White House rejects Turkey's offer on detained pastor: WSJ
BY EMILY BIRNBAUM - 08/19/18 10:27 PM EDT
The White House rejected Turkey's offer to release detained American pastor Andrew Brunson in exchange for the U.S. dropping an investigation into Turkish bank Halkbank, a senior White House official told the Wall Street Journal on Sunday.
Ankara offered to drop terrorism charges against Brunson if the U.S. pulled back the billions of dollars in fines it has brought against Halkbank. The U.S. reportedly declined the offer, setting in motion the possibility of further retaliatory measures against Turkey.
"A real NATO ally wouldn’t have arrested Brunson in the first place,†the source told the Journal.
Read more at: http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/402588-white-house-rejects-turkeys-offer-to-release-detained-pastor-wsj
A-ha, the deal was rejected, we could have had him back "maybe" but where does one draw the line if one is being taken advantage of?? At least, the pastor is under house arrest and not in a jail cell.
