Trump Administration Quietly Eased Sanctions on Israeli Billionaire
The reversal by the Treasury Department during the administration’s final days came after an appeal by lobbyists with close ties to the former president.
The Israeli billionaire Dan Gertler was accused of using his connections to the former Congolese president to arrange corrupt mining deals.Credit.Simon Dawson/Bloomberg
Jan. 24, 2021
WASHINGTON The Trump administration quietly moved in its final days to ease sanctions imposed in late 2017 on an Israeli billionaire who had been punished by the Treasury Department for corrupt and abusive mining practices in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The reversal by the Treasury came after an appeal by lobbyists with close ties to former President Donald J. Trump who were hired by Dan Gertler, the Israeli billionaire, including the lawyer Alan M. Dershowitz, who helped represent Mr. Trump during his first impeachment, and Louis J. Freeh, a former F.B.I. director.
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