Trump focused Sunday on the fact that the Russian effort began in 2014, before he announced his White House run. McMaster, after he said evidence of Russian meddling in the 2016 American election is beyond dispute. “Crooked Hillary Clinton, lost the 2016 election,” Trump tweeted Sunday. The Obama administration eventually acknowledged the cash was used as leverage until the Americans were allowed to leave Iran. Congressional Republicans decried the payment as ransom, which the Obama administration denied.

Source: National Post February 18, 2018 13:20 UTC