Thursday, October 19, 2017

Russia! Russia! RUSSIA!

the NYTimes reports: Cash Flowed to Clinton Foundation amid Russian Uranium Deal.

As the Russians gradually assumed control of Uranium One in three separate transactions from 2009 to 2013, Canadian records show, a flow of cash made its way to the Clinton Foundation. Uranium One’s chairman used his family foundation to make four donations totaling $2.35 million. Those contributions were not publicly disclosed by the Clintons, despite an agreement Mrs. Clinton had struck with the Obama White House to publicly identify all donors. Other people with ties to the company made donations as well.

That story is from April 2015, on Page A1, so there is no reason that folks don't know about it.

but the NYT printed a correction:


Correction: April 30, 2015 An article on Friday about contributions to the Clinton Foundation from people associated with a Canadian uranium-mining company described incorrectly the foundation’s agreement with the Obama administration regarding foreign-government donations while Hillary Clinton was secretary of state. Under the agreement, the foundation would not accept new donations from foreign governments, though it could seek State Department waivers in specific cases. The foundation was not barred from accepting all foreign-government donations.
so did they get a waiver, or who gave it to them?

but the deal has gotten some press lately as Russian money going to American politicians is being investigated by Congress..

and nobody accepted bribes, you know: the article notes:


Amid this influx of Uranium One-connected money, Mr. Clinton was invited to speak in Moscow in June 2010, the same month Rosatom struck its deal for a majority stake in Uranium One. The $500,000 fee — among Mr. Clinton’s highest — was paid by Renaissance Capital, a Russian investment bank with ties to the Kremlin that has invited world leaders, including Tony Blair, the former British prime minister, to speak at its investor conferences.

yes. Everybody does it, so there.

the story again hit the "fake news" sites because it is still being investigated by someone in Congress, according to The Hill.

Headsup Gateway Pundit, a "fake news" site that nevertheless knows how to google stuff.

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