It looks like the State Department is having a hard time explaining away the Obama administration’s payment of $400 million to Iran in exchange for the release of 4 captured Americans.
Of course, they deny that it was paid in order to secure the release of the hostages: they insist that the transfer of the money was merely the end result of a 40 year old deal meant to be made between the US and the Shah of Iran that got held up when he was overthrown and the Ayatollah took over.
It was precisely this point that State Department spokesperson John Kirby tried to sell on Fox News, but to little avail. It didn’t help that he referred to the payment not as a “ransom” but as “leverage” in order to get the Iranians to release the prisoners, basically undermining his and the entire administration’s narrative surrounding the incident.
Watch Kirby’s Fox News interview on the next page:
This is a shame that this supposed american hero chose money from a crooked Obama administration over his legacy of honor.
Move on people. If you think that money was sent for the release of hostages/prisoners you are truly fucking blind. SMH….. we the tax payers are paying for that bs for our government getting caught fucking setting these towel headed lunatics nuclear program back by 5 years.
This spox has not a shred of honor left.
If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, then it’s a duck, so it was a ransom
“LEVERAGE” my$#%&!@* it wa Was a RAN!SON! And Besides Obama wanted his BROHERS to have it!!
yes we know its what you just payed @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
Silver tongued snakes, just like Obama I will take Trump word over that any day
I call b******t
Lie cheat and steal, that is all they know!
Sounds like ransom to me