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Justice Dept weighs inquiry into Clintons and Uranium One

Quetzal

A little to the left and slightly out of focus.
Premium Member
In a letter, the agency said an inquiry could be launched into the Clinton Foundation and the Uranium One sale.

But Attorney General Jeff Sessions told a Senate hearing there is currently no basis for Republican calls to appoint a special counsel to investigate.

Justice Dept considers probe on Clintons

What do you think?
 

Laika

Well-Known Member
Premium Member

Well, don't tell North Korea but the Clintons are having a Winter Sale on Uranium Cake in the run up to Christmas!

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Mister Emu

Emu Extraordinaire
Staff member
Premium Member
That's unfair.
Instead, it could be retribution for the campaign, & for Democratic opposition.
I feel it's telling that this occurred only after it was widely published that the Clinton campaign was the funding behind Fusion GPS and the bad look with meeting the Russian lawyer before and after she met with Trump Jr and other campaign people.
 

Revoltingest

Pragmatic Libertarian
Premium Member
I feel it's telling that this occurred only after it was widely published that the Clinton campaign was the funding behind Fusion GPS and the bad look with meeting the Russian lawyer before and after she met with Trump Jr and other campaign people.
Everybody be get'n revenge on each other, eh.
If we're lucky, it'll distract them from temptation to start a war.
 

Nous

Well-Known Member
Premium Member
From the article:

Republicans have charged that the Obama administration approved the deal after Bill Clinton's charitable foundation received a $145m (£110m) donation.

[. . . ]

Mr Clinton was also paid $500,000 for a Moscow speech from a Kremlin-linked Russian investment bank that was promoting shares in Uranium One.​

These facts (assuming they are facts) are apparently the crux of the claims of wrongdoing. But neither of them amounts to quid pro quo. There are just too many missing links for a prosecution. And in the end, the argument against any quid pro quo forever hinges on the fact that, as far as we know, nothing would have changed if Hillary Clinton had voted to reject the Uranium One deal. As far as we know, everyone's pockets would have still had the same amount of money in them and the sale would have gone through if she had voted "no". Period.
 

Nous

Well-Known Member
Premium Member
But Attorney General Jeff Sessions told a Senate hearing there is currently no basis for Republican calls to appoint a special counsel to investigate.
That alone is very telling.
Even if Sessions suspected wrongdoing, it wouldn't be appropriate for him to appoint a special counsel because neither the investigation nor prosecution would present a conflict of interest for the DOJ, which is what the statute requires: 28 CFR 600.1 - Grounds for appointing a Special Counsel.
 
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