Watchdog ea Fired o ne a ntse a shebile ho rekisa mabenkele a Saudi Arms

Ka Matthew Lee, la 18 Mots'eanong 2020

From ABC News

Democrats tsa DRM li re Lefapha la Naha le shebile ho tebeloa ke Mopresidente Donald galaotega ga lonaka bekeng e fetileng o ne a ntse a etsa lipatlisiso tsa ho se lekane ka theko e phahameng ea thekiso ho Saudi Arabia selemong se fetileng, a eketsa lipotso tse ncha ho tebelo e mpe ea molebeli.

Ba demokrasi ba boletse ka Mantaha hore mohlahlobi General General Linick ea lelekiloeng o ne a ntse a hlahloba hore na Lefapha la Naha le sebelisitse chelete e kae ho rekisa libetsa tsa Saudi Arabia ka lidolara tse limilione tse likete tse supileng. Ba-Democrat pejana ba ile ba etsa tlhahiso ea hore ho lelekoa mosebetsing ho kanna ha amana le lipatlisiso tsa Linick tsa liqoso tsa hore Mongoli oa Naha Mike Pompeo a kanna a laela basebetsi ka mokhoa o sa nepahalang hore ba mo sebeletse.

Ho lelekoa ha Linick morao ka Labohlano ho tla har'a matšoenyeho a pharalletseng mabapi le ho tlosoa hoa bahlahlobi ka kakaretso ba mafapha a fapaneng. Trump e boletse hore o ne a se a sa tšepe batho ba lelekiloeng empa ha a fane ka mabaka a tobileng, ao babuelli ba molao ba tsoang mahlakore ka bobeli ba a nyatsang.

Pompeo o bolelletse Washington Post ka Mantaha hore o khothalelitse Trump hore Linick a tlosoe hobane a "nyenyefatsa" thomo ea Lefapha la Naha. O ne a ke ke a bua ka tse ikhethang ntle le hore e ne e se ho iphetetsa bakeng sa patlisiso efe kapa efe.

"Ha ho khonehe hore qeto ena, kapa tlhahiso ea ka, ho mopresidente, e ne e ipapisitse le boiteko bofe kapa bofe ba ho iphetetsa bakeng sa lipatlisiso tse etsahalang, kapa tse ntseng li tsoela pele," Pompeo o bolelletse Post, a eketsa ka hore o entse joalo ha ke tsebe hore na ofisi ea Linick e ne e ntse e sheba lintho tse ka etsahalang ka mokhoa o sa lokang.

Tlas'a Mongoli oa Naha oa Tsamaiso Brian Bulatao o boleletse Post hore kholiseho ea Linick e qalile ho fokotseha kamora ho tsoa ho mecha ea phatlalatso selemong se fetileng mabapi le lipatlisiso tsa IG mabapi le boiphetetso ba lipolotiki khahlanong le basebetsi ba mosebetsi ke bakhethoa ba lipolotiki. Ha e lokolloa, tlaleho eo e ne e nyatsa bakhethoa ba 'maloa ba lipolotiki ka hore ba nkile bohato khahlanong le ba boholong mosebetsing ba nkoang ba sa tšepahale ho Trump.

Trump o netefalitse Mantaha hore o tebetse Linick ka kopo ea Pompeo.

“Ke na le tokelo e felletseng ea ho ba mopresidente ho emisa. Ka re, 'O khethiloe ke mang?' 'Me ba re,' Mopresidente Obama. ' Ke itse, sheba, ke tla mo felisa, "Trump o boletse White House.

Rep. Eliot Engel, molulasetulo oa Komiti ea Litaba tsa Kantle ho Naha, o re o tšoenyehile hore Linick o ile a lelekoa pele ho phethoa ha lipatlisiso tsa Saudi. Engel o ne a kopile phuputso eo kamora hore Pompeo ka Mots'eanong 2019 a kope tokiso e sa sebelisoeng seoelo ka har'a molao oa federal hore a fetise tlhahlobo ea theko ea thekiso ea libetsa ho Saudi Arabia le United Arab Emirates.

"Ofisi ea hae e ne e etsa lipatlisiso - ka kopo ea ka - phatlalatso ea leshano ea Trump ea ts'ohanyetso hore a tsebe ho romella libetsa Saudi Arabia," ho boletse Engel, DN.Y. "Ha re so utloisise litaba ka botlalo, empa hoa tšoenya hore Mongoli Pompeo o ne a batla hore Monghali Linick a lelekoe pele mosebetsi ona o ka phetheloa."

O ile a kopa hore Lefapha la Naha le fetole litlaleho tse amanang le ho thunya ha Linick hore eena le moetapele oa Democrat ea kaholimo ho Komiti ea Likamano tsa Kantle ho Naha ea Senate, Sen. Bob Menendez oa New Jersey, o kopile ka Moqebelo.

'Muelli oa Ntlo Nancy Pelosi o re e ne e le "ho tšosang" ho bona litlaleho tsa hore ho thunngoa e kanna eaba ho bile teng ka lebaka la lipatlisiso tsa Linick mabapi le thekiso ea libetsa tsa Saudi. Lengolong le eang ho Trump, o batlile tlhaloso.

Trump e tsebisitse Congress mabapi le ho lelekoa, joalo ka ha ho hlokahala. Empa Pelosi o re ho bohlokoa hore a fane ka “lebaka le hlakileng le le matla la ho tlosoa” pele matsatsi a 30 a tlhahlobo e fela.

Khabareng, Trump ally Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, ea sutumetseng bakeng sa ts'ireletso ea bahlahlobi kakaretso, o nchafalitse mohala ho White House ho hlalosa ho tebeloa ha Linick le moifo oa mehleng oa setsebi sa bohlale ba sechaba Michael Michael Atkinson.

Grassley o re Congress e rerile hore bahlahlobi ka kakaretso ba tlosoe feela ha ho na le bopaki bo hlakileng ba ho se tšoanelehe, ho fosahetse kapa ho sitoa ho etsa mesebetsi ea ofisi.

"Polelo ea ts'epo e felileng, ntle le tlhaloso e ngoe, ha ea lekana," ho boletse Grassley.

Bekeng e fetileng, ba thusang ba kopaneng ba ile ba fana ka maikutlo a hore ho lelekoa ho ka etsahala hore ebe ho bakiloe ke lipatlisiso ka liqoso tsa hore Pompeo o laetse mohiruoa hore a nke lijo tse tsoang, a bokelle eena le mosali oa hae, 'me ba hlokomele ntja ea bona.

Trump o re ha a na taba le liqoso ebile ha a utloisise lipatlisiso leha e le life tse entsoeng ke Linick ho Pompeo.

Ba tšoenyehile hobane o re motho e mong a tsamaee le ntja ea hae? ” Ho boletse Trump. Nka mpa ka mo letsetsa le moeta-pele e mong oa lefatše ho e-na le hore a hlatsoe lijana. ”

Mopresidente o sirelelitse thekiso ea libetsa tsa Saudi, a re e lokela ho ba "bonolo kamoo ho ka khonehang" hore linaha tse ling li reke libetsa tsa US hore li se ke tsa li fumana ho tsoa China, Russia le lichabeng tse ling.

"Re lokela ho nka mesebetsi ebe re nka chelete, hobane ke libilione tsa lidolara," ho boletse Trump.

Le ha e le mathata, liqoso tse joalo ha li na monyetla oa ho hlahisa mofuta ofe kapa ofe oa litlamorao tse mpe khahlanong le Pompeo haeba li netefalitsoe. Ho fumana ho se lekane ho rekiseng libetsa tsa Saudi ho ka ba kotsi le ho feta.

Engel le ma-Democrat a mang a kopaneng a ile a makala ha Pompeo a tsebisa Congress ka qeto ea ho sebelisa ts'ebetso ea tšohanyetso ho Arms Export Control Act ho ea pele ka thekiso ea li-limilione tse likete tse 7 ho li-munitions tse tsamaisitsoeng ka nepo, libomo tse ling le likepe le tšehetso ea tlhokomelo ea sefofane ho Saudi Arabia, mmoho le United Arab Emirates le Jordan, ntle le tumello ea baetsi ba molao.

Molao o hloka hore Congress e tsebisoe ka thekiso e ka bang teng ea libetsa, e fa 'mele monyetla oa ho thibela thekiso. Empa molao o boetse o lumella mopresidente ho emisa tšebetso eo ea tlhahlobo ka ho phatlalatsa boemo ba tšohanyetso bo hlokang hore thekiso e etsoe "molemong oa ts'ireletso ea naha ea United States."

Tsebiso ea hae, Pompeo o itse o entse qeto ea "hore ho na le boemo ba tšohanyetso bo hlokang hore ho rekisoe hang-hang" libetsa "e le ho thibela tšusumetso e mpe ea mmuso oa Iran sebakeng sohle sa Middle East."

E fihlile ha batsamaisi ba tiisa maqhama a haufi le Saudi Arabia ka lebaka la likhanyetsano tsa kopano, haholo kamora ho bolaoa ha Jamal Khashoggi, sengoli se thehiloeng ho US bakeng sa The Washington Post, ke baemeli ba Saudi ka Mphalane 2018.