Douglas Macgregor, who was recently appointed as an aide to acting defence secretary, Christopher Hill, said in an interview with a Florida talk show that pro-Israel lobbyists fund hawkish US politicians to furhter Israel's interests.
national security adviser John Bolton, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham.
"Mr. Bolton has become very, very rich and is in the position he's in because of his unconditional support for the Israeli lobby," Macgregor said.
"He is their man on the ground, in the White House. The same thing is largely true for Mr. Pompeo, he has aspirations to be president. He has his hands out for money from the Israeli lobby, the Saudis, and others."
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"I think you've got a lot of people on the Hill who fall into two categories. One category that is interested in money and wants to be reelected, and they don’t want to run the risk of the various lobbies that are pushing military action against Iran to contribute money to their opponents."
AIPAC, which is courted by both of the US' major parties during elections, responded to the claims on Twitter.
"Our bipartisan efforts are reflective of American values and interests. We will not be deterred in any way by ill-informed and illegitimate attacks on this important work," AIPAC said.
Macgregor was lined up as Trump's nominee for ambassador to Germany earlier this year, however had his nomination terminared after CNN KFile highlighted that the former US army called Germany’s efforts to come to terms with the Holocaust as a "sick mentality".
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