Obama: Improper to intervene in BNP bank probe

Published June 5, 2014 2:03pm ET



BRUSSELS (AP) — President Barack Obama says it’s not his place to intervene in a U.S. investigation into France’s largest bank that could result in a multibillion-dollar fine.

Obama is responding to French concerns about the probe into BNP Paribas for allegedly violating U.S. trade sanctions.

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