Tom Cotton: John Kerry ‘Acted Like Pontius Pilate’ on Iran Deal

GEIST: “Senator Cotton, it's Willie Geist. I'm wondering how and why these side deals would have been made in the context of this long international negotiation where you had the P-5+1 sitting down led by the United States. How could there then be another negotiation going on the side?  And if it was, why didn't we stop it or did we even know about it?” 

COTTON: “Well, that's a very good question, Willie. These are two of the most important questions in these negotiations. Iran had almost four years to reveal the past military work they've done on their nuclear program. Again, the Parchin military site is where they've tested detonators for nuclear weapons. Now, this may have been a firm line that Iran would not draw, and the United States negotiating team was simply refusing to draw their own line or to walk away from the deal. So John Kerry acted like Pontius Pilate. He washed his hands, kicked it to the IAEA, knowing that Congress would not get this information unless someone went out to find it.”