A Democratic Senator warned Monday that President Donald Trump and his attorney general nominee William Barr are likely to try to “cover up” special counsel Robert Mueller’s report when it comes out. Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) told reporters after meeting with Barr that the AG nominee would not say whether Mueller would be allowed to testify or if the Justice Department would comply with a subpoena to release the special counsel’s report. “In effect, there
Raw StoryWhite House declined to meet a Friday deadline to report whether it believed Saudi's MBS ordered Khashoggi's murder.
@AJENewsSenators furious about the killing of Jamal Khashoggi are working on a bipartisan effort to exert more pressure on the White House as Secretary of State Mike Pompeo insisted Monday the administration is not "covering up for a murder."
CNNMike Pompeo pushed back against critics who have accused the Trump administration of protecting the Saudi Crown Prince for his alleged role in the murder of Jamal Khashoggi.
ABC NewsPresident Donald Trump will not be honoring a request from a bipartisan group of senators to investigate and report on Jamal Khashoggi's brutal killing, the White House signaled on Friday. Khashoggi, a reporter who wrote for The Washington Post, was killed in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on October 2. A bipartisan group of senators in October invoked the Global Magnitsky Act, giving Trump 120 days to investigate and report on Khashoggi's killing. Friday marked the 120-day deadline. Critics...
Business InsiderDonald Trump’s administration rushed to reach a deal to provide Saudi Arabia and its despotic government with protected U.S. nuclear technology, despite numerous legal and ethical warnings that such a deal was ill-advised and possibly in violation of the law, Democrats in the House of Representatives alleged in a report on Tuesday.
GizmodoDonald Trump’s administration rushed to reach a deal to provide Saudi Arabia and its despotic government with protected U.S. nuclear technology, despite numerous legal and ethical warnings that such a deal was ill-advised and possibly in violation of the law, Democrats in the House of Representatives alleged in a report on Tuesday. More
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