The Obama administration sent $1.7 billion cash to the government of Iran right around the time that five American hostages/prisoners were freed by the Iranian regime on January 17th 2016 – and naturally one would assume those events were connected. President Trump made such a claim while on the campaign trail (and later again this year), and was widely dismissed by the media, and then-President Obama himself for his “conspiracy” theory.
The Official Line of Defense
In response to allegations of paying ransom money, the Obama administration claimed the payments were a return of money for payments (plus interest) that the Iran made to the U.S. in 1979 for military equipment they did not receive. That $400 million went into a Foreign Military Sales trust fund, and that remained untouched since Jimmy Carter froze Iran’s assets in ’79.
Obama personally stated in August 2016 that “We do not pay ransom. We Didn’t here, and we won’t in the future.” He went further, claiming that the payments were completely unrelated. “We announced these payments in January. Many months ago. They were not a secret,” Obama said “It wasn’t a secret. We were completely open with everybody about it.” John Kerry also denied that the payment and freed hostages were related.
So in summary, Obama’s defense is that the cash payment was owed to Iran regardless ($400 million plus 1.3 billion in interest), and the freed prisoners are completely unconnected. How well does that narrative hold up?
Let's take a look..
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6 comments:
our tax dollars
Only 400m went to Iran, the remainder was used to bribe EU leaders. Shhhh. It’s a secret.
Ransom?!?! lol those billions were split up just like foreign aid money is, just like whats been going on in ukrane had been happening for decades. They send millions and billions all the time and its dived up to everyone on the take, and yes alot of it used to destroy our own country. Thats why dems dont want you to upset iran leaders...someone might tell. Thats why their blocking and diverting evidence about ukrane...how many congress people have you seen go to ukrane. Who might testify at the peach mint hearing is a very very touchy subject.
well we know obummer received enough to by a mega mansion and then some
on the bright side it wasn`t tax payer money it was borrowed money and we all know america is never going to pay back any of that money lol.
It's wasn't obumers money
It was we the people's money
Crook
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