Bachmann to Jack Lew: Did Treasury Intentionally Weaken Iran Sanctions?

‘It seems to me that at the worst possible time of the negotiations, the United States intentionally chose to weaken our hand’

Bachmann to Lew: Did Treasury Weaken Iran Sanctions? (Washington Free Beacon)

Congresswoman Michele Bachmann (R., Minn.) questioned Treasury Secretary Jack Lew at a House Financial Services Committee hearing Thursday, asking whether the Treasury Department knowingly weakened sanctions on Iran while the secret negotiations were taking place.

“It seems to me that at the worst possible time of the negotiations, the United States intentionally chose to weaken our hand and our negotiating position with Iran at a crucial time: sending a signal of weakness, sending a signal of sanctions reductions,” Bachmann said. “And at the same time, strengthening Iran’s hand in those negotiations.”

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