Document: US Congress leaders to Attorney General Barr requesting probe into Al Jazeera’s status
Eight Republican members of Congress sent a letter to the Department of Justice (DOJ) on June 18, 2019, urging for Al Jazeera to be designated as a foreign agent. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Charles Grassley (R-Iowa), John Cornyn (R-Tex.), Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) and Todd Young (R-Ind.) as well as Reps. Lee Zeldin (R-N.Y.) and Mike Johnson (R-La.) argued to Attorney General William Barr that “Al Jazeera is not only a foreign principal but it is also owned by a foreign principal – the government of Qatar. The congressmen noted that Al Jazeera frequently promulgates viewpoints held by...
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