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The money was owed to Iran for terrorism related lawsuits from decades prior.
Wrong.
400 million. The interest made it 1.3 billion. There were disagreements as to whether the money should even be given, and whether it was appropriate to give it in cash and at a time when hostages were released. I personally don't have a huge problem with the deal.
There was no question that the money would be released after sanctions were removed. We got a deal on the interest. There was nothing improper, and no subsequent laws would prevent the same thing from happening in a similar situation.
How any of this relates to Trump extorting Ukraine to get campaign help is also unexplained (now that it's clear what you're referring to and the facts are on the table).