'' #ElliottAbrams.. convicted of two misdemeanor counts of withholding information from Congress during the #IranContra Affair will now serve.. as.. envoy to Iran.
Pardoned by George H.W. Bush in 1992, Abrams was a pivotal figure in the foreign-policy #scandal that shook the #Reagan administration.. the plot to covertly sell weapons to the #Khomeini government and use the proceeds to illegally fund the right-wing #Contras rebel group in #Nicaragua.' https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/08/elliott-abrams-convicted-in-iran-contra-is-now-trumps-iran-envoy.html
#ContraRebels #Iran