Now, largely overlooked election filings show that the former congressman’s political apparatus received thousands of more dollars from two brothers involved in multiple efforts to bring Kucinich and Assad together since 2007. Elie’s brother, Bassam Khawam, gave $2,000 to the Kucinich for President campaign on June 30, 2012. “Kucinich has been an outspoken defender of the Assad regime in Syria even as it killed countless people and has repeatedly used chemical weapons against defenseless civilians,” former Ohio Gov. The Kucinich campaign says Cordray’s team is misrepresenting his views. Khawam told The Atlantic that his role does not mean he supports the Syrian regime.

Source: Huffington Post April 21, 2018 12:03 UTC