U.S. Agreed to Pay North Korea for Warmbier But Didn’t, Bolton Says
- ‘No money was paid’ for American’s care despite the pledge
- Says Trump remains open to third summit with Kim Jong Un
Otto Warmbier in Pyongyang.
Photographer: Xinhua/Lu Rui via Getty Images
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The U.S. signed a document pledging to pay North Korea $2 million for the medical care of American student Otto Warmbier in return for his release but didn’t follow through, National Security Adviser John Bolton said Sunday.
“That’s what I am told,” Bolton told correspondent Chris Wallace on “Fox News Sunday” when asked whether the U.S. had signed the agreement, which would have occurred before Bolton joined the Trump administration in 2018. “No money was paid. That is clear.”