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Charles Krauthammer reacted to a new Wall Street Journal report that the Justice Department objected to the Obama Administration sending $400 million in non-U.S. currency just hours before Iran released four imprisoned Americans. The DOJ was overruled by the State Department, according to the report.

Krauthammer said "of course the Justice Department objected; it was illegal."

He said that not only was the payment bad optics and a quid pro quo for the release of the Americans, but it skirted statute against dealing with Iran in U.S. dollars.

"They had to print the money here, ship it over to Switzerland, turn it into Swiss francs and Euros and ship it over to Iran," he said.

"If a private company had done this, this is called money laundering. The CEO would be in jail right now."

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