Saudi claim that Biden asked to delay oil cuts by one month raises election influence concerns

Tony Branco

 JusttheNews  . . ."In the statement Thursday, [Saudi] Arabia said, "the Government of the Kingdom clarified through its continuous consultation with the US Administration that all economic analyses indicate that postponing the OPEC+ decision for a month, according to what has been suggested, would have had negative economic consequences." 

"The Saudi statement prompted Wisconsin Republican Rep. Tom Tiffany to request that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi open a "formal investigation" into the situation, arguing that it was an "attempt to coordinate with a foreign government to influence the U.S. election" if the request did indeed occur.

"White House national security spokesman John Kirby responded to the Saudi statement but didn't confirm or deny that the request to delay the production cut was made.

"The Saudi Foreign Ministry can try to spin or deflect, but the facts are simple," he said. "In recent weeks, the Saudis conveyed to us — privately and publicly — their intention to reduce oil production, which they knew would increase Russian revenues and blunt the effectiveness of sanctions."

"President Biden has said he is rethinking the U.S. relationship with Saudi Arabia after the decision to cut oil production.

" 'I am in the process, when the House and Senate comes back, there's going to be some consequences for what they've done with Russia," Biden said.". . .

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