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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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BumRushDaShow
Monday
OP
Ocelot II
(128,827 posts)1. Does this banana republic even have any independent watchdogs any more?
It seems like all the watchdogs are lapdogs.
PSPS
(15,195 posts)3. Trump fired all the inspectors general. Like everything else, nothing will come of this.
FredGarvin
(782 posts)2. cool
we got em this time!