By STEPHEN GROVES and LISA MASCARO Associated Press
The widow of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi is calling for the release of the transcript of a 2019 phone call President Donald Trump had with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. She is joining Democratic lawmakers who are raising questions about what, if anything, Trump may have received in exchange for his embrace of the crown prince. Hanan Elatr Khashoggi appeared on Capitol Hill on the heels of Trump's dismissal of U.S. intelligence findings that Prince Mohammed most likely had some culpability in the October 2018 slaying.
Incoming senior Trump officials have begun questioning career civil servants serving on the White House National Security Council about who they voted for, their political contributions in the 2024 election and whether they've made social media posts that could be considered incriminating by the Trump team. That's according to a U.S. official familiar with the issue who was not authorized to speak publicly on the matter. Trump's pick to serve as his national security adviser, Republican Florida Rep. Mike Waltz, tells Breitbart News he wants the NSC staffed by personnel who are "100 percent aligned" with Trump's agenda. Some of these nonpolitical employees have begun packing up their belongings since being asked about their loyalty.