Sotloff Family: Obama Admin ‘Bullied and Hectored’ Us While We Tried To Save Steven

A spokesman for the Sotloff family says they were scared by the things the administration said to them

Sotloff Family: Obama Admin ‘Bullied and Hectored’ Us While We Tried to Save Steven (Mediaite)

Barak Barfi, spokesman for the family of beheaded American journalist Steven Sotloff, claimed Wednesday that the Obama administration “bullied and hectored” the Sotloff family as they tried to rescue their son from terrorist captivity.

On CBS This Morning, Barfi was asked if the Sotloff family attempted raising ransom money to send to the terrorist network ISIS in exchange for Steven’s safe return to the U.S.

“We had meetings with the administration,” Barfi said. “The family sat with the National Security Council officials. And basically he (an official) bullied and hectored them (the family), and they were scared. He had no business…”

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