bombshell report by senate republicans state us under Obama gave access to iran of our financial system
just on foxx…digging for moar sauce
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/jun/6/obama-hid-efforts-to-aid-irans-windfall/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/republican-investigation-finds-that-obama-administration-misled-congress-on-possible-iranian-access-to-us-financial-system/2018/06/05/dcb38c78-68c7-11e8-9e38-24e693b38637_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.51cb803cbd74
Under the nuclear agreement, Iran was entitled to withdraw the funds, but it had made the mistake of having them held in Omani rials, one of the least convertible currencies in the world.
Tehran wanted euros. The most viable path to convert such a large amount of rials, for reasons having to do with the obscurity of the Omani currency and the massive U.S. role in the global financial system, was through the U.S. dollar and an American bank, preferably one of two American banks that had corresponding relationships with Bank Muscat
It would take only seconds, and Iran wouldn’t even be directly involved. A computer message from Oman would arrive at the U.S. institution, which would then send a message to another bank in Europe.
To facilitate the transaction, Obama officials engaged in lengthy discussions with Iranian and Omani officials; appealed to the two American banks to undertake the transfer; privately issued a special Treasury license that would guarantee it was allowed under still-existing U.S. sanctions; and even approached the New York Federal Reserve Bank for help.
At the end of the day, nothing worked. Eventually, according to the report, Oman took a slower and more complicated route, gradually buying small amounts of euros in Europe that could be transferred to Iran. No one involved seems certain whether Iran has yet received all of its $5.7 billion.
praying for the day one of the WH pool reporters nads up and asks Potus if Obama pardoned himself and, if do; what did he do wrong…kek
I'll wait…..
I think I am going to go
:)
a little more concise version
Senate report critical of Obama administration over Iran finances
WASHINGTON A report prepared by a Senate panel Sen. Rob Portman of Ohio chairs says the Obama administration “misled” Congress by attempting to help Iran gain access to the U.S. financial system.
Although the report concludes Iran never did win access to U.S. banks or U.S. dollars, the report says officials of the U.S. Treasury Department drafted a license to allow Iran to convert billions of dollars, which had been frozen internationally, into Iranian currency.
Iran regained control of its money in 2015 after it signed an agreement with the United States, Russia, China, France, Great Britain and Germany that was designed to prevent Iran from building a nuclear weapon for at least 15 years.
The international community had frozen the Iranian money, which the country had earned from selling oil.
The report was drafted by Republicans on the Senate Subcommittee on Permanent Investigations, which Portman chairs. President Donald Trump last month withdrew the United States from the nuclear agreement.
Portman said the Obama administration “misled the American people because they were desperate to get a deal with Iran,” adding that Obama officials had insisted “the U.S. financial system would remain off limits.”
Sen. Tom Carper, D-Del., the ranking Democrat on the subcommittee, said “at the end of the day, the Obama administration followed the law and worked to ensure the U.S. upheld our international commitments to the historic Iran Deal, which stopped Iran from developing a nuclear weapon.”
“This report portrays officials at the State and Treasury departments working to find a solution to an unexpected challenge that threatened an agreement to address one of the biggest threats facing our world,” said Carper, a 1968 graduate of Ohio State University.
“Instead, President Trump has abandoned our allies, put our national security at risk and weakened our standing in the world, so focusing now on a temporary license that was ultimately never used doesn’t seem to be the most pressing priority,” Carper said.
According to the report, after signing the agreement, the Iranian Central Bank wanted to convert its money held by the Bank Muscat in Oman into euros. The bank, the report concluded, wanted to use the U.S. financial system to make the conversion.
The report said the Treasury Department approved a license for Bank Muscat to use the U.S. financial system, and administration officials asked two American banks to help. The banks refused, and Bank Muscat finally made the conversion without the U.S. financial system.
http://www.cantonrep.com/news/20180606/senate-report-critical-of-obama-administration-over-iran-finances
ha! wasn't that the movie they watched at retreat / camp david?
pretty sure anons have no idea how many women dig meme and pray on these boards daily thinking exactly the same thing.
This last bit of news convinces me beyond a doubt that the campaign knew…likely at the time. No way Stephen sat on the news of that invite with Sessions around and involved. No way. We always assumed/intuited/etc…and from Q …but now the assumption has to break through to some portion of the population that does not lurk here.
wow the demoralizing, muh no habbenings shills are out in force this am.
>you mad bro?