BREAKING: Biden administration today reverses action taken in final days of Trump administration that had benefitted an Israeli billionaire and mining executive who wanted access to US banks again. A Trump-era lobbying campaign backfires. nytimes.com/live/2021/03/0…
Here is statement from State Department as Treasury reimposes the sanctions on Dan Gertler, the Israeli billionaire, who State says "engaged in extensive public corruption" 
Here is our story from February detailing the elaborate lobbying campaign that Dan Gertler undertook, with the help of Alan Dershowitz and others, to get the last-minute reprieve from Treasury Sec Mnuchin, a secret deal now reversed nytimes.com/2021/02/21/us/…
Statement from Senator Ben Cardin, Democrat of Maryland and senior member of Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Statement from Congo is Not For Sale and other human rights groups in Congo re Biden administration action on Monday to revoke license given to Dan Gertler, the Israeli mining executive who has extensive dealings in Congo.
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