{"id":182446,"date":"2021-02-28T21:14:43","date_gmt":"2021-03-01T02:14:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=182446"},"modified":"2021-03-01T08:41:41","modified_gmt":"2021-03-01T13:41:41","slug":"biden-says-saudi-announcement-to-come-monday-official-says-no-new-steps-expected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-says-saudi-announcement-to-come-monday-official-says-no-new-steps-expected\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Says Saudi Announcement to Come Monday; Official Says No New Steps Expected"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-says-saudi-announcement-to-come-monday-official-says-no-new-steps-expected%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=182446&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>WASHINGTON\u2014President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-joe-biden\">Joe Biden<\/a> on Saturday said his administration would make an announcement on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-saudi-arabia\">Saudi Arabia<\/a> on Monday, following the release of a report by the Director of National Intelligence which outlines the\u00a0assessment of U.S. intelligence on the killing of journalist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-jamal-khashoggi\">Jamal Khashoggi<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration has faced criticism in a\u00a0Washington Post editorial and from others for not being tougher on Saudi Arabia\u2019s crown prince, who intelligence assessed (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dni.gov\/files\/ODNI\/documents\/assessments\/Assessment-Saudi-Gov-Role-in-JK-Death-20210226v2.pdf\">pdf<\/a>) must have authorized the murder carried out by Saudi officials.<\/p>\n<p>The Saudi government, which has denied any involvement by the crown prince, on Friday issued a statement rejecting the U.S. report\u2019s findings and repeating its previous statements that Khashoggi\u2019s killing was a heinous crime by a rogue group.<\/p>\n<p>Asked about punishing Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (also known as MbS)\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/remarks-by-saudi-crown-prince-mohammed-bin-salman-mark-shift-in-middle-east_2484283.html\">Saudi Arabia\u2019s de facto ruler<\/a>\u00a0who was appointed in 2017 and led an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/recent-arrests-clear-way-for-reform-of-saudi-arabia-and-its-us-ties-2_2384905.html\">anti-corruption committee<\/a> that saw 11 princes and\u00a038 other top figures in the kingdom arrested\u2014Biden said: \u201cThere will be an announcement on Monday as to what we are going to be doing with Saudi Arabia generally.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden did not provide details. A\u00a0White House official has suggested no new significant steps are expected.<\/p>\n<div class=\"morearticles\">\n<p><strong>Read More<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"post_list\">\n<div class=\"article\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/new-era-saudi-arabias-crown-prince-lifts-travel-restrictions-on-women-grants-them-greater-control_3027219.html\">\u2018New Era\u2019: Saudi Arabia\u2019s Crown Prince Lifts Travel Restrictions on Women, Grants Them Greater Control<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"article\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/remarks-by-saudi-crown-prince-mohammed-bin-salman-mark-shift-in-middle-east_2484283.html\">Remarks by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Mark Shift in Middle East<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe administration took a wide range of new actions on Friday. The president is referring to the fact that on Monday, the State Department will provide more details and elaborate on those announcements, not new announcements,\u201d the official said.<\/p>\n<p>Khashoggi, a U.S. resident who wrote opinion columns for the Washington Post critical of MbS policies, was killed and dismembered by a team of operatives linked to the prince in the kingdom\u2019s consulate in Istanbul in October 2018.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2716508\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Jamal-Khashoggi-600x409-1.jpg\" alt=\"Jamal Khashoggi speaks on cell phone\" width=\"600\" height=\"409\" \/><\/p>\n<p>File photo of Saudi dissident and journalist Jamal Khashoggi speaking on his cellphone at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 29, 2011. (AP Photo\/Virginia Mayo)<\/p>\n<p>Among the punitive steps the United States took on Friday was the imposition of a visa ban on some Saudis believed involved in the Khashoggi killing and sanctions on others, including a former deputy intelligence chief, which would freeze their U.S. assets and generally bar Americans from dealing with them.<\/p>\n<p><em>By Steve Holland. 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