There's yet another Trump administration scandal brewing. And it's a doozy

[malaise]

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world/theres-yet-another-trump-administration-scandal-brewing-and-its-a-doozy-opinion/ar-BBTSwAD?ocid=spartanntp

That the Trump administration is deeply, profoundly corrupt is not in question. But there are layers to that corruption that we have barely begun to explore. We are now learning of an absolutely shocking story that shows how so many people in Donald Trump’s orbit see his presidency as an opportunity for personal enrichment, and how that corruption may be warping U.S. policy.

There are jaw-dropping revelations on just about every page of a 24-page report just issued by the House Oversight Committee, based on information provided to them by multiple whistleblowers within the Trump administration. But I’ll do my best to break down the story and its implications. It stars a cast of familiar and not-so-familiar characters — including former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn, Trump buddy and billionaire investor Tom Barrack, and even Jared Kushner, the president’s son-in-law.

We begin with a company called IP3 International, described as “a private company that has assembled a consortium of U.S. companies to build nuclear plants in Saudi Arabia.” IP3, which has an all-star team of former generals and federal officials on its staff and board, was pushing hard on the Trump administration to approve its plan to build these reactors despite the lengthy process required to transfer nuclear technology abroad. And according to the Oversight Committee’s report, they had help:

A key proponent of this nuclear effort was General Michael Flynn, who described himself in filings as an “advisor” to a subsidiary of IP3, IronBridge Group Inc., from June 2016 to December 2016 — at the same time he was serving as Donald Trump’s national security advisor during the presidential campaign and the presidential transition. According to the whistleblowers, General Flynn continued to advocate for the adoption of the IP3 plan not only during the transition, but even after he joined the White House as President Trump’s National Security Advisor.

[mehak khan]

1. agree

agree

[smirkymonkey]

2. Welcome to DU mehak!

[Botany]

13. Every other Friday from May to Oct. we have a cookout @ Skinner's house.

you have to bring your own wine.

Welcome

[BumRushDaShow]

15. Where's the butter?

[malaise]

23. Damn that looks good

You know me - simple as ever - here's my Blue Nun

[dameatball]

26. If my SO sees this picture I am going to have a busy weekend.

[GWC58]

40. They look not too bad. As for me, well,

I’m partial to Chesapeake Bay Blue Crabs, steamed in beer, some vinegar and, of course, Old Bay seasoning. Man, now I’m getting hungry for some steamed crabs! 🥺😳

[okaawhatever]

28. Welcome Mr./Mrs. Khan nt

[watoos]

3. The news ian't going to be,

people in the Trump administration and private industry working to get Saudi Arabia nuclear weapons, the news is going to be that Iran is doing its war games now. Iran is preparing to be invaded.

There was a day when Israel would be up in arms if Saudi Arabia were to get nuclear weapons. Bibi has cut a deal with SA, has partnered with SA to take out Iran. What Bibi doesn't understand is that SA won't stop with Iran.

[Eliot Rosewater]

18. I wondered why bibi wasnt talking about the Kushner Trump group illegally selling our nuclear secret

for personal profit to THEIR enemy.

[keithbvadu2]

38. Jared selling secrets? - Still?

[getagrip_already]

27. doesn't israel have their own nuclear secrets?

Why do they need us to help sa? Why can't they just do it directly?

[GWC58]

4. I'm really glad

Mike Flynn’s sentencing was put off back in December. Judge Sullivan, you see this? 😡

[oasis]

7. He' gonna be doing some serious time. Rightly so.

[GWC58]

37. I'm hoping Flynn gets, at the LEAST, is 5 years.

And I mean five years at a medium, maybe even maximum, security correctional facility. No easy time, no idle time. Lights on at 0530, lights out at 2130. 😡

[keithbvadu2]

39. Two generals... Flynn & Arnold

Two generals... Flynn & Arnold

Gen Michael Flynn and Gen Benedict Arnold both started out as patriots who served their country well.

Arnold died a traitor in England.

He was not lucky enough to have a Donald Trump on his side.

[Achilleaze]

5. republicans busy pissing on US laws & their "religion"

No truth, no honor, no integrity (R). Sad. Lock them up.

[CatMor]

6. It's all about the money period.

[duforsure]

8. Maybe its time to appoint a Commission ,

And have them looking into all corruption involving OUR government, and with the abilities to be totally independent , and clean up all the corruption that's going on in this administration and in all of government. How can we trust a government that's become so corrupt .

[gademocrat7]

9. The corruption of this administration is appalling.

These people are treasonous bastards. They all belong in prison.

[3Hotdogs]

10. Please, God. Don't let Jared be involved. If he's in jail, there ain't never gonna be

middle east peace.

[Nevilledog]

17. *snort*

[Jarqui]

11. Conspiracy and Obstruction of Justice are not easy crimes for Mueller to prove

beyond reasonable doubt. He's certainly got enough evidence to suggest that is probably what happened but it remains to be seen if he can prove it in a criminal court.

Financial crimes, like Manafort & Cohen and Al Capone found out, are much easier to prove. The activity with IP3 is just more brazen stupidity. All the need are state level financial crimes so he cannot pardon them.

I do not see how he can sustain being a candidate for 2020 with all this crap on his horizon.

[magicarpet]

12. Hey,.. so what if these guys make some pocket change ...

.... along the way. That is free market Capitalism,... the glue that holds America together and keeps our country strong.



What are you a Socialist Commie ?

[Johnny2X2X]

14. We will never know how much they took

This group of criminals running our government have spent their whole lives cooking the books and skimming money. They've never dreamed of getting the keys the biggest safe in human history. Mark my words, we will never be able to figure out how and how much they stole. And people are under the impression that it's a bottomless pit, it is not, they can cook the books enough to take it all. When Trump and his band of parasites are gone, they'll be taking $Hundreds of Billions with them or perhaps more.

We will never get to the bottom of how much was stolen and where it went.

[kag]

36. From cabinet member scandals to the biggest tax giveaway in history...

these people are shameless, and are bleeding us dry. I so want to see as many of them in prison as possible.

[spanone]

16. K&R...

[CrispyQ]

19. They see our treasury as their own personal slush fund.

Maybe when they take social security the MAGAs will wake up.



Then again, maybe not.

[keithbvadu2]

41. Better listen to your GOP leaders.

[CrispyQ]

47. Good one.

I resisted believing that a lot of their motivation is pissing off liberals, but it seems to be true for a large segment of the MAGAs, that pissing off the left is worth voting against their best interests.

[lame54]

20. These guys are straight up Bond villains

[Pacifist Patriot]

21. Another story that people who follow Seth Abramson won't find jaw-dropping.

Fits right in with what he's been saying all along. And it's so much worse than the glimpses we get to see in stories like these.

[malaise]

22. Agree

[suffragette]

24. I keep thinking back to the 3 way conversation between Trump, the Saudis and Putin at the 2017 G20

dinner.

There was wide reporting about how during the dinner Trump sat down at his designated seat, gesticulated at Putin, then went over to Putin and talked to him for around an hour.

What wasn’t reported on so far as I can tell was what immediately preceded that. Trump had been engaged in what looked like a fairly intense discussion with the Saudis, then he (overly casually) ambled to his seat, then immediately gestured to Putin.

Something was going on, though what I do not know.

[malaise]

25. And he didn't give a damn who saw

I've never seen anything like this

[suffragette]

29. Exactly. This was all being filmed and there are still some clips of fairly raw footage that show

that sequence of events and he clearly didn’t care who saw.

I’ve only seen the full interaction shown in fairly raw footage from the G20 dinner.

https://m.

[malaise]

30. Thanks for adding this

Will watch again

[suffragette]

31. It takes a few views since it first shows the ending of the conversation with the Saudis and him

then signaling to Putin.

Then it flips back to earlier and you can see that the conversation with the Saudis appeared to go on for some time and Trump was very engaged.

[kag]

43. thanks for the explanation

I wasn't sure what I was watching, but after your comment, I see it happen. Wow.

[suffragette]

45. Yeah, once you see it, you can spot it in other clips even when they are shown from farther away.

Wish I could find a better clip, but the clearest ones that were in the news just focused on Trump from the moment he sat down and gestured to Putin.

[JunkYardDogg]

32. and what were the Rosenbergs executed for, exactly?

n/t

[malaise]

34. Less than this

That is all

[JunkYardDogg]

33. and what were the Rosenbergs executed for, exactly?

n/t

[Honeycombe8]

35. This is too complex for Trumpers to understand.

That's partly why they fall for the witch hunt meme. They don't have many little grey cells, as Poirot called them.

[Scurrilous]

42. K&R

[allgood33]

44. Seems to me that Iran has a good case to take to the UN. They have been stopped and sanctioned for

trying to develop nuke technology for even domestic purposes while SA and Jordan will be surrounding them with nuke tech.

Imagine this technology in the hands of those who spawned the perps behind 9/11. If they were smart enough to use our own planes against us...well, you fill in the blanks.

[malaise]

46. Israel already has nukes

and I shake my head re the perpetrators of 9/11