https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/10/secretary-state-antony-blinken-blames-trump-bidens-6/
....”Blinken on Thursday blamed Trump and claimed the $6 billion Biden gave to Iran is in Qatar.
This is a lie. The account was set up under Barack Obama.
“It was set up by Section 1245 of the FY2012 NDAA that mandated its creation and set the parameters of its usage,” former State Department advisor on Iran Gabriel Noronha said on Thursday.
“Obama is the one who signed that bill into law – we had to follow it, and did so in a way that minimized Iran’s revenue,” he said.
The account wasn’t even set up under Trump! It was set up by Section 1245 of the FY2012 NDAA that mandated its creation and set the parameters of its usage.
Obama is the one who signed that bill into law – we had to follow it, and did so in a way that minimized Iran’s revenue.
— Gabriel Noronha (@GLNoronha) October 12, 2023”
MarQ
Interesting. Did I err? Kirby said the “former president” set the expenditure up as “humanitarian purpses” only, and with only “US approved vendors”. Or, did Kirby fib?
I would think if it were Obama who added strings that Kirby would have named him and credited him for the wisdom behind doing so. I did assume Trump.
Also the money is reportedly was moved from Korea to Quatar, according to Kirby.
Thankfully it has not been touched. Yet.
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PS; UPDATE
MJT on Scalise vs Jordan.