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Senator Rips Mnuchin for Backpedaling on Manafort-Linked Russia Sanctions

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Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has hinted he’s rethinking the decision to target Oleg Deripaska. Bob Menendez isn’t pleased.

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The top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee is blasting Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin for entertaining the idea of lifting sanctions on a Russian aluminum company with ties to former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort.

In a letter sent Wednesday, Sen.

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