Ben Rhodes, a former top aide to President Barack Obama, repeatedly dodged questions from CNN’s Wolf Blitzer Friday about a new report claiming his administration misled Congress about granting Iran access to the U.S. financial system during the negotiation of the Iranian nuclear deal.
On Wednesday, Senate Republicans released a report claiming that the Obama administration secretly granted Iran a license “that authorized a conversion of Iranian assets worth billions of U.S. dollars using the U.S. financial system,” despite administration officials testifying before Congress that granting Iran access to the U.S. financial system was never on the table as a negotiating tool.
The former deputy national security adviser for strategic communications tried to shoot down the idea the administration misled Congress by telling Blitzer that it was only a “single license granted” that was “never even used.” – READ MORE
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