(The Washington Times)
Senate Democrats will force a vote this week to overturn the Treasury Department’s move to relax sanctions on companies connected to a Russian oligarch, pushing the various tentacles of the 2016 Russia election meddling probe back to the forefront.
Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer announced the decision early Sunday morning, saying there are too many questions about why the Treasury Department is cutting a break to three companies associated with Oleg Deripaska.
“I have concluded that the Treasury Department’s proposal is flawed and fails to sufficiently limit Oleg Deripaska’s control and influence of these companies, and the Senate should move to block this misguided effort by the Trump Administration and keep these sanctions in place,” the New York Democrat said in a statement.