WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Ranking Member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, released the following statement:
“It’s absurd that the Trump Administration just sanctioned a sitting Brazilian Supreme Court Justice using the U.S. financial sanctions program meant to address 'serious human rights abuse' around the world.
“This is not just abusing a critical U.S. foreign policy tool: it is targeting a Brazilian Supreme Court Justice currently overseeing the trial of a former president accused of plotting a coup to undermine the results of a democratic election in Brazil. And this move comes on top of President Trump’s hitting Brazil with a 50% tariff for the same purported cause, meaning Americans will have to pay more for beef, coffee and other essentials at a time when prices are already too high. How does going after an independent judicial system in the fourth largest democracy in the world make America safer, stronger or more prosperous? This is yet another example of President Trump’s prioritizing his and his political allies’ interests over the interests of the American people.”
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