Tim Kaine actually said...

This is a clear, missed opportunity to use Global Magnitsky sanctions.

I have been frustrated that it has taken too long to get through the bureaucracies to impose sanctions when we have to act quickly.

We do not impose sanctions for punitive reasons. We impose sanctions for change of behavior.

If someone is guilty of gross human rights abuse or kleptocracy there is no reason why they should ever get the assets back.