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Financial Times: Dan Gertler wins reprieve from US sanctions over alleged Congo corruption

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Donald Trump’s Treasury department eased US sanctions on Israeli billionaire Dan Gertler five days before the former president left office, quietly issuing a licence that temporarily lifts restrictions on the mining tycoon for alleged corruption in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The decision followed an appeal by lobbyists working for Mr Gertler, including the lawyer Alan Dershowitz, who had close ties to Mr Trump…

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