Trump Officials Tried To Rush Nuclear Technology To Saudis, House Panel Finds

[tulc]

Trump Officials Tried To Rush Nuclear Technology To Saudis, House Panel Finds

The Trump administration sought to rush the transfer of American nuclear technology to Saudi Arabia in potential violation of the law, a new report from the House Oversight and Reform Committee alleges.

Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings' staff issued an "interim staff" report Tuesday, citing "multiple whistleblowers" who raised ethical and legal concerns about the process.

"They have warned about political appointees ignoring directives from top ethics advisers at the White House who repeatedly and unsuccessfully ordered senior Trump administration officials to halt their efforts," the report states. "They have also warned of conflicts of interest among top White House advisers that could implicate federal criminal statutes."

tulc(uhmmm...that doesn't sound good)

 

[Orthodoxjay1]

I'm not OK with a bunch of whabbis with nuclear weapons, the situation in Saudi Arabia is more unstable then meets the eye, MBS have been trying to reign in the power of the Clerics, as well as consolidating power among the Royal Family, and transition away from oil.

Internationally they have had falling outs with the US over 9/11, the war in Yemen and increasing energy indepedence, likewise they had recent falling outs with Canada, Morocco, Lebanon, among others. Saudi Arabia is weak,

internally divided between reformers, moderates, and hardliners, it has secret Atheists, and a small portion of shiites , yet a lot of whabbi nutjobs too. I'm not okay putting nukes in a country that is that weak internally, and losing influence internationally. Pakistan should of been a red flag on nukes in states with weak institutions, and radical Islamists in the population.

 

[Hank77]

Multiple Whistleblowers Raise Grave Concerns with White House Efforts to Transfer Sensitive U.S. Nuclear Technology to Saudi Arabia

Here are links to the report, letter to the White House from Republican Congressmen, and documents that were released with the report. The links are at the end of the press release.