What do we actually know about Clinton and Uranium One?
Posted on: October 27, 2017 at 11:17:04 CT
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I would like to avoid DEEP STATE conspiracies and the like. Id like to deal in facts and near-certainties.
Based on what I have read, the below are facts:
Uranium One was a Canadian company that held 20% of American Uranium mines, based in Wyoming. A majority share was sold, by Canadians, to a Russian arm of Rosatom. The sale sought authorization by US Govt in order to do so, which was given by multiple departments (Treasury, Justice, Defense, Homeland Sec, Commerce, State, Energy, Trade, among others), but sole authority lie with the President.
Clinton would have had no authority to stop the trade. Let me repeat that: Clinton could, in no way, halt the sale of UO to RU. Only the POTUS has the authority to stop the sale, according to Federal guidelines.
Additionally, after the mining licenses have been transferred, no uranium mined in the US would be allowed to be exported. That was later amended to allow the export to a conversion plant in Canada and then shipped back to the US.
Now the non-disclosed donations to the Clinton Foundation are a bit unnerving. I dont know if/how they are truly linked, but it could be most likely insider-trading, conspiracy, etc. There was certainly a few dollars to be made from the sale itself. However, I still find it to be a stretch that Bill Clinton's speaking or the Clinton Foundation donations had an affect on the passage of the sale, since HRC had no authority in the actual sale, as said before.
That didnt stop Russian spies from trying to cultivate a relationship with her in order to help with those sales. Nunes said as much “You are talking about major decisions that were made at a time when we were resetting relations with Russia that actually happened to benefit, you know, the Clinton Foundation, perhaps other avenues, we don’t know yet.” And obviously, the Sec of State has unfettered access to the POTUS.