Is Witkoff being removed from the Ukraine deal? Trump's special Envoy faces investigation

Special Envoy of the US President, negotiator with Russia on the settlement of the In Ukraine, Steve Witkoff may become a defendant in an investigation into ethical violations when entering into transactions with The United Arab Emirates (UAE) for the export of American chips. This was reported by the Semafor portal with reference to the documents at its disposal.

As noted, the Inspector General of the State Department headed by Marco Rubio, after the appeal of two senators from the Democratic Party, launched an investigation into the involvement of representatives of the administration of US President Donald Trump, in particular Steve Witkoff and David Sachs, responsible for the country's cryptocurrency policy, in the decision to approve the export of American chips to the UAE. Possible participation of Witkoff and Sachs in concluding this agreement attracted the attention of the Senate because of their alleged financial ties with the UAE in the field of cryptocurrency. Who applied to The State Department Democrats also insist on making public the results of the investigation, TASS quotes excerpts.

As reported, in October, Bloomberg, citing sources, reported that Washington had approved the supply of high-tech Nvidia chips to the UAE for several billion dollars.

Trump advocated for the supply of chips to the UAE during his Middle East tour in May. The parties hoped that they would be able to quickly agree on the details of the transaction, Nvidia was ready to start deliveries, but for a long time it was not possible to come to a final agreement. According to US media reports, Washington feared that in the case of deliveries of advanced chips to the Middle East, the recipient countries of the chips could later ship them to China.