BREAKING : Lawmakers Request Probe into Obama’s Controversial Arms Sale to Kenya
On Obama’s last day in office, he made a rather significant and controversial arms deal with the country of Kenya.
In Breitbart exclusive, we’re now learning that a group of lawmakers are requesting a congressional probe into the $418 million weapons sale.
From Breitbart
A group of lawmakers is planning to request a congressional investigation of a $418 million U.S. weapons sale to Kenya approved by the Obama administration on its last day in office.
The sale, approved by the State Department and privately notified to Congress on January 19, would allow Kenya to buy 14 weaponized crop-duster-like planes — including two trainer planes and services, for missions against terrorist group al-Shabaab.
The deal was publicly announced the Monday after Trump’s inauguration.
A handful of lawmakers, led by Rep. Ted Budd (R-NC), are questioning why the contract to produce the planes was awarded to major defense firm L3 Technologies — which has never produced such a plane — while a smaller, disabled veteran-owned company in North Carolina that already make those planes at a lower cost was not considered.
The Mooresville, N.C. company, IOMAX USA Inc., costed out 14 planes at $237 million dollars, according to a Budd aide.
“It looks like politics,” Budd said in a phone interview with Breitbart News on Monday. “Why are they sending it to someone that’s produced zero, for twice the price? This is inappropriate.”
Later this week, Budd and several other GOP congressmen are planning to request the non-partisan investigation.
It is not just Republicans puzzled by the matter. Georgia Democrat Sanford Bishop will join Republicans in signing a letter being sent to the Kenyan ambassador to the U.S. on Tuesday.
The letter, obtained first by Breitbart News, says, “We believe Kenya would benefit by exploring its options in regard to this acquisition.”
“We ask that the Government of Kenya take these facts, in particular the prospect of an ongoing congressional investigation of this sale, under consideration as it decides whether or not to proceed with this arms purchase,” says the letter.
The request for an investigation comes after the lawmakers have unsuccessfully tried to figure out how the New York-based L3 received the “sole-source” primary contract, which means there is only one known source for the equipment requested, or only one single supplier that can fulfill the requirements.
IOMAX was unaware of the contract until the State Department, which approves all foreign military sales, publicly announced it on Jan. 23, the Monday after Trump was sworn in.
Typically, with a foreign military sale, an ally would notify and work with the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, a Pentagon agency, to request weapons.
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Cancel the contract. Trump will renegotiate it. Kenya will only get their planes once they turn over all information related to Obama’s birth there.
Obama works with corrupt officials in Kenya to pays 2x price he pads the pricing to allow for kickbacks to L3 and himself.
L3 in NY is his shell company who orders from actual supplier and upsell them to corrupt Kenyan Officials who kick back the money to L3 & Obama who magically has a new Vacation Palace in his Homeland of Kenya for the family to visit.
Drain the swamp
Investigate Obama and find out how he could afford multi million dollar homes on a Presidents salary..He’s a dirty Kenyan criminal
So Many Questions Abound About Obama’s Behavior… As President… (But Not By The MSM…Of Course!)…Some Glaring Questions…”When Congress Determines That There Has Been Criminal Behavior On His Part …What Next???!!! Charges???!!! Prosecution???!!!” He Is Way Overdue To Be Held Liable… For His Actions………….
The whole situation sounds typical of what Americans have come to expect from politicians. No telling who all gets to benefit from overinflated prices, but you know that money’s going somewhere very secret, and will “vanish without a trace”. Paying that much more than necessary makes the entire deal suspect. It’s too bad that people don’t realize that there is always some factor in the paperwork somewhere that will scream out at someone. You just need the right eyes to look it over, and then BAM…. it’s exposed! But Obama, in particular, has told us so many lies, and pulled so many backstabbing stunts, and sucked the budget dry, (and wants $190,000. a year for his mother-in-law, for watching her grandchildren and living in the luxury of the WH for 8 years), and screwed the American people over and over again that whole while! He has enough criminal, treasonous activities in his folder to put him away forever, and he needs to have his “Shadow Government” completely discredited and dismantled! I’m not sure his ‘branch offices’ are staffed by criminals, but surely there is something on the books that would give ground to shut them down for sedition, since their stated purpose is to overthrow the government of Donald Trump and also to retake the Senate and the House.