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Khashoggi wrote for the Washington Post, so it wouldn’t be a favor for Trump. It would be consistent with his own motivations for murdering Khashoggi.

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Great theory, except for the fact David Pecker was directly involved and more or less admitted it was a favor for Trump which he had been doing for decades.

David Pecker was, IIRC, the guy who also directed the 'catch and kill' with Stormy Daniels just before the 2016 election.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-trumps-fixers-silenced-sto...

While David Pecker was involved in the brokering of the hush money deal with Stormy Daniels, which Michael Cohen eventually made (and prosecuted for), the "catch and kill" payment was made to Karen McDougal, which was another Trump affair.

It is insane to me that Trump is a pariah for the religion crowd

> Definition of pariah. 1 : a member of a low caste of southern India. 2 : one that is despised or rejected : outcast.

I'm not sure I understand your comment

What weight does that hold when MBS actually killed the WaPo journalist? The proof is right in front of us.

What are you talking about? Nobody is refuting that MBS killed Kashoggi. What I'm refuting is that the Bezos hack wasn't a favor to Trump. It clearly was.

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