Tucker Carlson: “The money was being funneled from accounts at Riggs bank in…”

“According to declassified government documents, an investigator from the 911 Commission said Al Bayoumi was receiving substantial sums of money from the Saudi Embassy in Washington prior to the 911 attacks. That The money was being funneled from accounts at Riggs bank in Georgetown belonging to Haifa Bin Faisal, the wife of the Saudi Ambassador to the United States. By using the Saudis as a proxy to recruit the 911 hijackers, the CIA gave itself cover. If things went wrong, they could push a narrative that blamed the Saudi government for the attacks, which is what they did.” (18:35–18:44)

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