The first decision came when the State Department and other government agencies approved the sale of the Canadian mining company Uranium One to Russia’s Rosatom in October 2010, which gave the Russians control of a significant portion of U.S. uranium. In 2011, the Obama administration gave approval for Rosatom’s Tenex subsidiary to sell uranium to U.S. nuclear power plants – a significant move as it allowed Tenex to expand its sales which were heavily restricted under the Megatons to Megawatts peace program from the 1990s.
“The Russians were compromising American contractors in the nuclear industry with kickbacks and extortion threats, all of which raised legitimate national security concerns,” a source who worked on the case told The Hill, speaking on condition of anonymity for fear of retribution by U.S. or Russian officials. “And none of that evidence got aired before the Obama administration made those decisions.”
The evidence collected by the FBI directly contradicts prior statements by the Obama administration and the Clintons about the Uranium One deal.
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After the Uranium One deal was approved, Uranium One’s chairman donated $2.35 million to the Clinton Foundation. Bill Clinton also appears to have benefited financially as he received $500,000 for a speech he gave in Moscow shortly after Rosatom made the announcement that they were taking control of Uranium One.
REPORT: FBI Hid Evidence Tying The Clintons To A Russian Bribery Scheme
“The Russians were compromising American contractors in the nuclear industry with kickbacks and extortion threats, all of which raised legitimate national security concerns,” a source who worked on the case told The Hill, speaking on condition of anonymity for fear of retribution by U.S. or Russian officials. “And none of that evidence got aired before the Obama administration made those decisions.”
The evidence collected by the FBI directly contradicts prior statements by the Obama administration and the Clintons about the Uranium One deal.
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After the Uranium One deal was approved, Uranium One’s chairman donated $2.35 million to the Clinton Foundation. Bill Clinton also appears to have benefited financially as he received $500,000 for a speech he gave in Moscow shortly after Rosatom made the announcement that they were taking control of Uranium One.
REPORT: FBI Hid Evidence Tying The Clintons To A Russian Bribery Scheme