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BumRushDaShow

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Mon Dec 22, 2025, 11:25 AM Monday

Trump aides Sacks and Witkoff could face ethics probe over UAE deals, Semafor reports

Source: Reuters

December 22, 2025 4:39 AM EST Updated 6 hours ago


Dec 22 (Reuters) - The U.S State Department's independent watchdog is reviewing a request from two Democratic senators to investigate whether Trump officials Steve Witkoff and David Sacks broke ethics rules in connection with deals involving the United Arab Emirates, Semafor reported on Monday.

Reuters could not immediately confirm the report.

Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-aides-sacks-witkoff-could-face-ethics-probe-over-uae-deals-semafor-reports-2025-12-22/



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Trump aides Sacks and Witkoff could face ethics probe over UAE deals, Semafor reports (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Monday OP
Does this banana republic even have any independent watchdogs any more? Ocelot II Monday #1
Trump fired all the inspectors general. Like everything else, nothing will come of this. PSPS Monday #3
cool FredGarvin Monday #2

Ocelot II

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1. Does this banana republic even have any independent watchdogs any more?
Mon Dec 22, 2025, 11:27 AM
Monday

It seems like all the watchdogs are lapdogs.

PSPS

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3. Trump fired all the inspectors general. Like everything else, nothing will come of this.
Mon Dec 22, 2025, 01:35 PM
Monday
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