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Why Biden must shut down U.S. support to the brutal el-Sissi regime in Egypt Egypt's dictator is trying to repair his image — and preserve billions in U.S. aid — with Trump out of office February 12, 2021 11:30AM (UTC) Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi waits for a meeting with US Secretary of State John Kerry at the presidential palace in Cairo September 13, 2014. Kerry arrived in Cairo on the latest leg of a regional tour to forge a coalition against Islamic State jihadists in Iraq and Syria. (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images) --

Biden Should Stop Payment on U.S. Funds to Sisi’s Egypt (Image by CODEPINK) By Ariel Gold and Medea Benjamin Under Donald Trump’s presidency, Egypt, as well as Saudi Arabia, Israel, the UAE, and other repressive regimes, had virtually free reign to commit unchecked human rights abuses without worry that they might be chastised or lose U.S. diplomatic and financial support. But when Joe Biden won the 2020 election, President Sisi of Egypt started to worry. That’s when he contracted lobbying powerhouse Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck for $65,000...

They should put a “stop payment” on the U.S. taxpayer-funded check that has enabled Sisi to operate with impunity.

When Biden won the election, Sisi of Egypt started to worry US aid to Egypt would be cut, so he hired lobbying powerhouse Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck for $65,000 a month.

Published date: 23 January 2021 19:33 UTC | Last update: 1 month 3 weeks ago The Capitol riot shook the US to its core. Yet with Egypt, Washington was happy to look the other way when a democratically elected president was deposed by a mob Abdel Fattah el-Sisi speaks during a bilateral meeting with US president Donald Trump in New York in 2018 (AFP) It's not just Hollywood. America loves a happy ending. The bad guy skulks off, having wreaked havoc, his evil empire in ruins. He is alive only because he may be needed for the sequel.  The good guy recl...