According prior statements from the president during a late Friday night press briefing coming just off his meeting with crown prince Mohammed bin Salman, Biden told the press he had raised the issue of Jamal Khashoggi's murder, even accusing him directly. He charged that he believes MbS responsible for the 2018 murder at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul: 

"With respect to the murder of Khashoggi, I raised it at the top of the meeting, making it clear what I thought of it at the time and what I think of it now," Biden told reporters. "I was straightforward and direct in discussing it. I made my view crystal clear."

"I indicated I thought he was," Biden said. "He said he was not personally responsible for it, and he took action against those who were responsible."

Already the Saudis are essentially saying the US president is lying, with Saudi Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Adel al-Jubeir - who was present during the meeting - telling reporters he did not "hear" Biden accuse the crown prince Khashoggi's death at all:

"I didn't hear that particular phrase," al-Jubeir told Fox News correspondent Alex Hogan in an interview on Saturday.

Fox News reports Sunday that the controversy over the contradictory accounts erupted just as Air Force One touched down in D.C.: