White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders signaled Sunday that President Donald Trump will sign a bipartisan bill enacting tough sanctions on Russia, saying “we support where the legislation is now.”
Sanders tied the placing of sanctions on Russia to resolution of the “situation in Ukraine,” making no mention of Russian meddling in the 2016 election.
Negotiators in the House and Senate announced they reached an agreement Saturday on a bill that enacts new sanctions on Russia and limits Trump’s ability to lift those sanctions. The legislation also places sanctions on Iran and North Korea.
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Source: The Washington Free Beacon
