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Hello? Is this the Democratically controlled Senate?

Perhaps you should look into this?

Via salon:

A human rights organization founded by slain journalist Jamal Khashoggi is calling on Congress and the Justice Department to investigate former President Donald Trump’s business deals with a controversial golf company owned by the Saudi Arabian government and controlled by Saudi Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman. 

Nonprofit Democracy for the Arab World Now said LIV Golf, a tournament franchise and PGA Golf rival, paid Trump-owned golf resorts “unknown millions of dollars” to host events. Recent court proceedings revealed that Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund — chaired by bin Salman — owns 93% of LIV Golf, and pays “100 percent of the costs associated with the events.”

“The revelation that a fund controlled by Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman actually owns almost all of LIV Golf means that MBS has been paying Donald Trump unknown millions for the past two years, via their mutual corporate covers,” said DAWN Executive Director Sarah Leah Whitson in a Sunday statement

“If Trump or his agents discussed any deals with LIV Golf or PIF while Trump was still in office, a criminal investigation would also be in order because federal law strictly prohibits this sort of business dealing by sitting federal officials with foreign governments.”

“The Justice Department and Congress have a responsibility to investigate exactly when and to whom and under what terms Trump has obtained unknown millions from Saudi government coffers controlled by Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman, which may well violate even our existing, weak ethics laws,” said Whitson. 

According to this article in the NY Times, the idea didn’t come together until 2021. But there is no doubt that the idea to use Trump’s golf courses (and pay him vast sums for the privilege) was in place from the beginning. I know it’s not as sexy as Hunter’s nude pics, but realluy, it should be looked into — along with Jared’s dealings with the Saudi government.

You can bet that the Republicans in the Senate aren’t going to join in but who cares?

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