Obama/Kerry bypass Congress with 1.3 Billion Dollar Gift to the Muslim Brotherhood. Can they do that?

month secretly sent $1.3 billion in U.S. military aid to Muslim
Brotherhood-controlled Egypt, waiving the restrictions put in place by
Congress to withhold such aid unless the country could meet certain
democracy standards.

“Under
U.S. law, for the $1.3 billion to flow the secretary of state must
certify that the Egyptian government ‘is supporting the transition to
civilian government, including holding free and fair elections,
implementing policies to protect freedom of expression, association and
religion, and due process of law’,” Reuters reports.

Kerry’s quiet decision came before an
Egyptian court this week sentenced 43 democracy workers, including 16
Americans, to up to five years in jail for working in NGOs not
registered with the government. Critics of the restrictive government
see the action as a crackdown on pro-democracy, non-governmental
organizations.

In a May 9 memo, Kerry said that “we
are not satisfied with the extent of Egypt’s progress and are pressing
for a more inclusive democratic process and strengthening of key
democratic institutions.” Yet the new secretary of state still decided
to push the aid through.