Richard Blumenthal: “Given the terrible human rights record of Saudi, which we have been discussing and as well, of course, MBS himself…”

There’s no excuse for this administration disobeying the law and withholding this funding.

It fails to provide for adequate enforcement.

The circumstances in which AWDC gifted this ring, and the lack of clarity about its disposition, raise significant questions about whether the President has in fact accepted the ring as part of a quid pro quo agreement to reduce diamond…

It’s illogical, illegal, intolerable — and that’s in effect what the court found.