Obama’s Cash Payment to Iran Was More Than a Ransom - It Broke Criminal Law
Treasury’s guidance cites to what’s known as the ITSR (Iranian Transactions and Sanctions Regulations), the part of the Code of Federal Regulations that implements anti-terrorism sanctions initiated by President Clinton under federal law. The specific provision cited is Section 560.204, which states:
The exportation, reexportation, sale, or supply, directly or indirectly, from the United States, or by a United States person, wherever located, of any goods, technology, or services to Iran or the Government of Iran is prohibited.
The regulation goes on to stress that this prohibition may not be circumvented by exporting things of value “to a person in a third country” when one has “knowledge or reason to know that” such things are “intended specifically for supply, transshipment, or reexportation, directly or indirectly, to Iran or the Government of Iran.”
To summarize, the anti-terrorism sanctions are still in effect, a fact the administration has touted many times. Obama conceded at his press conference both that these sanctions are still in effect and that they applied directly to his $400 million pay-out to our terrorist enemies. But here’s the president’s problem: While he is correct that the sanctions barred him from sending Iran a check or wire transfer, that is not all they forbid - not by a long shot. They also make it illegal to do what he did.
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/438744/iran-ransom-payment-president-obama-broke-law-sending-cash-iran
Obama ad-Dajjal appears to be a firm believer in this statement by Richard Nixon:
"When the president does it, that means that it is not illegal."
Wrong again, dumbass. Your job is to faithfully execute the laws, not to break them whenever you see fit.
As I have said many times before, IMPEACH THIS CLOWN !!!
By the way, isn't it ironic that people allegedly are buying copies of the US Constitution to help derail Trump, while not seeming to care that the criminal now in the White House has been shitting on that document for the past eight years?
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