Former secretary of state Hillary Clinton addresses a session of the Clinton Global Initiative organized by the Clinton Foundation in New York on Sept. 22, 2014. (Michael Loccisano)Democrats say a whistleblower central to a GOP-driven probe of a government decision that let Russia gain a foothold in the U.S. uranium market provided “no evidence” that former secretary of state Hillary Clinton was involved in the process, as President Trump alleged during the 2016 presidential campaign. They also wrote that Justice Department officials told investigators Campbell “never provided any evidence or made allegations regarding Secretary Clinton or the Clinton Foundation,” and that “there were ‘no allegations of impropriety or illegality’ . [House launches probes into Obama-era uranium deal, Clinton email inquiry ]The deal in question took place in 2010, when Russia’s atomic energy agency, Rosatom, acquired a controlling stake in Toronto-based company Uranium One, giving Russia rights to about 20 percent of the uranium extraction capacity in the United States. A spokeswoman for Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) did not directly rebut the claims made in the memo.

Source: Washington Post March 09, 2018 01:44 UTC