Democrats intend to probe US President Donald Trump’s financial ties to determine whether they are the “hidden hand” driving US foreign policy on Russia and Saudi Arabia, the incoming chairman of the House Intelligence Committee says.
Adam Schiff, currently the ranking Democrat on the intelligence committee, accuses Trump of being “dishonest” about the role of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
“What is driving this?” Schiff asks, questioning “whether there’s a financial motivation; that is, his own personal finances.”
Rep. Adam Schiff, D-California, speaks at the Council on Foreign Relations with Andrea Mitchell of NBC News in Washington, DC, February 16, 2018. (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images/via JTA)
“Is his personal financial interest driving US policy in the Gulf? Vis-a-vis the Russians? We don’t know, but it would be irresponsible not to find out,” he says on CNN’s “State of the Union.”
Trump this week denied reports that the CIA had concluded that the Saudi crown prince ordered the assassination of Khashoggi, a critic and Washington Post columnist who lived in Virginia.
— AFP
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