Posted on 02/17/2020 8:43:40 AM PST by Red Badger
In a direct act of sedition – the party itself is a national security risk.
REPORT: Dem Senators Held Secret Meeting With Iranian Leaders
By: Chris Donaldson, Trending Politics via The Federalist, February 17,2020:
In an astonishing example of just how far that Democrats will go to undermine President Trump on foreign policy, Senate Dems met in secret with high-level Iranian officials last week. According to a bombshell report, the treacherous cabal of lawmakers led by Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut met with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Jahad Zarif in Munich where they were attending a security conference. More From The Web
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If the report is true, it is more evidence that Democrats have gone rogue to the point where they are putting the safety of Americans in peril to stick it to Trump and have no qualms over an alliance with the world’s top exporter of terrorism.
Murphy who has been one of the president’s most venomous critics was the point man for the Democrat-Deep State push to investigate former national security adviser and decorated military general Michael Flynn over his infamous phone call with the Russian ambassador after the election had been decided.
Via The Federalist, “Source: Democrat Senator Held Secret Meeting In Munich With Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif”:
Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut and other Democratic senators had a secret meeting with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Jahad Zarif during the Munich Security Conference last week, according to a source briefed by the French delegation to the conference. Murphy’s office did not respond to repeated requests for comment by press time.
Such a meeting would mean Murphy had done the type of secret coordination with foreign leaders to potentially undermine the U.S. government that he accused Trump officials of doing as they prepared for Trump’s administration. In February 2017, Murphy demanded investigations of National Security Advisor Mike Flynn because he had a phone call with his counterpart-to-be in Russia.
“Any effort to undermine our nation’s foreign policy – even during a transition period – may be illegal and must be taken seriously,” Murphy said in 2017 after anonymous leaks of Flynn’s phone call with Russian ambassador Sergey Kisylak were published. He also strongly criticized the open letter some Republican senators sent Iranian leaders during the Obama administration’s campaign for a nuclear agreement.
However, Murphy has previously defended rogue meetings if they’re done by Democrats such as former Secretary of State John Kerry.
“Unless it was authorized by the president or secretary of state, conducting independent foreign policy sends mixed signals to our adversaries,” said Christian Whiton, former State Department senior advisor in the Trump and George W. Bush administrations. “It seems very unpalatable. If we want to talk to Iranians, they know how to reach us and they don’t need to go through an intermediary.”
A State Department official who spoke on background said that the State Department was not aware of any side meetings with Iranian officials that Murphy was engaged in.
The Munich Security Conference, an annual forum on international security policy, welcomes hundreds of world leaders each February. This year’s conference featured robust debate on the United States’ maximum pressure policy against Iran, China’s handling of the coronavirus and technology concerns, and the European alliance with the United States. Other Democrat senators at the conference included Sens. Robert Menendez of New Jersey and Chris Van Hollen of Maryland. Former Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts also attended.
Both Murphy and Zarif spoke publicly during a two-hour session on Middle East policy, with Murphy and Zarif both fiercely criticizing U.S. policy.
President Donald Trump has reoriented American policy in the Middle East away from President Barack Obama’s friendly posture toward Iran. He departed from Obama’s Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, a nuclear arrangement with the Republic of Iran that was not ratified by the United States Senate.
Trump has exerted instead a “maximum pressure” campaign against the regime, with 12 demands on Iran before a new deal is reached. Those demands include a full account of its nuclear program, ending its proliferation of ballistic missiles, releasing all U.S. citizens held on spurious charges, ending support to terrorist groups, withdrawal of forces in Syria, and cessation of its threatening behavior against its neighbors.
The “maximum pressure” campaign of sanctions has devastated the Iranian economy, which is in recession and faces rising inflation. It has made it difficult for Iran to pay foreign fighters engaged in supported terror operations. Iranians have taken to the streets in protest.
Iran recently killed an American contractor in Iraq and the United States killed Iranian general Qassim Suleimani, a top Iranian leader who was responsible for the killing and maiming of thousands of U.S. soldiers. Iran’s retaliatory strike for that killing resulted in no U.S. deaths, but the country did shoot down a Ukrainian passenger plane then lied about it for days.
At the conference, Zarif said official retaliation for the killing of Suleimani had ended, although he suggested independent attacks from others in the country might follow.
Murphy is a frequent speaker at the National Iranian American Council, a lobbying group with alleged links to the Islamic Republic of Iran. Republican Sens. Mike Braun of Indiana, Tom Cotton of Arkansas, and Ted Cruz of Texas recently asked the Department of Justice for potential violations of the Foreign Agents Registration Act.
They wrote that the influential lobbying group “purports to improve understanding between American and Iranian people but in reality seems to spread propaganda and lobby on behalf of the Iranian government.” Evidence indicates that evidence Zarif himself was involved in founding the group.
Violation of the Logan Act. Not to mention treasonous. Why aren’t these people arrested!?
Trump should demand the Democrats be deposed, under oath, as to what they discussed.
Where is a hellfire when you really need it?
Because they are Democrats..................
Were they discussing the $80 million fatwa Iran issued on the President?
Why not? No one will apply the Logan Act. They know a paper tiger when they see it.
Remember that commercial for Pace Picante Sauce where the punch line was “Get a rope!”? Why am I posting that memory here? I must have some reason to be thinking this way!
Oh treason is a quaint term these days. Jane Fonda is still around right?
It’s Laura Geller, so let’s wait for verification from Trump or other White House official.
correction, Pam Geller.
...following...
The outrage and disgust I have for these American hating democRATS is endless.
This is tantamount to TREASON!! Arrest the Bass Turds!
Exactly... they want to collect it.
Treasonous bastards.
A few hangings would go a long way!
they are just confirming times to be out of town when iranian nukes hit they are being prudent swearing allegiance n undying fealty to allah and komeinie
No, Barr should. And he should do it upon a crash investigation by the FBI (yeah, I know, who can we trust), if he can find uncompromised agents to do so.
There goes that word again. “Bombshell” = click seeking attention whore.
The Democrats are colluding with Iran again.
Pam Geller IS a BOMBSHELL.....................
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