According to officials who spoke to The Wall Street Journal, once the American detainees were “wheels up” on Jan. 17, Iranian officials in Geneva were permitted to take the cash — made up of Swiss francs, euros and other currencies. The new revelation offers more fodder to critics who claim the payment was a ransom.
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, a one-time contender for the Republican presidential nomination, tweetedthat the details of the report “confirm secret payoff amounted to ransom.”
In a statement Wednesday evening, Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus called on President Barack Obama’s administration to “drop the charade and admit it paid a $400 million ransom to the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism.”
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Was that the navy men that took them hostage, when we failed to defend ourselves???? Smells like a rat, no wonder we just let them take out ship and the crew... It was a set up to get Iran money... Yet we want to go to war with Iran??? Yeah...
That Kerry boy better stay out of the a/c. It's some bad stuff, meaner than a junk yard ISIS. ISIL in his case.
Ransom?
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