“The White House is never supposed to meddle in this kind of thing,” said Matthew Miller, a Justice Department spokesman under President Barack Obama. And the Clinton Foundation received large donations from the chairman of Uranium One and others connected to the company as the deal was unfolding. Republicans have made unproven allegations that Mrs. Clinton was part of a quid pro quo in which the Clinton Foundation received donations in exchange for supporting the deal. Mr. Trump shared one of the Hill articles this week with his more than 41 million followers on Twitter, and made it clear that he hoped it would be investigated further. “Was collusion with HC!”Ms. Sanders echoed that assertion and said that the White House believed there was “a lot of cause for concern” about the uranium deal.

Source: New York Times October 27, 2017 23:55 UTC