Did Egypt Give Trump a $10 Million Bribe? The FBI Was Investigating, Then AG Barr Closed Case

According to new reporting by The Washington Post, the Egyptian government attempted to funnel $10 million in cash to Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign, leading to a previously undisclosed Department of Justice investigation into the transaction. The investigation went nowhere, with Trump's Attorney General Bill Barr ordering it closed due to a lack of sufficient evidence." Meanwhile, Trump approved millions of dollars of military aid to the government of Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, who has been in power since 2013. Carol Leonnig, the reporter who broke the story at The Washington Post, explains that the money, if it did reach the at-the-time cash-starved" Trump campaign, will have amounted to bribery. However, notes Leonnig, the window for prosecuting anyone involved in the transaction has largely passed following the aborted investigation.