President Donald Trump\u2019s attorney Rudy Giuliani has been accused of conducting his own \u201cshadow diplomacy\u201d with both Ukraine and Venezuela, despite not being a registered foreign agent. But as MSNBC host Chris Hayes pointed out, it\u2019s another of Giuliani\u2019s clients that could get him in trouble now.<\/p>\n
\u201cOne reason the threat of catastrophe in the Middle East remains present, at the moment, is because the president is surrounded by people who have been quite openly pushing for a full military confrontation with Iran for a while,\u201d said Hayes.<\/p>\n
One, Hayes said, is his most infamous adviser: Mr. Giuliani.
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While Giuliani hasn\u2019t been appointed to any government office or confirmed by the U.S. Senate, somehow he\u2019s running his own government projects.<\/p>\n
\u201cAside from his various meetings with various Ukrainian figures to manufacturer dirt on Joe Biden, has represented Turkish interests and then pushed for policies favorable to President Erdo\u011fan,\u201d Hayes continued. \u201cAnd he has a longstanding relationship with a fringe Iranian dissident group known as the MEK a group rooted in Marxism and Islamism that\u2019s often described as a cult and his primary goal is to overthrow the Iranian regime.\u201d<\/p>\n
The MEK is currently headquartered in Albania and most of the members are exiles from the country.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey have paid tons of money to American political figures to curry favor, including John Bolton, Howard Dean, Ed Rendell and, of course, Rudy Giuliani. When contacted by the Daily Beast on Monday, Giuliani cited the MEK as a reason he supported the assassination of Qassem Suleimani saying he was, \u2018Directly responsible for killing some of my MEK people.\u2019 This would be a little like favoring action against the U.S. because you had friends in the Branch Davidians.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Hayes said that the group is so \u201ctoxic\u201d that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo sent out a cable on Tuesday to all U.S. diplomatic posts telling them not to meet with Giuliani\u2019s client.<\/p>\n
Giuliani, however, doesn\u2019t work for the State Department, \u201cso he can do whatever he wants,\u201d Hayes said. \u201cAnd we all get to deal with the consequences.\u201d<\/p>\n
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