After journalist Jamal Khashoggi entered the Saudi consulate in Turkey on October 2, 2018, he was never seen alive again. This incident escalated into a major international scandal, meticulously detailed by Channel 4's BAFTA-winning Foreign Affairs Correspondent Jonathan Rugman. Dubbed by Donald Trump as the 'worst cover-up ever,' this account reveals one of the most notorious murder plots of our time. Khashoggi entered the consulate expecting to obtain documents to marry Hatice Gengiz, who waited outside, unaware that he was stepping into a trap set by a 15-man Saudi hit squad. Within minutes, he was brutally murdered, and his body was swiftly disposed of. The Saudis believed they could evade justice and fabricated an elaborate cover story. However, Turkey's President Erdogan had secured the consulate with surveillance, capturing the horrific events on tape. Rugman, drawing on confidential sources and new evidence from multiple countries, uncovers the context of the murder and the attempted cover-up. He illustrates how a power struggle between Erdogan and Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman led to fatal consequences, impacting US-Saudi relations and drawing in global powers, including President Trump. Rugman weaves together these elements to present a gripping narrative of one man's tragedy with far-reaching implications.
