House Democrats ask Trump if he illegally accepted $10 million from Egypt
Source: Washington Post
By Carol D. Leonnig and Aaron C. Davis
September 3, 2024 at 10:00 a.m. EDT
Democratic leaders on the House Oversight Committee released a letter Tuesday asking former president Donald Trump if he ever illegally received money from the government of Egypt, and whether money from Cairo played a role in a $10 million infusion into his 2016 run for president.
Rep. Jamie Raskin (Md.), the ranking Democrat on the committee, and Rep. Robert Garcia (Calif.), the top Democrat on its subcommittee for national security, the border and foreign affairs, wrote to Trump that they were making the request as a result of a Washington Post article published last month. The article revealed details of a secret Justice Department investigation during Trumps presidency into whether he took an illegal campaign contribution from Egypt.
As members of the House minority, Raskin and Garcia do not have the power to subpoena documents or witnesses, and Trump is under no obligation to respond to their inquiries. But the Democrats said the public deserves answers now that Trump is running for president again.
Surely you would agree that the American people deserve to know whether a former president and a current candidate for president took an illegal campaign contribution from a brutal foreign dictator, the letter signed by the two Democrats reads. Accordingly, we request that you immediately provide the Committee with information and documents necessary to assure the Committee and the American public that you never, directly or indirectly, politically or personally, received any fund from the Egyptian president or government.
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Leghorn21
(13,702 posts)bullimiami
(13,972 posts)Journeyman
(15,135 posts)The tall, dour white woman looked at him said,
"Now, boy, I want to ask you one question and I want you to tell me the truth," she said.
"Yes, ma'am," I said, all attention.
"Do you steal?" she asked me seriously.
I burst into a laugh, then checked myself.
"What's so damn funny about that?" she asked.
"Lady, if I was a thief, I'd never tell anybody."
Later, as he walked home, Wright reflected on the moment, "pondered on what could possibly have been in the woman's mind to have made her ask me point-blank if I stole. . . . Only an idiot would have answered: "Yes, ma'am. I steal."
Maybe Raskin is hoping Trump is so senile he'll admit to accepting bribe money, as he no doubt sees it as a badge of honor, to have made so much money for doing so little, and none of it at a cost to himself.
2naSalit
(92,011 posts)Very loudly with equivocations that will inevitably indict him. Happens every time. He can't keep his mouth shut. And every denial requires an "explanation" within which usually contains the damning evidence sought.
Hermit-The-Prog
(36,462 posts)Weird and creepy Old Dishonorable Don can't help himself.
Bev54
(11,881 posts)Jose Garcia
(2,807 posts)Bev54
(11,881 posts)Sogo
(5,726 posts)Trump thinks anything he does is never illegal.
Owens
(315 posts)This is going to be problematic for Trump, I believe they are letting him know if he wins, this will be the first thing they investigate and impeach him for.
oldsoftie
(13,504 posts)if so tis needs to be blasted across social media AND made into an ad for Harris.
V850i
(64 posts)I love a free press as much as anyone but they are really falling down on the job here. This deserves persistent questioning and investigate reporting. A bit crazy that the DOJ won't investigate it since the statute of limitations ran out... maybe the coverup is worse than the crime and falls within the window still???
Skittles
(158,153 posts)and if Walz really does have a dog
JoseBalow
(4,884 posts)C0RI0LANUS
(1,253 posts)"When a person is prosecuted, there are separate federal regulations for perjury specifically and lying to the feds generally. Under the United States Code, title 18, section 1001, a person who knowingly or willingly makes a material statement that is false, or fraudulent, to the feds, is guilty of a crime. What comes as a surprise to many is that unlike section 1621, section 1001 does not require that a person be under oath."
Source:
https://www.findlaw.com/legalblogs/criminal-defense/what-are-the-penalties-for-lying-to-congress/
vapor2
(1,494 posts)He clearly sold us out more than once and will likely never be held accountable. JUST SAD