This guy,aka MBS, was educated in the US is extremely smart and when he took over showed all the crooked guys in the Saudi kingdom he would not put up with their nonsense any more.
The kingdom had been corrupt since the days of 41 and his cabal influence which was taken over by Hillary as 41 aged.
Some were imprisoned all had assets frozen some put in house arrest in pretty spectacular housing. (Saudi style) But they all got the message and started giving back stolen money(also Saudi style)why imprison them when you can just turn them and make them pay restitution to the kingdom.It was working,although many were not too happy about it including Jamal Khashoggi.
Trump made a huge alliance with Israel and the Saudis with the Saudis now taking the lead in many terrorist fights that occur on a regular basis in the mid east. We,the US, do back-up support. The Saudis take the lead with spectacular weapons designed by Israel. They never lose. We never lose. Muslims are now taking the lead taking out terrorist muslims. It's a plan that will work and is working.
To throw MBS to the wolves would be insanity.
Chances are good Jamal Khashoggi,an MB operative,Saudi intel operative and heir to the Adnan Khashoggi smuggling empire(supposed journalist?) was trying his best to turn MB supporters his way when things went wrong.
To describe him as a journalist is to be completely naive about who this criminal-clown really was.He was also Saudi intel and knew exactly who was coming to meet him in Turkey which is why he went unarmed and with no security detail. It was coup against MBS, that went wrong. Little else.
Hopefully, MBS comes out on top of all the kerfuffle going on now and misinformation for sure.
I would not underestimate anybody and to that end RG, you are way smarter than me on this subject.