Obama Lied=> State Department Admitted US Paid $400 Million Ransom for Hostages

Last week Barack Obama angrily told reporters “We do not pay ransom” after a Wall Street Journal report suggested the administration paid a $400 million ransom to Iran for the release of four US hostages.

Iran released video and photos of the ransom the next day.
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But Obama lied.

The US State Department admitted today the US paid a $400 million cash payment for the release of US prisoners.


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