REPORT: FBI Sat on Evidence Tying the Clintons to a Russian Bribery Scheme
By Michael Bastasch Published on October 17, 2017
https://stream.org/fbi-evidence-clin...ribery-scheme/
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) reportedly buried evidence tying
the Clinton Foundation to a Russian bribery scheme underway as the Obama administration decided whether or not to give Moscow control over U.S. uranium reserves.
FBI officials collected evidence of a Russian bribery scheme that started
as early as 2009, including
"an eyewitness account — backed by documents — indicating Russian nuclear officials had routed
millions of dollars to the U.S. designed to benefit former President Bill Clinton's charitable foundation during the time
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton served on a government body that provided a favorable decision to Moscow," The Hill reported Tuesday....
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FBI uncovered Russian bribery plot before Obama administration approved controversial nuclear deal with Moscow
By John Solomon and Alison Spann - 10/17/17 06:00 AM EDT
http://thehill.com/policy/national-s...administration
Before the Obama administration approved a controversial deal in 2010 giving Moscow control of a large swath of American uranium,
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.
Federal agents used a confidential U.S. witness working inside the Russian nuclear industry to gather
extensive financial records, make
secret recordings and
intercept emails as early as 2009 that showed Moscow had compromised an American uranium trucking firm with
bribes and kickbacks in violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, FBI and court documents show.
They also obtained
an eyewitness account — backed by documents — indicating Russian nuclear officials had routed
millions of dollars to the U.S. designed to benefit former
President Bill Clinton's charitable foundation during the time
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton served on a government body that provided a favorable decision to Moscow, sources told The Hill.
The racketeering scheme was conducted "with the consent of higher level officials" in Russia who "shared the proceeds" from the kickbacks, one agent declared in an affidavit years later.
Rather than bring immediate charges in 2010, however, the Department of Justice (DOJ) continued investigating the matter for nearly
four more years, essentially leaving the American public and Congress in the dark about Russian nuclear corruption on U.S. soil during a period when
the Obama administration made two major decisions benefiting Putin's commercial nuclear ambitions.
The first decision occurred in October 2010, when the State Department and government agencies on the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States unanimously approved 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.....