India, Nov. 19 -- Late Jamal Khashoggi's widow, Hanan Elatr Khashoggi, expressed her disappointment after US President Donald Trump characterised journalist Jamal as "controversial" and "unliked" as he defended Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman over his assassination.

Jamal, a Washington Post journalist and a vocal critic of the Saudi kingdom, was killed in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in 2018 and US intelligence inputs reportedly found the Saudi crown prince being directly involved in Jamal's murder.

However, Trump's clean chit to MBS was a big upset for Jamal's widow who rebuffed the US President's remarks on Jamal, terming them 'not true'. "Jamal was not this person being described today, it was upsetting for me," Hanan told ...