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Joe Biden spoke to Univision on the Jamal Khashoggi report, calling it outrageous what happened" and making a point to emphasize that he spoke with the king, not the prince".
We're going to be announcing significant changes today and on Monday," Biden said. We are going to hold them accountable for human rights abuses and we're going to make sure that they, in fact, you know, if they want to deal with us they have to deal with it in a way that the human rights abuses are dealt with. And we're trying to do that across the world."
Biden to Univision on Khashoggi report: I spoke yesterday with the king, not the prince. Made it clear to him that the rules are changing and we're going to be announcing significant changes today and on Monday" to hold the Saudis accountable. It is outrageous what happened." pic.twitter.com/Vft8KLtCtP
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