Earlier Sun, #Israel President Isaac Herzog said #Trump was set to meet w/ #Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah el #Sisi & possibly #SaudiArabia Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman #MBS….

The comments, delivered in an interview w/ #FauxNews, came in response to a question about Trump's recent proposal to take over & develop #Gaza.

Herzog did not say when or where the meetings would take place, nor did he discuss their potential content. He also noted Trump is due to meet w/ #Jordan's King Abdullah….

During a 20min Q&A session w/reporters aboard Air Force One on Sat, #Trump said he discussed his vision on a call earlier in the day w/ King #Abdullah II of #Jordan & would speak Sunday w/President Abdel Fattah el #Sisi of #Egypt.

“I’d like him to take people. I’d like Egypt to take people,” said Trump. “You’re talking about, probably a million & a half people, & we just clean out that whole thing & say, ‘You know it’s, over.’”

Unbeknownst to the public, during the same period, #DOJ ofcls were investigating whether #Trump had received help from the govt of another foreign country — #Egypt.

In the years since the Egypt case was closed, the #Sisi regime’s ambitions to #influence senior U.S. government officials have been laid bare by the #bribery conviction of Sen. #BobMenendez (D-NJ), the former chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

#criminal #law #corruption #bribery
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Since receiving the #intelligence about #Sisi, the #Justice Dept had been examining whether money moved from Cairo to #Trump, potentially violating federal #law that bans US candidates from taking foreign funds. Investigators had also sought to learn if money from Sisi might have factored into Trump’s decision in the final days of his run for the White House to inject his campaign with $10M of *his own money*.

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4 men arrived & carried away the bags, which #US ofcls later described in sealed court filings as weighing a combined 200 pounds & containing a sizable share of #Egypt’s reserve of US currency.

Federal investigators learned of the withdrawal…early in 2019. The discovery intensified a secret #criminal investigation that had begun 2 yrs earlier w/ #classified US #intelligence indicating that President Abdel Fatah El-#Sisi sought to give #Trump $10M to boost his 2016 presidential campaign.

He explained President #Sisi had agreed to open up the #Rafah crossing to allow up to 20 trucks of #humanitarian assistance into #Gaza.

Biden said: “If -Hamas confiscates them or doesn’t let it get through … then it’s going to end.”

“The bottom line is Sisi deserves a lot of credit.”

V Reuters
the #Rafah border crossing between #Gaza and #Egypt had been closed - and then reopened but for humanitarian cases only. #Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-#Sisi and #Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman #MBS - talking in a phone call - have said the "voice of reason" should prevail in the conflict between #Israel and #Hamas.

An Egyptian presidency spokesman said that they agreed the ongoing escalation threatens the region's stability.