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John James: “Iran was using dollars that were sent by the Biden Obama…”

Featuring: John James, Republican | U.S. House, Michigan, District 10

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John James Joins The Faulkner Focus on Fox News

Published | Video Starts at 02:28

I think that this is moving in the direction of people who want to use diplomacy now to bring this, this, this conflict to an end again. This started because Iran was using dollars that were sent by the Biden Obama administration that were funneled to proxies like Hezbollah and the Houthis and Hamas. They used that money to terrorize our allies and to terrorize Americans. And they are right now shutting down the Strait of Hormuz because that's the only recourse that they have. (02:28–02:39)

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Claims that funds from the Biden-Obama administration were used by Iran to support groups like Hezbollah, the Houthis, and Hamas.

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