Trump's Russian diesel deal draws bipartisan Senate allegation of sanctions violations

President Trump's announced deal with Vladimir Putin to supply Russian diesel drew a bipartisan Senate letter urging him to withdraw and to rescind the Treasury Department's temporary waiver of sanctions on Russia's energy sector. Senators said the administration failed to consult Congress or justify the move as required by statute, and argued the deal would violate the 2022 ban on Russian energy imports and recent sanctions legislation while providing little relief to U.S. fuel prices. They wrote that revenues would "undoubtedly finance" Russia's war in Ukraine and called the deal "a gift to our adversary and a betrayal of the people of Ukraine."

“a gift to our adversary and a betrayal of the people of Ukraine” — Bipartisan senators in a letter urging President Trump to withdraw from the Russian diesel deal and rescind the sanctions waiver