Republicans and the Trump campaign have said the timing of the payment and use of cash give the appearance that the U.S. was paying ransom. At his rally on Thursday, Trump speculated that the money would be used by Iran to fund terrorism. Even so, Trump repeated the claim in Maine, insisting that the video was made public by the Iranians to embarrass the United States. Donald Trump on Thursday repeated a claim that he's seen a video showing a plane delivering $400 million in cash from the United States to Iran, even after his own campaign acknowledged such an assertion is incorrect. The administration says the money was being returned to Iran after being frozen following the 1979 Iranian revolution.

Source: Los Angeles Times August 04, 2016 22:06 UTC