Jamal Kahshoggi is the nephew of Adnan Kahsoggi. The main arm dealer during the Iran-Contras affair.
Jamal worked for Al Waleed Bin Talal. That tells absolutely all.
They ALL planned a coup against MBS after the Ritz-Carlton event, where MBS just get rid of conspirators, plus reducing to zero the main source of foreign cash for the deep-state by freezing their assets.
Turkey bugged the SA embassy but CANNOT produce the audio because they recorded confessions about the planned coup against MBS, which is against their own interests.
There is a huge political game here and SA is obviously the target since they cut off the endless flow of $$$ feeding the deep state.
Do not forget the young prince MBS, although being an obvious ally, is young, have a little or no experience in governing and is described as impulsive.
Jamal Kahshoggi was pro-israel, pro muslim-brotherhood and OF COURSE this is a huge trap. They exploited the impulsive behavior of the young prince. OF COURSE they killed him as he was one of the conspirator.
Now it's a HUGE MESS because SA is our ally since Mattis, Kushner and Trump helped to threw out the former heir of the crown. Who was an obvious agent due to its ties to the FBI and other intelligence agencies.
There is a little possibility that the killing itself was never ordered, only the torture part designed to get information about the coup. The whole thing could also have been a trap.