{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://vindman.house.gov/2025/11/21/vindman-widow-of-jamal-khashoggi-and-members-of-congress-renew-call-for-president-trump-to-release-transcript-of-2019-call-with-saudi-crown-prince/", "Vindman, Widow of Jamal Khashoggi, and Members of Congress Renew Call for President Trump to Release Transcript of 2019 Call with Saudi Crown Prince", "2025-11-21", "2025", "2025-11", "Democrat", "House", "VA", "Eugene Simon Vindman", "V000138", "vindman.house.gov", "vindman", "https://vindman.house.gov/category/press-releases/", "scraper", "Washington, D.C. \u2014 Today, Congressman Eugene Vindman (Va.-07) was joined by Hanan Elatr Khashoggi \u2014 the wife of murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi \u2014 and U.S. Representatives Jamie Raskin (Md.-08) and Suhas Subramanyam (Va.-11) to urge President Trump to release the transcript of his 2019 call with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.\n\nVindman, who reviewed the call while serving as a deputy legal advisor on the White House National Security Council, reiterated that the American people \u2014 and the Khashoggi family \u2014 deserve transparency about what was said.\n\nSpeakers emphasized that the circumstances surrounding Khashoggi\u2019s killing, and the Trump administration\u2019s engagement with the Saudi government in its aftermath, demand full public disclosure of the call\u2019s contents.\n\n\u201cI\u2019m honored to have Mrs. Khashoggi standing with me today as we remember her husband and call for transparency and accountability for her family and for the American people. Given President Trump\u2019s disturbing and counter-factual defense of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman this week, I felt compelled to speak up on behalf of the Khashoggi family and the country I serve. That is why I took to the House floor to bring to light a call I reviewed during my tenure on Trump\u2019s White House National Security Council staff,\u201d said Vindman. \u201cAll week, I\u2019ve urged the President to release this transcript. Yesterday, I sent him a letter with 37 of my colleagues demanding its release. We will continue pressing until the American people get the truth.\u201d\n\n\u201cI\u2019m seeking the help of Congressman Vindman to get the contents of the conversation between President Trump and MBS to get the truth,\u201d said Khashoggi. \u201cTry as much as you can to save the Democratic freedom of America. Do not be a copy of the Middle East dictator countries. We look to America as our role model of modern civilization. Please maintain it.\u201d\n\n\u201cThank you to Congressman Vindman for your leadership in making sure that Jamal Khashoggi is not forgotten,\u201d said Raskin. \u201cWe will stand always with Mrs. Khashoggi in the search for justice in what has happened.\u201d\n\nYou can watch the full press conference here.\n\nBACKGROUND\n\nJamal Khashoggi, a Washington Post journalist and U.S. resident, was murdered inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in October 2018 \u2014 an assassination that drew global condemnation and raised serious questions about Saudi Arabia\u2019s leadership and the Trump administration\u2019s response.\n\nAt the time of the Trump\u2013bin Salman call in 2019, Vindman was serving as a lawyer on the White House National Security Council, where his duties included reviewing certain presidential calls with foreign leaders. Following Khashoggi\u2019s murder, he reviewed this call and believes its contents are of clear public interest.\n\nEarlier this week, Vindman led 37 U.S. House lawmakers in sending a letter to President Trump calling for the immediate release of the transcript.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:52:45Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://vindman.house.gov/2025/11/21/vindman-widow-of-jamal-khashoggi-and-members-of-congress-renew-call-for-president-trump-to-release-transcript-of-2019-call-with-saudi-crown-prince/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9175431914627552, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}