EXCLUSIVE: Gen. Ahmed Al-Assiri, the Saudi spy chief taking the fall for Jamal Khashoggi’s murder, met with Michael Flynn and other members of the Trump transition team in New York shortly before Trump’s inauguration thebea.st/2EKJK3J
The meetings with Al-Assiri, which have not yet been reported, revolved around regime change in Iran and have come under scrutiny by Mueller’s office thebea.st/2ELOplQ
Israeli social media strategist Joel Zamel, who has been questioned by Mueller’s team for his role in pitching top campaign officials to help Trump win the election, was also present along with Steve Bannon thebea.st/2ELOplQ
“The communications show that participants discussed a multi-pronged strategy for eroding, and eventually ending, the current Iranian regime—including economic, information, and military tactics for weakening the Tehran government.” thebea.st/2ELOplQ
Assiri was previously the spokesperson for Saudi’s military offensive in Yemen. That effort, in concert with the UAE and backed by the United States and European countries, has drawn enormous outcry from human rights activists and members of Congress thebea.st/2ELOplQ
Former CIA acting director John McLaughlin told The Daily Beast the get-togethers as described were very unusual: “It smacks of covert action planning, which is the most sensitive thing the U.S. government does" thebea.st/2ELOplQ
