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Wednesday, August 24, 2016

Obama hides how he paid Iran $1.3 Billion



Shhh . . . . It's a Secret

  • I am not angry at the corruption of Obama. I am more angry at the moronic mouth-breather voters who knee jerk and automatically support any bullshit as long as it comes from some hack with the magic "D" or "R" after their names. 
  • Be it Obama or open borders Paul Ryan that support is instant and deep. Thinking real thoughts just hurts the heads of the party loyalists.


(Washington Free Beacon)  -  The Obama administration is withholding from Congress details about how $1.3 billion in U.S. taxpayer funds was delivered to Iran, according to conversations with lawmakers, who told the Washington Free Beacon that the administration is now stonewalling an official inquiry into the matter.
The Departments of State, Treasury, and Justice have all rebuffed a congressional probe into the circumstances surrounding the $1.3 billion payment to Iran, which is part of an additional $400 million cash payout that occurred just prior to the release of several U.S. hostages and led to accusations that the administration had paid Iran a ransom.
The Obama administration has admitted in recent days that the $400 million cash delivery to Iran was part of an effort to secure the release of these American hostages, raising further questions on Capitol Hill about White House efforts to suppress these details from the public.
The $400 million was part of a $1.7 billion legal settlement reached with Iran earlier this year. Congressional inquiries into how this money reached Iran are failing to get answers.
The State and Treasury Departments declined on Tuesday to answer a series of questions from theFree Beacon about the method in which U.S. taxpayer funds were paid to Iran.
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