(CNN) President Donald Trump personally made the decision to abandon plans to impose more sanctions on Russia for supporting Syria's chemical weapons attack on civilians, according to three senior administration officials and a source familiar with the discussions. The first senior administration source said the Trump administration informed the Russian government there won't be an additional round of sanctions. The second administration official said a high-level person at the State Department called the embassy to say Haley's comments about sanctions were not correct. The source said the State Department official did not tell the Russians they were off the hook or that they would not face any sanctions, but conveyed that the issue was still under consideration. The White House and State Department did not respond to CNN's requests for comment.

Source: CNN April 19, 2018 01:08 UTC