President Donald Trump says the U.S. did not pay USD 2 million in medical costs to North Korea in 2017 to get American college student Otto Warmbier released.
Warmbier died shortly after he was flown home comatose after 17 months in captivity A former U.S. official told The Associated Press on Thursday that a U.S. envoy sent to retrieve Warmbier signed an agreement to pay the $2 million on Trump's instructions.
The official spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss a sensitive diplomatic matter. The Washington Post first reported the demand.
Trump insisted in a tweet Friday that "no money was paid to North Korea for Otto Warmbier, not two Million Dollars, not anything else."
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