In this photo released by Saudi Press Agency, SPA, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, right, shakes hands with Salah Khashoggi, a son, of Jamal Khashoggi, in Riyadh. Photo / AP
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says the Trump Administration is revoking the visas of some Saudi officials implicated in the death of writer Jamal Khashoggi.
Pompeo announced the step at a State Department news conference today.
Vice-President Mike Pence said earlier that Khashoggi's death at Saudi Arabia's consulate in
Istanbul, Turkey, "will not go without an American response."
The visa revocations are the first punitive measures taken by the Administration against the Saudis since Khashoggi disappeared after entering the consulate on October 2.
Visa records are considered confidential and Pompeo did not say which or how many Saudi officials would have their visas revoked.
