never buy.
I want Twitter to disclose the names of everyone that Politicians or Agencies told Twitter to censor or ban. And the names of the parties that sent them so that we can file a Class Action lawsuit against every single one of them for Violating our Civil Rights.
Waiting impatiently for the Rapture to come and take this dude
Holy. Shit. SecPompeo You'd have to work very hard to increase the disgusting creature you already became, and congratulations, you found the way. The man was murdered. He was cut up with a bone saw while he was STILL ALIVE.
Pompous Pompeo will never be president of anything except his delusions
This book should rocket immediately to 1. I'm sure the Saudis can buy WAY more books than the RNC.
Hey SecPompeo mikepompeo, is murder ok?
I have nothing nice to say about Pompeo. Nothing
😳
His book also comes with smeared Twinkie icing fingerprints on half the pages.
MBS Killed Jamal Khashoggi
What is the price for Saudi money? Ask 45
Whatever mikepompeo mentions about my husband JKhashoggi he doesn’t know my husband. He should be silent and shut up the lies about my husband. It is such bad information and the wrong information. This is not acceptable. justiceforjamal
Mike Pompeo, the religious zealot with a heart of ice.
What a disgrace this man was as SOS. He continues still.
That doesn’t sound very Christian.
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