Flynn's White House allies continued to push shady Middle East nuclear deal months after...
Source: RawStory
Flynns White House allies continued to push shady Middle East nuclear deal months after he was ousted
NOOR AL-SIBAI
28 NOV 2017 AT 17:23 ET
Despite resigning in February amid increased scrutiny about his relationship to Russia, a deputy of former national security adviser Michael Flynn continued to push the latters [link:https://www.rawstory.com/2017/06/michael-flynns-nuclear-option/Middle East nuclear power plant deal] until at least July.
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As a report published in the [link:https://www.wsj.com/articles/flynns-promotion-of-nuclear-plant-project-went-deep-into-the-white-house-1511901009Journal] on Tuesday reveals, retired Army Col. Derek Harvey, who was hired by Flynn and served as President Donald Trumps top Middle East adviser, kept the shady nuclear deal alive until [link:https://www.politico.com/story/2017/07/27/derek-harvey-trump-middle-east-adviser-dismissed-241037his own ouster in July].
Harvey reportedly said during a National Security Council meeting during the Trump administrations first week that Flynn directed him to take the lead on a plan to develop a regional economic and energy plan for the Middle East despite there already being an NSC office that handled such issues.
During the first weeks of the administration, Harvey also met with two private sector backers of the nuclear project. One of those backers, Robert Bud McFarlane who served as a national security adviser to President Reagan, emailed Harvey documents on ways to pitch the project to the president. Those pitches included presenting it as an economy-boosting venture backed by a number of retired military officers that Trump respects.
Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/2017/11/flynns-white-house-allies-continued-to-push-shady-middle-east-nuclear-deal-months-after-he-was-ousted/
Upon being pushed out by Flynns successor H.R. McMaster, Harvey returned to the staff of Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA), the controversial leader of the House Intelligence Committee.
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