The Lebanese government wants to see the evidence of the alleged corruption of its former foreign minister, Gebran Bassil, that the US used to justify imposing sanctions on him.
Bassil, an influential Lebanese MP, was slapped with personal sanctions by the US Treasury for allegedly “exemplifying” the endemic corruption in the country. President Michel Aoun has instructed the Foreign Ministry to obtain the evidence that the US has against Bassil. The documents would then be sent to the Lebanese judiciary “to take the necessary measures,” the president’s office said on Saturday on its Twitter account.
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