Will Bunch: Congress needs to figure out the deal between Trump, Jared, and the Saudis

[Nevilledog]

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https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/trump-ties-saudi-arabia-fbi-raid-20220818.html

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It’s a remarkable story that begins inside Trump Tower on Aug. 3, 2016, the day that Donald Trump Jr. met with a longtime emissary for two oil-rich Gulf States — Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates — and their Israeli security guru as they promised to secretly help his father win that fall’s presidential election against Hillary Clinton.

The tale is far from over, but the richest plot twist may — emphasis on the word may — have occurred just a couple of weeks ago, right after a Saudi-government-backed pro golf tour made a financially rewarding stop at Donald Trump’s golf course in Bedminster, N.J. That’s when a team of FBI agents swooped into the senior Trump’s Mar-a-Lago compound in Florida, looking for top secret documents and evidence that the 45th president had violated the Espionage Act.

In between came enough drama to carry several seasons of a TV mini-series like The Crown — from soon-to-be-disgraced national security adviser Michael Flynn’s covert nuclear dealings with Riyadh, to son-in-law Jared Kushner’s strange but close relationship with the murderous de facto Saudi ruler Mohammed bin Salman (MBS), to almost Seinfeld-ian subplots involving the sex life of billionaire Jeff Bezos, as well as the National Enquirer.

So, it’s hardly a surprise that once Americans digested the shock that the home of an ex-president had been raided by the FBI that so many people had the exact same thought. If Donald Trump wanted to cash in on a trove of priceless, sensitive documents — even nuclear secrets — the Saudis who’d just blessed his New Jersey golf course with petrodollars were probably his go-to-guys.

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[rampartc]

1. the ibn saud do not "invest" $2B with a known cpn man without serious quid pro quo

[MerryBlooms]

2. Definitely. r&k