Saad al-Jabri tells ‘60 Minutes’ crown prince once spoke of killing sitting Saudi monarch before his father was crowned king, warns bin Salman more secrets could be released if he is killed
A former senior Saudi security official who helped oversee joint U.S. counterterrorism efforts claimed in an interview with “60 Minutes” that the kingdom’s crown prince once spoke of killing a sitting Saudi monarch before his own father was crowned king.The ex-intelligence official, who resides in exile in Canada, claimed that in 2014, Prince Mohammed boasted that he could kill King Abdullah.
Al-Jabri, 62, claims the crown prince will not rest until “he see me dead” because “he fears my information.” He described Prince Mohammed bin Salman as “a psychopath, killer.” “He told him, ‘I want to assassinate King Abdullah. I get a poison ring from Russia. It’s enough for me just to shake hand with him and he will be done,’” Al-Jabri said, and claimed that Saudi intelligence took the threat seriously. The issue was handled within the royal family, al-Jabri said.The Saudi government told CBS News that al-Jabri is “a discredited former government official with a long history of fabricating and creating distractions to hide the financial crimes he committed.
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