Donald Trump: No money paid for Otto Warmbier's release from North Korea
Posted on AllSides April 26th, 2019
From The Left
President Donald Trump said Friday his administration did not pay a $2 million medical bill demanded by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un for the release of hostage Otto Warmbier.
"No money was paid to North Korea for Otto Warmbier, not two Million Dollars, not anything else," Trump tweeted.
The president made the claim the day after The Washington Post reported North Korea sent a $2 million bill for Warmbier's medical treatment after it released him from prison in 2017. Warmbier was released to the U.S. in a coma from...
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