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Fifth Column

Pro-Mullah Dem Senators Secretly Meet w Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif, Seek to Thwart US Foreign Policy

2020-02-17

[Federalist] Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut and other Democratic senators had a secret meeting with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif

...Persian foreign minister, Mouthpiece of Mullahs, good friend of John Kerryand similar exemplars of Merkin values...
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.

Posted by:Lex

#6 ..oh, lots. The Anti-American party and their apparatchiks of Deep State are above the law.

Posted by: Procopius2k 2020-02-17 18:34

#5 Isn't this some kind of treason ? How much are they going to be allowed to get away with ?

Posted by: Dron66046 2020-02-17 17:02

#4 FARA violation at a minimum.

From the article:

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.

[Sens. Braun, Cotton and Cruz] 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.

Posted by: Lex 2020-02-17 14:06

#3 Is the Logan Act still in effect? If not, does this meet the test for treason? Aid and comfort to the enemy?

Posted by: Mercutio 2020-02-17 13:59

#2 It's different when we do it.

Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2020-02-17 13:30

#1 Gotta protect the Baksheesh they received a few years back.

Wouldn't want info on that transaction getting out.

Posted by: Mullah Richard 2020-02-17 13:14

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