I’m not a legal expert but “Mistakes happen. We acknowledge that this was a huge mistake,” doesn’t seem like an appropriate defense for the deliberate murder and dismemberment of a journalist.

Hatice Cengiz, the wife of murdered Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, turned down an invitation to meet with President Donald Trump at the White House. Per the BBC: “She thought the invitation was aimed at influencing public opinion in the U.S.,” which, yeah.