'Political Stunt': Hillary Clinton Lashes Out At Trump Over 'Crazy' Uranium One Allegations
- 6 years ago
Hillary Clinton slammed President Trump in a recent interview over "crazy" Uranium One allegations.
President Trump has repeatedly attacked Hillary Clinton over the Russian uranium deal and has dubbed it, "Watergate, modern-age."
During her interview with WABC Radio's Rita Cosby on Friday, Clinton fired back, saying these are "crazy allegations," and "a political stunt by the Trump administration and its allies to distract from the very serious information coming out about the Trump campaign's connections with Russia."
"I had nothing to do with the decision (on the Uranium One deal). Now that is a fact," Clinton added.
The uranium deal, signed in 2010 under the Obama administration, has been attracting renewed attention, with Republican representatives announcing in October the launch of an investigation into it, reports CNN.
The news of the planned probe came days after a report by The Hill, which stated "the FBI had gathered substantial evidence that Russian nuclear industry officials were engaged in bribery, kickbacks, extortion and money laundering designed to grow Vladimir Putin's atomic energy business inside the United States, according to government documents and interviews."
The piece went on to say that, despite an ongoing Department of Justice investigation, the Obama administration decided to move forward with "the partial sale of Canadian mining company Uranium One to the Russian nuclear giant Rosatom, giving Moscow control of more than 20 percent of America's uranium supply."
Hillary Clinton has also been drawn into the controversy, with the New York Times reporting in 2015 that some of the people who had helped build Uranium One had contributed more than $2 million to the Clinton Foundation.
The alleged transfer of money occurred during a time when Mrs. Clinton was head of the U.S. State Department, one of the several agencies that had to weigh in on the sale.
Despite allegations of potential wrongdoing by Trump during the campaign, a PolitiFact investigation concluded, "While the connections between the Clinton Foundation and the Russian deal may appear fishy, there was simply no proof of any quid pro quo."
Furthermore, media outlets have pointed out that the sale required the approval of eight other agencies.
To the surprise of many, even a Fox News anchor joined others on Tuesday in discrediting the story.
"Shep Smith dismantled his network's embrace of the Uranium One story, explaining in great detail how the popular conservative conspiracy theory was a non-story," noted Mother Jones.
President Trump has repeatedly attacked Hillary Clinton over the Russian uranium deal and has dubbed it, "Watergate, modern-age."
During her interview with WABC Radio's Rita Cosby on Friday, Clinton fired back, saying these are "crazy allegations," and "a political stunt by the Trump administration and its allies to distract from the very serious information coming out about the Trump campaign's connections with Russia."
"I had nothing to do with the decision (on the Uranium One deal). Now that is a fact," Clinton added.
The uranium deal, signed in 2010 under the Obama administration, has been attracting renewed attention, with Republican representatives announcing in October the launch of an investigation into it, reports CNN.
The news of the planned probe came days after a report by The Hill, which stated "the FBI had gathered substantial evidence that Russian nuclear industry officials were engaged in bribery, kickbacks, extortion and money laundering designed to grow Vladimir Putin's atomic energy business inside the United States, according to government documents and interviews."
The piece went on to say that, despite an ongoing Department of Justice investigation, the Obama administration decided to move forward with "the partial sale of Canadian mining company Uranium One to the Russian nuclear giant Rosatom, giving Moscow control of more than 20 percent of America's uranium supply."
Hillary Clinton has also been drawn into the controversy, with the New York Times reporting in 2015 that some of the people who had helped build Uranium One had contributed more than $2 million to the Clinton Foundation.
The alleged transfer of money occurred during a time when Mrs. Clinton was head of the U.S. State Department, one of the several agencies that had to weigh in on the sale.
Despite allegations of potential wrongdoing by Trump during the campaign, a PolitiFact investigation concluded, "While the connections between the Clinton Foundation and the Russian deal may appear fishy, there was simply no proof of any quid pro quo."
Furthermore, media outlets have pointed out that the sale required the approval of eight other agencies.
To the surprise of many, even a Fox News anchor joined others on Tuesday in discrediting the story.
"Shep Smith dismantled his network's embrace of the Uranium One story, explaining in great detail how the popular conservative conspiracy theory was a non-story," noted Mother Jones.