[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 194 (Tuesday, November 18, 2025)]
[House]
[Pages H4762-H4763]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      REMEMBERING JAMAL KHASHOGGI

  (Mr. VINDMAN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. VINDMAN. Mr. Speaker, given the President's disturbing and 
counterfactual defense of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman today, 
I feel compelled to speak up on behalf of Mr. Khashoggi and his family 
and the American people.
  During my tenure on Trump's White House National Security Council 
staff, I reviewed many of Trump's calls with foreign leaders. Of all of 
the calls I reviewed, two stood out as the most problematic.
  The first, we all know. It was between President Trump and President 
Zelenskyy, which resulted in President Trump's first impeachment. The 
second was between President Trump and Mohammed bin Salman.
  After the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, I reviewed a call 
between the President and the Saudi Crown

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Prince. The American people and the Khashoggi family deserve to know 
what was said on that call.
  If history is any guide, the receipts will be shocking. I call on the 
President to release that transcript.
  Honestly, does anyone believe that the Zelenskyy call was the only 
problematic conversation Donald Trump had with a foreign leader?

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