Hillary Clinton calls Russian uranium reports 'baloney'
Source: Newsweek Magazine
CLINTON CALLS RUSSIAN URANIUM REPORTS 'BALONEY,' SAYS REPUBLICANS SCARED OF MOSCOW LINKS
BY CALLUM PATON ON 10/24/17 AT 7:03 AM
Hillary Clinton has hit out at reports questioning the sale of U.S. uranium mines to Russia during her time as Secretary of State saying they are baloney, aimed at diverting attention away from the current administrations links to Moscow.
I think the real story is how nervous they are about these continuing investigations, Clinton said on C-Span yesterday, referring to the current intelligence probe into Russias efforts to influence the 2016 presidential election.
Renewed interest in the former Democratic nominees involvement in Russias 2010 takeover of the uranium mines in the western United States has followed recent reports in The Hill. The series of articles have shown how, according to an FBI investigation, Russian officials engaged in bribery and extortion while pursuing the acquisition of Canadian company Uranium One which controls 20 percent of America's uranium supply.
Clinton has said questions over why the deal was allowed to go ahead contitute politically motivated attacks against her and former President Barack Obama.
"I would say its the same baloney theyve been peddling for years, and theres been no credible evidence by anyone. In fact, its been debunked repeatedly and will continue to be debunked," she said.
The former Secretary of State added that President Donald Trump and his supporters were attempting to divert attention from the real issue: ties between the current administration and Moscow.
"So the closer the investigation about real Russian ties between Trump associates and real Russians, as we heard [Attorney General] Jeff Sessions finally admit to in his testimony the other day, the more they want to just throw mud on the wall, Clinton said.
"Im their favorite target. Me and President Obama, we are the ones they like to put in the crosshairs," she added.
It is unclear whether Clinton was aware of the FBIs findings. The Washington Post reported the Senate Judiciary Committee has asked all agencies that signed off on the deal to disclose what they knew about the FBI investigation, which was still four years from completion when the deal was approved.
Further FBI files from the period have shown Hillary Clinton was targeted by a Russian spy as the Kremlin sought to gain influence over her, her husband, former president Bill Clinton, and their inner circle.
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Read more: http://www.newsweek.com/clinton-calls-russian-uranium-reports-baloney-says-republicans-scared-moscow-691389
Full article posted with the permission of Newsweek -- Don
Botany
(70,516 posts)Hannity, Fox, and the far right wing media is pushing this story and 20% + of
American people will buy it.
ffr
(22,670 posts)Or so I've heard.
What isn't in dispute is that they continue to make shit up about the honorable HRC to satisfy their complete and utter hatred of her and powerful ambitious women.
iluvtennis
(19,863 posts)...I even sent him factual info that it is untruthful garbage spewed by the right wingers, but he believes it cause he's heard it over and over and over again on the right wing radio stations he listens to.
I never thought my baby brother would end up a Trumper, but there it is. To try to keep some family relationship going, I just refuse to talk politics with him.
coolsandy
(479 posts)unblock
(52,253 posts)they simply think they're the ones telling it like it is and everyone else is "fake news".
after all, that's what rush and foxnews keep telling them non-stop....
C Moon
(12,213 posts)What load of crap.
Cheaters, liars and creep.
maryellen99
(3,789 posts)Sunlei
(22,651 posts)Sunlei
(22,651 posts)tick tock 'good old boys'
coolsandy
(479 posts)"The Uranium One deal was not Clintons to veto or approve
Among the ways these accusations stray from the facts is in attributing a power of veto or approval to Secretary Clinton that she simply did not have. Clinton was one of nine cabinet members and department heads that sit on the CFIUS, and the secretary of the treasury is its chairperson. CFIUS members are collectively charged with evaluating the transaction for potential national security issues, then turning their findings over to the president. By law, the committee cant veto a transaction; only the president can. According to The New York Times, Clinton may not have even directly participated in the Uranium One decision. Then-Assistant Secretary of State Jose Fernandez, whose job it was to represent the State Dept. on CFIUS, said Clinton herself never intervened in committee matters.
Despite transfer of ownership, the uranium remained in the U.S.
A key fact ignored in criticisms of Clintons supposed involvement in the deal is that the uranium was not nor could it be exported, and remained under the control of U.S.-based subsidiaries of Uranium One, according to a statement by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission:
NRCs review of the transfer of control request determined that the U.S. subsidiaries will
remain the licensees, will remain qualified to conduct the uranium recovery operations, and will continue to have the equipment, facilities, and procedures necessary to protect public health and safety and to minimize danger to life or property. The review also determined that the licensees will maintain adequate financial surety for eventual decommissioning of the sites. Neither Uranium One nor ARMZ holds an NRC export license, so no uranium produced at either facility may be exported." Snopes.
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)Rollo
(2,559 posts)Sunlei
(22,651 posts)Rollo
(2,559 posts)Sunlei
(22,651 posts)Rollo
(2,559 posts)There are two links in paragraph 3. Neither of them links to an article with the content you posted.
Rollo
(2,559 posts)creeksneakers2
(7,473 posts)It was about kick backs from a trucking firm hired to transport the uranium.
Smear artists are trying to confuse the public by putting the bribes together with the Clintons.
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)pnwmom
(108,980 posts)the FBI and other intelligence agencies.
Hillary is just collateral damage.
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)yallerdawg
(16,104 posts)While this one thing may be true, and this one thing may be true, and this one thing may be true - none of these things are related!
This is the same old Clinton conspiracy shit we've been hearing for going on four decades now.
"Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last?"
elmac
(4,642 posts)Gothmog
(145,321 posts)keithbvadu2
(36,829 posts)So Hillary supposedly gave away all that uranium?
Now that republicans love Mother Russia, note that they did not cancel the deal.
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)keithbvadu2
(36,829 posts)Sunlei
(22,651 posts)resist!
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)for falsehoods and while at it dig up some personal shit on them.
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)new right wing bullshit faker news and Koch's and Mercers, et al.
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)Though unlike the trumps 100s? of lawsuits, the Clinton's don't seem to have a history of pressing lawsuits
briv1016
(1,570 posts)Donald and the GOP are just manufacturing an excuse to fire Rosenstein. (And have his replacement fire Mueller.)
Expect the announcement in the next week. (Friday?) The question is what happens after?
Wwcd
(6,288 posts)To do so gets him obstruction of justice.
The walls are closing in & the madman is frantically looking for an exit.
briv1016
(1,570 posts)I've said from the beginning, Mueller or the media could release a tape of Donald and Vlad sitting down to a McDonalds lunch discussing upcoming plans for election fraud and the Repubs would praise him for his diplomacy skills.
They cant risk a vengeful Donald with his followers and a twitter account.
Wwcd
(6,288 posts)He isn't as fool-proof safe as he thought he was.
Trump/Putin didn't factor in many things when they built their US president .
Those factors are coming into play.
Wwcd
(6,288 posts)"In any case, none of these revelations prove that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton participated in a quid pro quo agreement to accept payment for approval of the Uranium One deal."
More ~
Bayard
(22,100 posts)tRump owns the situation now. Do we think he's going after a Russian owned company?