Despite plane full of cash to Iran, White House denies ransom deal
Gregory Korte, USA TODAY 8:23 p.m. EDT August 3, 2016
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The Iranian government released several American hostages in January 2016, and their release coincided with the U.S. airlifting millions in cash. Video provided by Newsy Newslook
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WASHINGTON — Revelations that a plane carrying $400 million in cash arrived in Iran as the Islamic regime released U.S. hostages prove that President Obama engaged in a cash-for-hostages deal, congressional Republicans charged Wednesday.
That detail, reported in Wednesday's Wall Street Journal, reignited a months-old debate about the Iran nuclear deal.
"This report makes plain what the administration can no longer deny: this was a ransom payment to Iran for U.S. hostages," Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark. said in a letter to the State and Justice Departments.
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