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Trump Ordered Review of U.S. Sanctions on Turkey’s Halkbank

President Donald Trump told the Treasury Department and Justice Department to look into the impact of U.S. sanctions on a Turkish state-owned bank after being lobbied by Turkey’s president, a...

The letter, sent in response to queries by Oregon Senator Ron Wyden, outlined seven meetings Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin had with senior Turkish officials from April 2017 through…

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Bloomberg News reported in October that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan made repeated entreaties to Trump to avoid charges against Halkbank, one of Turkey’s largest lenders.

Donald Trump on Nov. 25. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg

Trump assigned Mnuchin and Attorney General William Barr to look into the…

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