I muri i te ngaro o te kairipoata o Washington Post a Jamal Khashoggi i te 2 o Oketopa 2018 me nga purongo i kohurutia e te roopu patu a Saudi i a ia i roto i ta raatau kaunihera i Turkey
I waea atu a Emanuel ki te kaitohutohu matua o te Whare Pōtae me te hunaonga a Trump, a Jared Kushner. I whakamātau a Emanuel ki te whakawātea i a Endeavor i tētahi kirimana $400 miriona ki te kāwanatanga tukino i Saudi Arabia.