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Obama State Department blocked FBI from arresting Iranian suspects in WMD probe, senators say
Just the News ^ | 22 May, 2024 | Misty Severi

Posted on 05/23/2024 6:12:51 AM PDT by MtnClimber

The senators claimed the reason for the State Department's interference was because of ongoing negotiations related to the Obama administration's Iran nuclear deal, which former President Barack Obama signed in 2015.

Republican Sens. Chuck Grassley and Ron Johnson unveiled evidence Wednesday that former Secretary of State John Kerry's State Department "actively interfered" with the FBI's attempts to arrest people suspected of being in the United States illegally to support Iran's efforts to create weapons of mass destruction.

Whistleblowers allegedly told the senators and shared unclassified documents with them that supported their claims, and showed that the Justice Department and FBI did not "failed to take the necessary steps to stop Kerry’s obstructive efforts against law enforcement.”

The senators claimed the reason for the State Department's interference was because of ongoing negotiations related to the Obama administration's Iran nuclear deal, which former President Barack Obama signed in 2015.

“The records provided to our offices show that the Obama/Biden administration’s State Department, under the leadership of John Kerry, actively and persistently interfered with FBI operations pertaining to lawful arrests of known terrorists, members of Iranian proliferation networks, and other criminals providing material support for Iran’s nuclear and ballistic missile programs,” the senators wrote in letters to the State and Justice Departments, and the FBI. “The records also show that DOJ and FBI leadership apparently allowed it to happen until the Trump administration altered course.”

The senators also claimed the actions came while the Obama-Biden administration attempted to publicly show they were against Iran getting nuclear weapons by imposing sanctions on "Iranian individuals, companies, and organizations for involvement in nuclear proliferation, ballistic missile development, support for terrorist groups, and human rights abuses."

The letters also outline eight examples where the DOJ or FBI could have moved forward on arrests of suspected Iranian supporters, but chose not to. One of the suspects was on the "terrorism watch list" and another returned to Iran. Two suspects were finally arrested after former President Donald Trump's State Department lifted the block.


TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: leftism

1 posted on 05/23/2024 6:12:51 AM PDT by MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber

Another example of the left siding with evil. It seems like there is a universal constant in physics that causes this. I hope to be the one who discovers it.


2 posted on 05/23/2024 6:13:06 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page. More photos added.)
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The democrats are out of control and should be banned as a political party


3 posted on 05/23/2024 6:15:12 AM PDT by butlerweave
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To: MtnClimber

Considering ValJar was part of Bammys administration, I’m not surprised.


4 posted on 05/23/2024 6:17:17 AM PDT by hoagy62 (Evil won...again.)
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To: MtnClimber

Maybe Swiftboat Rear Admiral John F’ing Kerry was paid off to stop the arrest and deportation of illegals at the direction of Obozo.


5 posted on 05/23/2024 6:22:08 AM PDT by chopperk
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To: MtnClimber

So bammy and other democrats were using their political office in the USA to favor the world’s sponsor of terrorism, the one whose motto is “death to America.”


6 posted on 05/23/2024 6:24:18 AM PDT by I want the USA back (Delusional people should not be allowed to rule over normal people.)
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Obama was a international puppet it’s why he bowed to them all the time the punk was out of his element just like Biden is.


7 posted on 05/23/2024 7:00:40 AM PDT by Vaduz
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To: MtnClimber

The first thing I would do as President would be to go through the State Department with a lawnmower and clean out all of the communists..


8 posted on 05/23/2024 7:28:40 AM PDT by silent majority rising (When it is dark enough, men see the stars. Ralph Waldo Emerson)
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ping


9 posted on 05/23/2024 9:44:55 AM PDT by gattaca (Once a nation loses control of its borders, it is no longer a nation...Ronald Reagan)
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