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muriel_volestrangler

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3. Wyden: Trump attempted to interfere in a criminal investigation into the largest sanctions violation
Thu Jun 18, 2020, 02:42 PM
Jun 2020

... scheme in U.S. history as a favor" to Erdoğan.

The top Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee plans to call on former national security adviser John Bolton to provide information on his claim that President Trump agreed to intervene in a federal investigation into a Turkish company at the request of Turkey’s president.
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Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), the ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, said in a statement that the book “confirms that Donald Trump attempted to interfere in a criminal investigation into the largest sanctions violations scheme in U.S. history as a favor” to Erdoğan.

Wyden added that Bolton’s book provided “damning evidence” as he called on the former national security adviser to provide more information.

“I have been investigating potential political interference by Donald Trump as it relates to Turkey and sanctions enforcement, and this damning evidence corroborates what my investigation has uncovered to date,” Wyden wrote. “If John Bolton has an interest in serving his country, as opposed to selling books, he will respond promptly to my forthcoming request for more information about Donald Trump’s relationship with Turkey.”

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/503298-top-democrat-plans-to-call-on-bolton-for-information-on-turkey-probe-after

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