US PRESIDENT Donald Trump lined up behind Saudi Arabia today as he hit out at those judging the despotic Gulf state as “guilty until proved innocent” over the killing of a dissident journalist.

Mr Trump compared the condemnation over the murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi to the allegations of sexual harassment made against recent Supreme Court appointee Brett Kavanaugh.

“I think we have to find out what happened first. Here we go again with, you know, ‘you’re guilty until proven innocent.’ I don’t like that,” he said.