Chuck Schumer
Role at the time: U.S. senator from New York and Senate Democratic leader
Condemned
Statement summary
Schumer calls the waiver a birthday gift to Putin that props up the Russian economy.
“deal with the devil”
Open source (opens in a new tab)Trump waives Graham Act sanctions; lawmakers respondWhite House statement and congressional-reaction paragraphs
Nicholas Kerr reports the waiver and direct responses from the White House and members of Congress. Some congressional remarks are quoted without their original posting times.
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The reference point is Trump's waiver of the Graham Act's Russia sanctions. Schumer criticizes the waiver as a gift to Putin that props up the Russian economy.