Top Trump Official Falls Apart Under Cross-Exam on War!!
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What happened during the cross-examination of Thomas DiNano?
One of Donald Trump's top State Department officials got grilled under cross-examination before the House of Representatives and the United States Senate while he was testifying under oath about the disastrous war in Iran. The individual testifying is named Thomas DiNano, and he holds the title Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security. He's the guy who deals with our international arms trade deals, whether that's with Israel or whether that's with other nations in the Middle East or with NATO or wherever. He's also the individual who's supposed to deal with nuclear arms control treaties, New START, which expired last February. This guy got grilled under cross-examination.
He did not handle it well when he was asked some pretty basic questions under oath. For example, first in the House of Representatives, Congress member Castro cross-examined this guy DiNano about whether or not Israel has been hiding nuclear weapons, As Congress member Castro says, we are four weeks into war where both sides have targeted each other's nuclear facilities. We risk nuclear disaster, yet the main Trump official on arms control refused to answer my question on Israel's nuclear capabilities and told me to go and ask. the Israeli government. Watch this great cross-examination by Democratic Congress member Castro. Let's play it.
What is Israel's nuclear capability in terms of weapons?
I can't comment on that specific question. I'd have to refer you to the Israelis on that.
Does Israel have nuclear weapons?
I'm not prepared to comment on that.
You're not prepared to comment on it? It's a very basic question. We are with an ally conducting a war against Iran. This war continues to escalate. Tell us something as Congress, as the oversight body, what is Israel's nuclear capability in terms of weapons?
I can't comment on that specific question. I'd have to refer you to the Israelis on that.
Does that mean you don't know?
I can't comment on that, sir.
You're the main person in charge of knowing this and understanding it. Will you not give us an answer? I don't understand why this issue is so taboo when it's a basic question and we're in a war alongside Israel against Iran. We're dealing with the potential for nuclear fallout and you won't answer this basic question.
Well, again, it would be outside of my purview as the arms control and armed proliferation undersecretary to discuss that specific question.
Sir, that is a dereliction of duty.
Next, I want to show you the cross-examination by Democratic Congress member Keating. And he grills DiNano about the Trump regime's support of Putin. whether or not they view putin as a war criminal hint hint dinano basically refuses to answer the question and he's like all over the place with his answer and this congress members like why would you be cutting support for like ukraine right now and bolstering support for Russia. Like, what are you doing right now? I want you to watch as DiNano, who exposes himself yet again, and this whole Trump regime as Putin puppets right here, watch him get crushed under cross-examination. Let's play this clip.
You're also cutting the support we have for the general prosecutor in Ukraine that's prosecuting war crimes. Is Vladimir Putin a war criminal, sir?
Sir, again, that's well outside of my purview as the T undersecretary.
No, no. How about as an American? No, as an American person. and a citizen. Yes, sir. And someone cares. I'm both. Is Vladimir Putin a war criminal? I understand that. I'm both. No, yes or no? No, sir. I'm not going to answer yes or no. No, sir. I'm not going to answer yes or no. That's quite an answer. Yes. That's right. Yes. Oh, yes.
What questions did Congress member Castro ask about Israel's nuclear capabilities?
No, it's yes or no or yes. You can't even ask a simple question like that. We have to know because we have under your agency, sir, we're cutting support for the prosecutor general. And you know what that support has been doing? It's been preserving evidence and training. So these war crimes, including sexual assault of young girls in front of their parents and grandparents by Russian soldiers, which is tens of thousands of young people being taken from their families, maybe never to come back and put in Russian definit war crimes.
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