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| Warren, Sanders Hosting Call With Pro-Tehran Lobby Group |
| 2020-01-09 |
| h/t Instapundit [free beacon] - Democratic presidential contenders Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D., Mass.) and Bernie Sanders (I., Vt.) are slated to host a conference call with an Iranian-American advocacy group that has been accused of lobbying on Tehran’s behalf. Along with Reps. Ro Khanna (D., Calif.) and Barbara Lee (D., Calif.), Sanders and Warren are scheduled to speak Wednesday evening with members of the National Iranian American Council (NIAC). The group played a central role in what former Obama national security adviser Ben Rhodes called the administration's pro-Iran Deal "echo chamber," spinning journalists, lawmakers, and citizens. NIAC has deep ties to Iran's regime, including senior officials like Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif. Zarif worked closely with NIAC founder Trita Parsi, who, in turn, consulted with the Obama administration. Parsi lobbied Congress against sanctions on Iran in 2013 and met with Obama administration officials at the White House dozens of times leading up to the nuclear deal's signing in 2015. Multiple U.S. officials and senior congressional sources informed the Washington Free Beacon that Parsi helped the White House craft its messaging as it tried to sell the nuclear deal to the public. The NIAC chief met with Rhodes, among other top officials, during multiple visits throughout the Obama era. Rhodes delivered a keynote speech at the 2016 NIAC leadership conference. NIAC was ordered to pay more than $180,000 in 2013 to the legal defense fund of Hassan Daioleslam, an Iranian-American writer, after a failed defamation lawsuit. Daioleslam had accused NIAC of failing to disclose its clandestine lobbying efforts to undo sanctions on Tehran, the Free Beacon previously reported. The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia said Parsi's work was "not inconsistent with the idea that he was first and foremost an advocate for the regime." |
| Posted by:g(r)omgoru |
| #3 The election will practically fight itself. |
| Posted by: Dron66046 2020-01-09 17:32 |
| #2 Another Trump ad made for free, he just has to pay for airtime... |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2020-01-09 17:20 |
| #1 Follow the Danegeld. Did Lurch or some other Obama official direct cash payments to this bastard's numbered accounts? |
| Posted by: Lex 2020-01-09 11:53 |