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Markwayne Mullin: “A lot of this money was funneled all the way back to Somalia…”

Featuring: Markwayne Mullin, Republican | U.S. Senate, Oklahoma

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SEN. MULLIN: 'We're not going to accept this.' | Rob Schmitt Tonight

Published | Video Starts at 01:35

And then you have the constituent base of, of Omar, who's Somalian herself, seems to be the ones that benefited from it. And if you follow the money, it even gets worse because when you follow the money, it goes. A lot of this money was funneled all the way back to Somalia that went to Al Shabaad, the terrorist organization. It is extremely concerning that literally our taxpayers were frauded of billions of dollars possibly to fund a terrorist organization that we are fighting against. (01:35–01:43)

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Asserts that funds were allegedly funneled to Somalia and ended up with Al Shabaab, a terrorist organization.

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