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Congress to Investigate Obama Scheme to Nix Investigation into Hezbollah Terrorists
2017-12-21
[FreeBeacon] Lawmakers are launching an investigation into Obama-era efforts to thwart a longstanding U.S. investigation into the Iranian-backed terror group Hezbollah, according to multiple congressional officials and insiders who spoke to the Washington Free Beacon.

The Obama administration worked behind the scenes to thwart a decade-long Drug Enforcement Agency investigation into Hezbollah and its highly lucrative drug trade in Latin America, according to a report in Politico. These officials are believed to have run interference on the investigation in order to avoid upsetting Iran and jeopardizing the landmark nuclear accord.

Senior Obama officials in the Treasury and Justice Departments are said to have undermined the DEA's investigation at multiple junctures in order to avoid angering Hezbollah's patron Iran, which could have jeopardized the landmark nuclear agreement.

Congress is now taking steps to formally investigate the reports, which multiple sources described to the Free Beacon as part of a larger Obama administration effort to overlook Iran's global terror operations in order to cement the nuclear deal.

Rep. Ron DeSantis (R., Fla.), a member of the House Oversight Committee and chair of its National Security Subcommittee, told the Washington Free Beacon on Wednesday that he and other top lawmakers are examining evidence that could implicate top former Obama officials, including National Security Council official Ben Rhodes, the architect of the former administration's self-described pro-Iran "echo chamber."

"I've long believed that the Obama administration could not have done any more to bend over backwards to appease the Iranian regime, yet news that the Obama administration killed the investigation into a billion dollar drug ring that lined the terrorist group Hezbollah's pockets in order to save its coveted Iran deal may very well take the cake," DeSantis said.
GDYUP!
Posted by:Anomalous Sources

#7  Or make them marry the state instead of a Man?
Posted by: newc   2017-12-21 22:54  

#6  His policies towards the African American community probably couldn't have been any worse if Obama was a white supremacist.

Kill the jobs and import low skilled replacements. Increase gov dependency while promoting hostility between the communities and the police that keep the criminals down. All the while ensuring the flow of cheap drugs to their communities.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2017-12-21 14:40  

#5  Curry favour with Iran whilst funneling money to Hezbollah and facilitating the only remaining US inner-city enterprise, a twofer.
Posted by: Besoeker   2017-12-21 09:51  

#4  I suppose if Iran doesn't like it they can find us in breach of the "agreement". And if they don't, it just says how weak 0bumhole was when it came to negotiating with someone he isn't in control of.
Posted by: gorb   2017-12-21 09:32  

#3  *Cough* Ben Rhodes, Valerie Jarrett *Cough*
Posted by: Frank G   2017-12-21 08:34  

#2  What would you expect from the Choom Gang?
Posted by: AlanC   2017-12-21 07:16  

#1  Let see you actually do something.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2017-12-21 02:38  

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