Trump's foreign cash haul is proof he's a 'walking national security threat': lawmaker

Responding to questions about a bombshell report from Democrats on the House Oversight Committee that Donald Trump and his family were the recipients of likely more than $8 million in foreign payments, one Democratic lawmaker suggested the cash haul is evidence he can't be trusted with the nation's security.

With the report bluntly calling the evidence "A stunning web of millions of dollars," Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) was asked by MSNBC host Paola Ramos about the implications of Trump returning back to the White House now that it is known Republicans have turned a blind eye to his financial windfall.

"The whole thing was bad, it was a lot," she told the host. "Knowing that he was taking money from Saudi Arabia at the same time that he was ignoring the advice of his own advisers and entering into this arms deal with Saudi Arabia, I mean, there's a lot of scary things in this report."

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"And as people are on edge with war, you know, this only makes me more on edge about the possibility of him regaining access to the White House, and I honestly feel like this guy sold us out before," she continued. "We know that we still don't understand fully what the secrets look like that were sitting down at Mar-a-Lago. We know that he was reckless and intentionally reckless with our secrets and with the secrets of our friends."

"So for me, I'm concerned for our safety and I want Americans to understand that while I know we love to live in a bubble, we're not," she told the host. "The Republicans are a threat. [GOP Sen. Tommy] Tuberville was making a huge issue for us for national security. Trump is a walking national security threat, as well as a constitutional crisis all mixed up in one."

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