Crash Course: Court proceedings reveal MBS paid Trump “millions in the past two years”: Human rights group

DAWN calls for DOJ probe after revelation that MBS owns nearly all of Trump-partnered LIV Golf. [View in browser](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlqmRMP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvM2R0dnQyZ2V6My8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWYxc243MXcwMzRXA3NwY0IKY7VN38djrfRA-FIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) Your daily update from [Salon](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlqmRMP0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvbGR0NGsydHJwZy8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWYxc243MXcwMzQmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKY7VN38djrfRA-FIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo). Court proceedings reveal MBS paid Trump “millions in the past two years”: Human rights group A human rights organization founded by slain journalist Jamal Khashoggi is calling on Congress and the Justice Department to investigate former President Donald Trump's business deals with a controversial golf company owned by the Saudi Arabian government and controlled by Saudi Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman. Nonprofit Democracy for the Arab World Now said LIV Golf, a tournament franchise and PGA Golf rival, paid Trump-owned golf resorts "unknown millions of dollars" to host events. Recent court [proceedings revealed](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlqmRMP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvYW5sNHZqc2N3Yi8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWYxc243MXcwMzRXA3NwY0IKY7VN38djrfRA-FIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) that Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund -- chaired by bin Salman -- owns 93% of LIV Golf, and pays "100 percent of the costs associated with the events." "The revelation that a fund controlled by Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman actually owns almost all of LIV Golf means that MBS has been paying Donald Trump unknown millions for the past two years, via their mutual corporate covers," said DAWN Executive Director Sarah Leah Whitson in a [Sunday statement](~/AASU4wA~/RgRlqmRMP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvM3h5YXFucjJ6dy8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPWYxc243MXcwMzRXA3NwY0IKY7VN38djrfRA-FIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo). "If Trump or his agents discussed any deals with LIV Golf or PIF while Trump was still in office, a criminal investigation would also be in order because federal law strictly prohibits this sort of business dealing by sitting federal officials with foreign governments." 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Heroes and villains: Fascists now control Congress — we can't afford to pretend otherwise While President Biden was honoring Jan. 6 heroes, the Republican insurrectionists who attempted to end American democracy on Jan. 6 were taking control of the House of Representatives and installing Kevin McCarthy — an especially craven minion of Donald Trump — as speaker. McCarthy and his party will now do everything they can to sabotage any and all investigations into the crimes of Jan. 6. Even worse, the Republicans in Congress will work to remove any oversights or other guardrails that could limit their corrupt behavior and fend off attempts to end American democracy. They will launch "investigations" into nonexistent "abuses" by the federal government, including the Department of Justice and FBI, for daring to investigate Trump and his allies' blatant criminal conspiracy. In short, Kevin McCarthy and the other Republican insurrectionists — especially the right-wing shock troops of the so-called Freedom Caucus — are working to make the crimes against democracy committed by Donald Trump and his allies and followers appear to be normal, "legal" and even noble conduct. This corrosion and inversion of the rule of law as part of a larger assault on reality is one of the distinguishing features of fascist and authoritarian movements. 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