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Would a provision in a spending bill from 2018 still be valid and enforceable?
In 2018 President Trump signed the omnibus spending bill. This 2232-page bill was passed by the House and had included a ban on sending any aid to the Azov battalions. At the time, representative Ro Khanna, a Democrat from California, was an outspoken critic of providing aid to the Azov Battalions. Ro Khanna said in a statement, “I am very pleased that the recently passed omnibus prevents the US from providing arms and training assistance to the neo-Nazi Azov Battalion …” Ro Khanna continued, “White Supremacy and neo-Nazism are unacceptable and have no place in our world.” How interesting it is that the Democrats are now pushing to fund the Azov Battalion to the tune of $33 billion. It seems the roots of the Democratic Party haven’t really changed.
At the time of the signing of this bill it was already illegal for the Azov Battalion to receive aid under the Leahy Law. The Leahy Law bans U.S. aid from going to groups when the Secretary of State has credible information that such a unit has committed gross violations of human rights. However, people who have been proponents of the ban, specifically on Azov, say that the Leahy law did not preclude it from getting aid. They say that the Secretary of State has never made such a determination about this group in particular. This is why they felt that it was necessary to include a special exception to the Azov battalion in the 2018 omnibus spending bill. Section 8129 specifically precludes Azov from assistance. It reads, “none of the funds made available by this act may be used to provide arms, training, or other assistance to the Azov Battalion.”
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Election Wizard, [03.05.22 19:07]
Little Known Law Signed By President Trump Prohibits Supplying Any Weaponry or Funds to Ukrainian Azov Battalion
https://trendingpolitics.com/supplying-of-any-weaponry-and-funds-to-azov-is-prohibited-by-law-dodii/