"We’ve asked for it, if it exists," Trump told reporters in the Oval Office. "We will probably know that by the end of the week," he said.
Pro-government Turkish media released what are claimed to be descriptions of the audio recordings on Wednesday, just as Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visited Turkey to discuss the incident with Turkish officials.
Khashoggi is caught on tape being interrogated as his fingers are cut off before he is dismembered and beheaded, according to the Turkish newspaper Yeni Safak, which reports Saudi Consul General Mohammed al-Otaibi telling the killers, "Do this outside; you’re going to get me in trouble."
Khashoggi, a former adviser to Saudi intelligence who became an outspoken critic of the country’s regime and was living in the U.S. before his disappearance, entered the consulate in Turkey on October 2 to finalize divorce paperwork so he could marry his fiancée, but was never seen exiting as has been missing since.