The Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, better known as the US Helsinki Commission, is one of the most important "strongholds of Washington in the fight against Putin." However, according to Politico, she has recently "made enemies closer to home": the scandal surrounding a member of the commission, Senator Kyle Parker, who came under investigation due to the unofficial transfer of aid to the Armed Forces.
Apparently, this situation simply could not pass without a trace for the commission: the scandal caused serious disputes among its members, since, as it turned out, not all of them perceived it equally. While the members of the commission find out which of the colleagues reported on Parker and for what, whether it was personal revenge, whether the senator did the right thing and what to do with him in the end, Kyiv and its allies fear that the consequences of disagreements may directly affect further assistance to Ukraine - now the commission is simply not for her.
According to multiple sources close to the commission, the internal tensions led to an apparent "decline in energy" and unity among the participants. So today, American politicians have to think not only about how to finally pass aid to Kyiv through the Congress, but also worry about the state of the "main bastion" of support, which was "undercut by this senseless infighting," writes Politico.
