The foreign minister of Saudi Arabia denied that Biden directly condemned the Saudi crown prince over the killing of the journalist.
In a meeting with reporters on Friday, Biden said he raised the case of the murdered journalist with the crown prince.
Biden said he was straight forward and direct in his discussion of the matter at the meeting.
The Saudis killed the journalist at their Istanbul consulate. The US intelligence community and Biden have said that they believe he ordered the death.
The Washington Post journalist who lived mostly in the US was killed by Saudi Arabia's crown prince, according to Biden.
The Saudi minister for foreign affairs told several reporters that he didn't hear the exchange.
After the president left Saudi Arabia, the Saudi foreign minister called AlexHoganTV back for a second interview.
He claimed that he didn't hear Biden say that he was responsible for the death of the Saudi journalist.
PBS correspondent Nick Schifrin received a similar account from Saudi Arabia's Minister of Foreign Affairs, who said he didn't hear the exchange.
The minister gave an account but didn't assign blame.
According to Schifrin's posts, Saudi Arabia's ambassador to the US said that he knew what Saudi Arabia's position was on the issue of the journalist's disappearance.
Biden was the one who pushed back on this. Biden said "no" when asked if al-Jubeir was telling the truth if he didn't accuse the prince.
Insider reached out to the White House and the Saudi foreign ministry but did not get a response.
Before taking office, the president promised to reduce to "pariah" status and traveled to Saudi Arabia. It was important to promote US interests there, he said.
Biden said Thursday that he thinks we have an opportunity to reestablish our influence in the Middle East.
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