Trump: Sanctions bill is ‘flawed,’ includes ‘unconstitutional provisions’

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President Trump said Wednesday that the bill he signed into law that tightens sanctions against Russia, Iran and North Korea is “significantly flawed” and even includes some “unconstitutional provisions.”

“In its haste to pass this legislation, the Congress included a number of clearly unconstitutional provisions,” Trump said in a formal statement after signing the bill, the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act.

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