James Lankford demands sanctions against Turkey over jailed US pastor

Published April 19, 2018 6:36pm ET



President Trump should impose sanctions on Turkey if a jailed American pastor accused of involvement in a failed coup is not released, a Senate Republican lawmaker argued Thursday.

“They’re literally holding an American — we think trying to use him as some sort of leverage against the United States because they have nothing to really charge him with,” Oklahoma Sen. James Lankford, a member of the Intelligence Committee, said on Fox News.

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