One month after The Washington Post revealed that the Egyptian government may have illegally given Donald Trump $10 million in 2017, Democrats have announced they will be investigating the allegations.

Democrats on the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability, led by ranking member Representative Jamie Raskin, announced in a press release Tuesday that they will be “demanding answers” from the Republican presidential nominee not only over the possible bribe from Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi, but also over evidence that the Justice Department, led at the time by Attorney General William Barr, covered it up.

  • @gedaliyahOPM
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    1422 months ago

    Somehow I haven’t heard of this before now - the Egyptian Government’s intelligence agency apparently shuttled $10 million to the Trump Campaign through a shell company, then the investigation was buried when Trump took office and control of the Justice Dept.

    This would be career ending for anyone else.

    • @[email protected]
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      752 months ago

      Yeah, it’s pretty wild.

      records indicate that four men ultimately arrived at the state-run National Bank of Egypt and carried away bags containing nearly $10 million in bundles of $100 bills. The money represented “what was then a sizable share of Egypt’s reserve of U.S. currency.” Source

      Talk about suspicious…

      • Track_Shovel
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        72 months ago

        Like cartels literally bringing in duffel bags full of money to launder at HSBC

    • SeaJ
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      112 months ago

      He has not been president for quite a while. The current DOJ has certainly had time to look into this.

        • @barsquid
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          172 months ago

          I want that fucker gone. Fewer Garlands, more Khans.

          • DominusOfMegadeus
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            2 months ago

            I’m so sorry, I couldn’t resist.

            I completely agree with you; she rocks.

            I’ll see myself out

          • anon6789
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            62 months ago

            I would love a few people with even half her spirit in the judicial branch…

              • @[email protected]
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                22 months ago

                No, I think he should have picked someone who wasn’t solely picked because it should have had a good chance of passing senate votes when McConnell wasn’t going to allow a vote to begin with.