Jim Risch tries to calm Republicans furious with Trump

[DonViejo]

GOP senators were enraged over the Trump administration's refusal to send a report to Congress determining who killed Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

By ANDREW DESIDERIO 02/22/2019 05:04 AM EST

Sen. Jim Risch was on the verge of facing down an insurgency from his GOP colleagues.

Top Senate Republicans were fuming at the Trump administration last week for ignoring congressional demands to further investigate the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

But Risch, the newly minted chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, wasn’t eager to preside over an intraparty fight. And so he quickly began working to calm GOP senators — even giving potentially misleading information.

The Idaho Republican told several of his GOP colleagues that President Donald Trump had complied with the Magnitsky Act by sending Congress a report determining who was responsible for the Saudi journalist’s murder — even though the administration had already publicly declared that it was going to ignore lawmakers’ demand.

Asked about the administration’s refusal, Sen. Cory Gardner (R-Colo.) — one of the many Republicans who was livid with the White House — said Risch told him the opposite had happened.

“It sounds like there is confusion about what exactly did or didn’t come” from the administration, said Gardner, who serves on the Foreign Relations Committee. “Sen. Risch just informed me that the administration has complied with the law. So you might want to clarify with Sen. Risch.”

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[spanone]

1. they lie to each other to protect the evil fuck in the white house...worse yet, they believe it.

[CabalPowered]

2. Never trust Risch

He's the worst senator Idaho has ever elected. The fact that he is now frc chairman is scary..!

[2naSalit]

4. That's absolutely true...nt

[2naSalit]

3. They remind me of

someone who is punch-drunk. These asshole lie so much that they are lying among themselves and to each other. They are sure to eat their own if encouraged just a little more.

[maxrandb]

5. Hey GOP Senators. Donnie Shit for Brains telling you he complied with the law

IS FAKE FUCKING NEWS!!!!!!!

[blm]

8. Shout it!

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[shanny]

6. Speaking for myself, I really calm down when people lie to me.

[hatrack]

7. How about "Jim Risch Lies To Republicans To Cover Trump's Ass"

Pitiful excuse for a headline - but then, it's Politico, the biggest pile of journalistic cat logs on Capitol Hill.

[Squinch]

9. So "furious" that not one of them has spoken against Individual 1 on it. Asshole hypocrites.