Democrats have introduced legislation that would prohibit U.S. officials from accepting money, payments or gifts from foreign governments without congressional consent.
They need to find an action by Kushner, while in position, that directly benefited the Saudis before they can charge him. We all know of the compensation, so I’m assuming they haven’t found the “quid” in the quid pro quo yet.
With a built in exception for AIPAC. This is nothing but some and mirrors, if Democrats were serious they would have used the Emoluments Clause when they tried to impeach him
Yup. If you want no foreign money interests in your elections, then make it so. But if you pick and choose which countries can lobby and which countries "interfere" just based on who you like today, it's stupid.
No, their “news” outlets just don’t cover it. They keep busy with fear lingering about anti-woke, cancel cultures, and Chinese immigrants in the Darian gap.
Yeah, every once in a while I'm reminded that even the generally good side does shitty things. I want to be excited to vote for people, not be required to do it to prevent an apocalypse. This sucks.
Ban gifts and job offers too. In fact, let's make force any and all politicians to live on nothing but a pension forever, remove any incentive for corrupt people to be there