*Lynch pleads [[Fifth Amendment]] against incrimination to Congress in probe of Obama administration illegal secret payment to Iran in ransom deal.<ref>http://freebeacon.com/national-security/attorney-general-lynch-pleads-fifth-secret-iran-ransom-payments/</ref><ref>"Charles Krauthammer reacted to a new Wall Street Journal report that the Justice Department objected to the Obama Administration sending $400 million in non-U.S. currency just hours before Iran released four imprisoned Americans. The DOJ was overruled by the State Department, according to the report.<br>Krauthammer said "of course the Justice Department objected; it was illegal."<br>He said that not only was the payment bad optics and a quid pro quo for the release of the Americans, but it skirted statute against dealing with Iran in U.S. dollars.<br>"They had to print the money here, ship it over to Switzerland, turn it into Swiss francs and Euros and ship it over to Iran."<br>http://insider.foxnews.com/2016/08/03/krauthammer-not-only-did-obama-admin-pay-ransom-it-also-laundered-money</ref> | *Lynch pleads [[Fifth Amendment]] against incrimination to Congress in probe of Obama administration illegal secret payment to Iran in ransom deal.<ref>http://freebeacon.com/national-security/attorney-general-lynch-pleads-fifth-secret-iran-ransom-payments/</ref><ref>"Charles Krauthammer reacted to a new Wall Street Journal report that the Justice Department objected to the Obama Administration sending $400 million in non-U.S. currency just hours before Iran released four imprisoned Americans. The DOJ was overruled by the State Department, according to the report.<br>Krauthammer said "of course the Justice Department objected; it was illegal."<br>He said that not only was the payment bad optics and a quid pro quo for the release of the Americans, but it skirted statute against dealing with Iran in U.S. dollars.<br>"They had to print the money here, ship it over to Switzerland, turn it into Swiss francs and Euros and ship it over to Iran."<br>http://insider.foxnews.com/2016/08/03/krauthammer-not-only-did-obama-admin-pay-ransom-it-also-laundered-money</ref> |