Part 1/3. In October, 2018, Jamal Khashoggi, a columnist for the Washington Post, was killed during a seemingly routine visit to a Saudi consulate. A prominent critic of the Saudi government, Khashoggi's death became a major news story that brought international attention to human rights abuses in Saudi Arabia and cast a pall over the kingdom's relations with the rest of the world. In this, the first installment of a three-part investigation, we find out about Khashoggi's complex relationship with the Saudi elite.

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