Did Dennis Rodman’s Trip to North Korea Make Him A Felon?
It wasn’t so much the trip, but the gifts Rodman gave to Kim Jong-un that violated UN sanctions:
The first question this raises is what those appropriate measures were. The use of passive voice conceals whether the feds took any measures at all.
The second question is why there should be a “lack of information” from Rodman, when the Commerce and Treasury Departments have subpoena powers and an obligation to cooperate with U.N. authorities enforcing North Korea sanctions. The law applies to superpowers and celebrities, too.
There is video evidence of Rodman personally giving Kim Jong Un banned luxury gifts in violation of Commerce Department regulations and Executive Order 13551. I previously explained here why that’s a felony, and there’s no question that at least some of the goods presented are listed on Supplement 1 and were luxury goods. [One Free Korea]
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