White House will ‘check into’ Egypt criminalizing homosexuality before condemning

By Steven Nelson

Published October 27, 2017 7:36pm ET

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White House will ‘check into’ Egypt criminalizing homosexuality before condemning — Egypt's President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi led a coup in 2013 that overthrew the elected Islamist president, Mohamed Morsi. Under Sissi, the Egyptian legislature is likely to pass a law criminalizing homosexuality. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow, File) | Jason DeCrow

White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said Friday she was unable to immediately condemn legislation in Egypt that would criminalize homosexuality and impose a five-year prison sentence.

“I’m not aware of the specifics of that, so I would have to look into that before I could make a response, but we will certainly be happy to check into it,” Sanders said during the daily White House press briefing.

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