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Originally Posted by Mick
This is not about historical issues as such, as this is a lot different in terms of, I don't think any President in recent U.S history has derailed a justice program installed by it's own country, so blatantly, just to seal a deal with a Iran.
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Haven't read the article yet because it's very long, and it does look bad, but putting pressure to drop investigations 'for the national interest' happens a lot. We've done it before as well:
https://www.ft.com/content/0ff015e8-...f-0000779e2340.
Don't know specifically about the US but I would be surprised if they've never dropped something for political reasons because it would imperil some other international cause/deal/policy.