Economics
Democrats Demand Mnuchin Hold Off on Easing Sanctions Tied to Deripaska
- Committee chairmen demand answers from Mnuchin by Friday
- ‘We have a number of concerns’ about agreement, they say
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Seven new Democratic chairmen of House committees demanded Tuesday that Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin hold off on the planned easing of sanctions against three companies tied to Russian billionaire Oleg Deripaska.
“As the chairs of committees with oversight jurisdiction over the U.S. response to Russia’s attempts to interfere in our elections and other hostile actions, we have a number of concerns about the agreement that the U.S. has reached,” the Democrats wrote in a letter requesting a detailed response by Friday.