McCarthy blamed Biden, who has declined to comment on the case and said he is not at all involved in the Justice Department's decisions. “Today is indeed a dark day for the United States of America,” tweeted House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, soon after Trump said on his social media platform on Thursday night that an indictment was coming. GOP lawmakers are instead working, as they have for several years, to foster a broader argument that law enforcement - and President Joe Biden - are conspiring against the former president and possible Republican nominee for president in 2024. The Republican campaign to discredit federal prosecutors skims over the substance of those charges, which were brought by a grand jury in Florida. The move marks a significant shift in the administration’s policy toward Nord Stream 2, which had previously been to sanction some of the smaller entities involved in the project, including some Russian companies and ships that have been helping in the construction, but to hold off on sanctioning Nord Stream 2 AG and its CEO, Matthias Warnig.The evidence details Trump's own words and actions as recounted by lawyers, close aides and other witnesses.Īlso Read | Pakistan Budget 2023-24: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar Unveils Federal Budget for Fiscal Year 2023-24 With Total Outlay of Rs 14.5 Trillion.
Sanctioning Nord Stream 2’s parent company, Nord Stream 2 AG – a registered Swiss firm whose parent company is the Russian gas giant Gazprom – is effectively a death knell to the project, the official added. The administration decided to move forward with rescinding the national security waiver on Nord Stream 2 after Germany on Tuesday announced that it was halting the certification of the pipeline, an official said. Cruz argued that if sanctions weren’t enforced, it would be existential for Ukraine. The Ukrainian government had come out in support of his plan. In January, the Senate voted down legislation from Cruz to sanction entities associated with the Nord Stream 2 pipeline.Ĭruz has argued that the pipeline would empower Putin and allow him to hold dangerous leverage over Europe by controlling the flow of much-needed natural gas there. Today’s announcement is critical to preventing such scenarios.”Ī release from the senator’s office also said Cruz will lift holds that were stalling confirmation of certain State Department nominees following the announcement and “after engaging with the administration.” “Allowing Putin’s Nord Stream 2 to come online would have created multiple, cascading, and acute security crises for the United States and our European allies for generations to come. “President Biden made the right decision today,” Cruz said in a statement Wednesday.
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The move is part of a series of penalties the US and its allies have imposed on Russia this week in response to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s recognition of separatist territories in eastern Ukraine as independent. Ted Cruz of Texas on Wednesday offered rare praise for President Joe Biden over sanctions targeting the company behind a controversial pipeline that has become a flashpoint in the intensifying Ukraine-Russia crisis.īiden said Wednesday that he was moving ahead with sanctions on the company in charge of building Russia’s Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline after blocking such measures last year using a national security waiver.
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