A U.S. lawmaker is attempting to block the sale of a fleet of fighter jets to Turkey until the NATO ally cooperates with the investigation and prosecution of Turkish security officials involved in a violent brawl with protesters in D.C. in May.
Rep. David Cicilline, a Democrat from Rhode Island, last week proposed an amendment to the 2018 National Defense Authorization Act that would block the sale of F-35 fighter jets, in a deal that would have U.S. manufacturer Lockheed Martin supplying nearly 100 planes to Turkey, Defense News reported.
The amendment states that the sale should not be completed until the U.S. president can certify that the Turkish government is fully cooperating with “the criminal investigation and prosecution of Turkish Government employees involved in the assault on civilians in Washington, D.C. on May 17, 2017.”
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