Muslim Brotherhood Took Bribes From US Embassy

Yo Hillary, smart diplomacy means you don't get caught paying bribes but it looks as if that has happened. Egypt’s Attorney General Hisham Barakat is investigating allegations that members of Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood were bribed by the American embassy. From the Egyptian newspaper Almesryoon:

“A judicial source stated that over the past few days, a number of complaints have been filed with the Attorney General Hisham Barakat. These complaints accuse the leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood and leaders of the centrist party of receiving gifts from the American embassy in Cairo. The sponsors of these complaints stated that among these leaders are Mohamed Badie, General Guide of the Muslim Brotherhood, Khairat Al-Shater, deputy leader and businessman, Mohamed Beltagy leading the group, Essam el-Erian, deputy head of the Freedom and Justice Party of, and Abu Ela Mady, head of the Wasat Party, Essam Sultan, deputy head of the Wasat Party.”

The article goes on to read;

“A judicial source stated that the Attorney General Hisham Barakat received a number of filed complaints over the past few days. These complaints accuse leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood and leaders of the centrist party of receiving bribes thinly disguised as ‘gifts’, paid through the U.S. Embassy in Cairo.”

In defense of the Muslim Brotherhood one can argue that they didn't sell out cheaply. Bribes being paid to the Morsi government members are in annual payments of between $750,000 and $850,000 in U.S. dollars each which is far better than Huma Weiner earned from her two jobs at State ($135,000) and Teneo ($355,000).