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Trump Administration Made Secret Efforts To Ease Russia Sanctions
June 2, 20174:45 PM ET
ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST:
Almost as soon as President Trump took office, his top aides told the State Department to develop proposals to lift penalties on Russia that had been imposed by the Obama administration. That's according to Michael Isikoff, who is chief investigative correspondent for Yahoo News. Those penalties were imposed for Russia's intervention in Ukraine and from meddling in the 2016 election. Michael Isikoff, welcome back to the program.
MICHAEL ISIKOFF: Good to be with you.
SIEGEL: You write about panicky calls from people in government assigned to roll back the Russia sanctions. Who was calling whom and when?
Trump Administration Made Secret Efforts To Ease Russia Sanctions
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Senate Republicans and Democrats reached agreement late Monday on a new package of sanctions on Russia amid the firestorm over Russia's meddling in the presidential election and investigations into Moscow's possible collusion with members of President Donald Trump's campaign.
Top lawmakers on two committees — Banking and Foreign Relations — announced the deal, which would require a congressional review if a president attempts to ease or end current penalties. The plan also calls for strengthening current sanctions and imposing new ones on corrupt Russian actors, those involved in human rights abuses and those supplying weapons to the government of Syrian President Bashar Assad.
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1-17-2019
“Because we cannot be sure that we have removed the heavy hand of this Russian oligarch, I cannot support the delisting of these sanctioned entities at this point in time,” said Rep. Michael McCaul of Texas, the top Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee.
Echoing many of his colleagues, McCaul said the Treasury Department’s arguments for lifting the sanctions were “not very compelling.” Trump and his administration have come under fire from lawmakers, including Republicans, for their policies and posture toward Russia in light of its election meddling and its incursions into Eastern Europe and the Middle East.
House rebukes Trump for easing Russia sanctions
June 2, 20174:45 PM ET
ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST:
Almost as soon as President Trump took office, his top aides told the State Department to develop proposals to lift penalties on Russia that had been imposed by the Obama administration. That's according to Michael Isikoff, who is chief investigative correspondent for Yahoo News. Those penalties were imposed for Russia's intervention in Ukraine and from meddling in the 2016 election. Michael Isikoff, welcome back to the program.
MICHAEL ISIKOFF: Good to be with you.
SIEGEL: You write about panicky calls from people in government assigned to roll back the Russia sanctions. Who was calling whom and when?
Trump Administration Made Secret Efforts To Ease Russia Sanctions
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Senate Republicans and Democrats reached agreement late Monday on a new package of sanctions on Russia amid the firestorm over Russia's meddling in the presidential election and investigations into Moscow's possible collusion with members of President Donald Trump's campaign.
Top lawmakers on two committees — Banking and Foreign Relations — announced the deal, which would require a congressional review if a president attempts to ease or end current penalties. The plan also calls for strengthening current sanctions and imposing new ones on corrupt Russian actors, those involved in human rights abuses and those supplying weapons to the government of Syrian President Bashar Assad.
http://web.archive.org/web/20170613...enate-gop-dems-agree-sanctions-russia-4799768
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1-17-2019
“Because we cannot be sure that we have removed the heavy hand of this Russian oligarch, I cannot support the delisting of these sanctioned entities at this point in time,” said Rep. Michael McCaul of Texas, the top Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee.
Echoing many of his colleagues, McCaul said the Treasury Department’s arguments for lifting the sanctions were “not very compelling.” Trump and his administration have come under fire from lawmakers, including Republicans, for their policies and posture toward Russia in light of its election meddling and its incursions into Eastern Europe and the Middle East.
House rebukes Trump for easing Russia sanctions
