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MelissaB

(16,420 posts)
Sat Sep 28, 2019, 10:09 AM Sep 2019

It's a good time to review what happened w/MBS, Kushner & Trump:

Greg Olear

Author of "DirtyRubles: An Introduction to Trump/Russia" (2018).




In Death, Khashoggi Exposes the Corruption of Kushner and Trump

There’s a word for what may be going on here: espionage


... snip

With respect to the assassination, Trump and Kushner both have skin in the game. Saudi Arabia was the first state visit Trump made as president, a trip organized and pushed for by Kushner, who is chummy with MbS and has acted as the de facto ambassador to Saudi Arabia. Khashoggi was not banned from Saudi media for his criticisms of MbS, but rather for his criticisms of Donald Trump. More importantly, U.S. intelligence knew of a plan to lure Khashoggi back to arrest him, so the president and the de facto ambassador to Saudi Arabia must have also known. If they knew and did not share the information with Khashoggi, they are liable. Per the Washington Post:

Intelligence agencies have a ‘duty to warn’ people who might be kidnapped, seriously injured or killed, according to a directive signed in 2015. The obligation applies regardless of whether the person is a U.S. citizen. Khashoggi was a U.S. resident.

Why exactly are Trump and Kushner going to the mat for MbS? Is it to advance U.S. interests—or their own?

Last October, Jared Kushner paid an unannounced visit to Riyadh, where it’s reported that he stayed up until the wee hours talking “strategy” with the crown prince, apparently his new BFF. He allegedly gave MbS an “enemies list” culled from the classified president’s daily brief, which MbS seems to have used the following month to purge disloyal relatives from government and take their money. Also last October, Kushner’s company received a $57 million loan from Fortress Investment Group, which was recently purchased by SoftFund, a Saudi investment concern, to bail out its troubled property at One Journal Square in Jersey City. (A larger and more widely-reported loan, to bail out the troubled property at 666 Fifth Avenue, came the following summer, via Qatar.)

There is a term for the exchange of U.S. intelligence — or, worse, policy — for money. The term is espionage. It is punishable by death.

“For the record, I have no financial interests in Saudi Arabia,” Trump tweeted. “Any suggestion that I have is just more FAKE NEWS (of which there is plenty)!” This is skirting the truth at best, and at worst, it’s an outright lie, as the Washington Post reported.

Trump famously demands loyalty from his subordinates. But is he loyal to his country—or only himself? The American people need to know.

More: https://medium.com/s/story/in-death-khashoggi-exposes-the-corruption-of-kushner-and-trump-236c85e659aa

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It's a good time to review what happened w/MBS, Kushner & Trump: (Original Post) MelissaB Sep 2019 OP
From October 2018 MelissaB Sep 2019 #1
+1 Botany Sep 2019 #2
An official statement for the record. dalton99a Sep 2019 #3
Now what part of this do I have wrong? Botany Sep 2019 #6
+1. Inviting Russia to attack America - that's treason in every universe dalton99a Sep 2019 #7
If only there was some kind of proof of contacts between the Trump Campaign & Russia Botany Sep 2019 #8
+1. A comprehensive list dalton99a Sep 2019 #9
Thanks for post this Andy823 Sep 2019 #4
hanging's too good for 'em; LOCK THEM UP! Hermit-The-Prog Sep 2019 #5

Botany

(70,445 posts)
6. Now what part of this do I have wrong?
Sat Sep 28, 2019, 10:39 AM
Sep 2019

So in 2017 Donald Trump told the Russian Ambassador to America and the Russian Foreign Minster in the Oval Office that he:

1) Knew about the Russian interference in the 2016 elections.

2) And that he didn't care about the Russian interference.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142373692

Impeach his ass and then let the GOPer's in the senate stand up and along side that traitor
if they want.

dalton99a

(81,391 posts)
9. +1. A comprehensive list
Sat Sep 28, 2019, 10:58 AM
Sep 2019

and very likely still incomplete. Trump is stupidly running his mouth, but he is smart enough to avoid documentation and he has a lifelong habit of hiding stuff and blackmailing his accomplices.


Andy823

(11,495 posts)
4. Thanks for post this
Sat Sep 28, 2019, 10:37 AM
Sep 2019

I hope this is investigated and the truth comes out. If trump and Kushner knew about this and kept quite they should be held accountable for their actions.

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