Risch Tries to Calm Furious Republicans

“Sen. Jim Risch was on the verge of facing down an insurgency from his GOP colleagues,” Politico reports.

“Top Senate Republicans were fuming at the Trump administration last week for ignoring congressional demands to further investigate the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.”

“But Risch, the newly minted chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, wasn’t eager to preside over an intraparty fight. And so he quickly began working to calm GOP senators — even giving potentially misleading information.”