Republicans in Congress took bribe money from UAE, and Robert Mueller has them nailed
Yesterday we brought you the utterly bizarre story of how a Republican Congressman was publicly floating the notion that Paul Ryan was about to resign as Speaker of the House. We asked if it was connected to the bribery scandal currently unfolding between Donald Trump, the United Arab Emirates, and a major Republican Party fundraiser. Guess what?
Special Counsel Robert Mueller now has the full cooperation of George Nader, thanks to an immunity deal. Nader, among other things, helped set up the Seychelles meeting between Trump associate Erik Prince and the Russians. Nader is also essentially a surrogate for the government of United Arab Emirates. This means he’s in position to expose the pay-to-play scheme between Jared Kushner and UAE. But in what may be the most broadly reaching aspect of the Mueller-Nader deal, it turns out Nader was helping UAE funnel money into the hands of Republicans in Congress.
Nader funneled $2.5 million from the United Arab Emirates into the hands of Elliott Broidy, who is both a major Trump fundraiser and deputy finance chairman for the Republican National Committee. The money was aimed at convincing the United States government to adopt pro-UAE and anti-Qatar stances. As it turns out, roughly $600,000 of that money was then funneled to Republicans in Congress and Republican PACs, according to a report from the Associated Press. This means Mueller has not only caught Republican members of Congress taking illegal foreign bribes, the guy who originated the bribes is going to testify against them.
So which Republicans in Congress took the United Arab Emirates bribe money, and how many of them knew they were taking illegal foreign bribes? We’ll leave that up to Robert Mueller. But considering the strange spectacle of a Republican in Congress suddenly talking yesterday about the demise of Paul Ryan as Speaker, you have to wonder if it means Ryan took the bribe money, or if the Republicans trying to oust Ryan and take over the House are the ones who took the bribe money. In any case, it’s difficult to imagine that party leaders Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell didn’t know about this all along.
