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U.S. Sanctions Turkish Officials over Detained American Pastor
(New York Times) Adam Goldman and Gardiner Harris - The U.S. Treasury Department imposed financial sanctions on Wednesday against Turkey's justice minister and interior minister over the detention of American pastor Andrew Brunson, who has been detained in Turkey for nearly two years on espionage charges. A senior administration official said President Trump's ire resulted in part because he thought he had struck a deal with Erdogan to free Brunson if Israeli authorities released a Turkish woman being held on charges of funding Hamas. The Turkish woman went free, but Brunson remained on house arrest.