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Why it matters: President Trump — who has also refused to listen to the tape, branding it a "terrible tape" — has not accepted the CIA's conclusion that Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered the killing, a fact disputed by a bipartisan group of members of Congress who have access to highly classified intelligence.

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