Why is Rep. Mike Rogers so opposed to the prospect of a Speaker Jim Jordan? Even pledging to "Work with Democrats" to stop the Trump-endorsed candidate? In short: Rep. Rogers, the Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, is bought and paid for by the defense industry.
Forbes even called him the "Arms Industry's Dream Representative." The same industry that desperately wants aid to Ukraine to continue.
What's more, his former decade-long Chief of Staff, Senior Advisor, and Legislative Director "Handling all national security policy issues" Andy Keiser departed Rep. Rogers office to become a lobbyist at Navigators Global LLC. A Senior Principal at the firm since 2017, Navigator Global LLC is a registered lobbyist on behalf of the Ukrainian government as of April 2022.
Keiser's firm represents the "Committee on National Security, Defence and Intelligence Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine" providing "Government relations consulting, public advocacy and education." Among the Ukrainians Navigators Global LLC is working on behalf of are Chairman of the Subcommittee on Defense Industry and Technical Modernization and Chairman of the Subcommittee of National Security and Defense.
In other words: Rep. Rogers's old Chief of Staff is now lobbying his old boss to give more money to Ukraine.
Conveniently for Navigators Global LLC, Rep. Rogers led the Congressional Delegation tasked with "Conducting oversight of the U.S. aid being sent to Ukraine." Despite massive evidence of money laundering and improper use of funds, Rep. Rogers said the trip left him "Confident" in U.S. aid packages to the notoriously corrupt country.
With Republicans like this, who even needs Democrats? Well, apparently Rep. Rogers does.
-Natalie Winters is co-host and executive editor at WarRoom.org.
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