https://www.foxnews.com/politics/gop-threatens-retaliation-against-dems-probing-ridiculous-conspiracy-theory-on-white-house-saudi-nuclear-tie

House Republicans are pushing back against a new Democratic-led probe into an alleged plot by White House officials to share nuclear-power technology with Saudi Arabia, saying it amounts to a defamatory "conspiracy theory" and warning of consequences.

Democrats on the House Oversight Committee opened the investigation on Tuesday amid claims by several unnamed whistleblowers who said they witnessed "abnormal acts" in the White House regarding a proposal to build dozens of nuclear reactors across the Middle Eastern kingdom.

According to an interim congressional report citing whistleblowers within the Trump administration, the nuclear effort was pushed by former national security adviser Michael Flynn, who was fired in early 2017 for lying to Vice President Mike Pence and FBI agents. Derek Harvey, a National Security Council official brought in by Flynn, purportedly continued work on the proposal.

Now, congressional Republican officials are warning that Democrats – including Maryland Rep. Elijah Cummings, the chairman of the House oversight panel – could face ethics referrals.

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/5743767-House-Oversight-Whistleblowers-Saudi-Nuclear.html