{"id":1764897,"date":"2022-12-06T13:33:42","date_gmt":"2022-12-06T18:33:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1764897"},"modified":"2022-12-06T13:33:48","modified_gmt":"2022-12-06T18:33:48","slug":"gop-rep-launches-probe-into-reports-of-bidens-secret-deal-with-saudi-arabia-ahead-of-midterms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-rep-launches-probe-into-reports-of-bidens-secret-deal-with-saudi-arabia-ahead-of-midterms\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP Rep Launches Probe Into Reports Of Biden\u2019s \u2018Secret Deal\u2019 With Saudi Arabia Ahead Of Midterms"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgop-rep-launches-probe-into-reports-of-bidens-secret-deal-with-saudi-arabia-ahead-of-midterms%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1764897&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A ranking Republican on the House Oversight Committee is launching a broad probe into reports of President Joe Biden\u2019s \u201csecret deal\u201d with Saudi Arabia ahead of the 2022 midterm elections.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. James Comer (R-KY) is calling on leaders at the Department of Energy (DOE), State Department, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to explain Biden\u2019s strategy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Committee is investigating reports of a \u2018secret deal to boost oil production\u2019 between the Biden Administration and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia,\u201d Comer wrote in a <a href=\"https:\/\/republicans-oversight.house.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/2022-12-4-Saudi-Secret-Deal.pdf\">letter<\/a> to Secretary of State Antony Blinken, citing a New York Times article from October.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf his Administration is engaging in backdoor market manipulations with adversarial nations while jeopardizing our national security for the sake of securing more favorable election conditions for Democrats, the American people have a right to know,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n<p><b data-stringify-type=\"bold\"><a class=\"c-link\" tabindex=\"-1\" href=\"https:\/\/get.dailywire.com\/subscribe\/plus?utm_campaign=dwplus&#038;utm_medium=editorial&#038;utm_source=dwsite&#038;cid=dwplus&#038;mid=z&#038;xid=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/get.dailywire.com\/subscribe\/plus?utm_campaign=dwplus&#038;utm_medium=editorial&#038;utm_source=dwsite&#038;cid=dwplus&#038;mid=z&#038;xid=0\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" data-remove-tab-index=\"true\">TIRED OF THE LEGACY MEDIA\u2019S BIAS CONTROLLING THE NARRATIVE AND OBSCURING THE TRUTH? JOIN US AND SAVE 30%.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The information was requested by December 19.<\/p>\n<p>Comer is expected to become the chair of the House Oversight Committee when Republicans return to the majority in the House next year. Along with other GOP leaders, the congressman is concerned about an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/10\/25\/us\/politics\/us-saudi-oil-deal.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">alleged effort<\/a> with Saudi Arabia\u2019s Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman and other OPEC+ nations to cut oil production by two million barrels per day in October.<\/p>\n<p>American gas prices began climbing shortly afterward ahead of the midterms.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince day one in office, President Biden has waged war on American-made energy and driven up costs for Americans,\u201d Comer <a href=\"https:\/\/republicans-oversight.house.gov\/release\/comer-presses-for-docs-about-president-bidens-energy-crisis-secret-deal-with-saudi-arabia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>. \u201cPresident Biden has unilaterally shut down the Keystone XL pipeline, implemented a moratorium on oil and gas production on federal lands, drained critical oil reserves, and pushed policies that directly resulted in skyrocketing energy prices. With one-party Democrat rule in Washington, they\u2019ve weaponized their unchecked power, waged a war against American-made energy production, and forced Green New Deal policies on the American people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOversight Republicans have pushed senior Biden Administration officials for answers and will continue to seek their plans to reverse energy policies detrimental to the American people and our national security. With the power of the gavel, we will hold the Biden Administration responsible for recklessly attacking a critical industry that provides the American people affordable energy and good-paying job opportunities,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8NEW\ud83d\udea8<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepJamesComer?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RepJamesComer<\/a> launches probe into President Biden\u2019s energy crisis that is harming the pocketbooks of Americans.<\/p>\n<p>He is calling on senior leadership to provide information related to the Biden Administration\u2019s failed policies.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6wsLrQrhZ5\">https:\/\/t.co\/6wsLrQrhZ5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Oversight Committee Republicans (@GOPoversight) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GOPoversight\/status\/1599439154760122368?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 4, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Saudi Arabia has long served as a concern over human rights.<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire previously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/youre-letting-him-get-away-with-murder-jake-tapper-torches-biden-for-giving-saudi-prince-a-pass\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> regarding the Saudi crown prince claiming immunity in the murder of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi. WaPo publisher Fred Ryan criticized Biden when the news was reported, accusing the president of effectively granting a \u201clicense to kill.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A ranking Republican on the House Oversight Committee is launching a broad probe into reports of President Joe Biden\u2019s \u201csecret deal\u201d with Saudi Arabia ahead of the 2022 midterm elections. Rep. James Comer (R-KY) is calling on leaders at the Department of Energy (DOE), State Department, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the Securities and Exchange &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":325,"featured_media":1764900,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1764897","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1764897","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/325"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1764897"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1764897\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1764900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1764897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1764897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1764897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}