Dem Sens Want Answers From Trump, Trump Org On Saudi Financial Ties

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Several Democratic senators on Wednesday wrote to President Donald Trump and his two adult sons, who now run the Trump Organization day-to-day, seeking answers on the Trumps’ ties to Saudi Arabia. Trump’s financial connections to the monarchy have raised concerns about a conflict of interest in his response to the alleged murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

Read the senators’ letter to Trump below, and the one to his sons Donald Jr. and Eric below that.

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  1. And they will get a response…when Hell freezes over.

  2. The Dems need to include some questions about Jamal Khashoggi’s death at the hands of the Saudis. From NYT

    His killers were waiting when Jamal Khashoggi walked into the Saudi consulate in Istanbul two weeks ago. They severed his fingers and later beheaded and dismembered him, according to details from audio recordings described by a senior Turkish official on Wednesday.

    Mr. Khashoggi was dead within minutes, and within two hours the killers were gone, the recordings suggested.

    The leaking of such details, on the same day Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was visiting Turkey, reflected an escalation of pressure by the Turkish government on Saudi Arabia and the United States for answers on the fate of Mr. Khashoggi, a prominent dissident journalist who wrote for The Washington Post.

    As they cut off Mr. Khashoggi’s head and dismembered his body, a doctor of forensics who had been brought along for the dissection and disposal had some advice for the others, according to the senior Turkish official.

    Listen to music, he told them, as he put on headphones himself. That was what he did to ease the tension when doing such work, the official said, describing the contents of the audio recording.

    @daveminnj FYI

  3. Yeah, I read that a little while ago…unspeakable.

  4. Horrific is all I can think of.

  5. POTUS is willing to cover up the sanctioned murder of Jamal Khashoggi in order to remain in the good graces of MBS and the Kingdom of Saud. Trump is an immoral coward.

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