TRUMP CONDEMNS OBAMA’S VETO OF THE JUSTICE AGAINST SPONSORS OF TERRORISM ACT

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Washington, Sept, 23, 2016 – Presidential candidate of the Republican Party, Donald Trump today condemned President Barack Obama’s veto of the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act, describing the development as the lowest point of Obama’s Presidency.

The bill which was unanimously passed by congress amends the federal judicial code to narrow the scope of foreign sovereign immunity by authorizing U.S. courts to hear cases involving claims against a foreign state for injuries, death, or damages that occur inside the United States as a result of a tort, including an act of terrorism, committed anywhere by a foreign state or official.

It also amends the federal criminal code to permit civil claims against a foreign state or official for injuries, death, or damages from an act of international terrorism. Additionally, the bill authorizes federal courts to exercise personal jurisdiction over and impose liability on a person who commits, or aids, abets, or conspires to commit, an act of international terrorism against a U.S. national.

However, Trump described President Obama’s veto of the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act is shameful adding that it will go down as one of the low points of his presidency.

“This bipartisan legislation was passed unanimously by both houses of Congress and would have allowed the families of the nearly 3,000 people slaughtered by radical Islamic terrorists on September 11, 2001, the opportunity to seek justice in an American court of law.

“That President Obama would deny the parents, spouses and children of those we lost on that horrific day the chance to close this painful chapter in their lives is a disgrace. These are wonderful people, and as a lifelong New Yorker, I am saddened that they will, for now, not have that opportunity. If elected president, I would sign such legislation should it reach my desk.” – Donald J. Trump

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