$140M In Clinton Foundation Donations Sealed The Deal
Ask your local Russia Hack conspiracy theorist why Putin would want the Democrats to lose in 2016, considering the uranium bonanza they gave him. The Clintons and the Obama administration took a series of actions which gave Russia control of 20% of America’s uranium, a strategic asset used to produce nuclear energy and weapons. In exchange for $140 million in donations from Uranium One to the Clinton Foundation, Secretary Clinton approved the sale of the mining company to the official, state-owned Russian atomic agency, Rosatom. A brief summary:
- In September 2005, Canadian mining financier Frank Giustra sought access to uranium mines in Kazakhstan. Democrat ex-President Bill Clinton flew in Giustra’s private jet to a meeting Clinton arranged with corrupt Kazakhstan President Nazarbayev. Bill publicly praised the autocrat, and 3 days later Giustra’s company was granted what he wanted: a stake in 3 uranium mines in Kazakhstan.
- Then, Giustra donated $31.3 million to the Clinton Foundation.
- And then, Giustra pledged an additional $100 million to the Clinton Foundation. Bill said, “I love this guy!”
- In 2007, Giustra’s company, Uranium One, bought uranium mines in 4 U.S. states while its chairman, Ian Telfer, donated $250,000 to the Clinton Foundation. Giustra sold his personal holdings for $45 million.
- In 2009, Hillary Clinton became Secretary of State, and the Russian atomic agency, Rosatom, bought 17% interest in Uranium One. Chairman Telfer donated $1 million to the Clinton Foundation.
- In June 2010, Rosatom announced a deal to acquire a 51% interest in Uranium One, pending the approval of Secretary of State Clinton. Uranium One and its affiliates had donated $8.6 million to the Clinton Foundation in the past 2 years.
- On June 29, 2010, in Moscow, Bill Clinton made $500,000 for a speech to a Kremlin-affiliated Russian investment bank promoting Rosatom’s acquisition of Uranium One.
- Then, in October 2010, Secretary Clinton and the U.S. Committee on Foreign Investment approved Rosatom’s acquisition of a majority interest in Uranium One.
- By January 2013, through Clinton’s term as Secretary of State, Russian atomic agency Rosatom owned 100% interest in Uranium One, along with its 20% share of American uranium assets. Its chairman, Ian Telfer, had donated $2.3 million to the Clinton Foundation.
…And Putin wanted Hillary to…lose? What more could Putin ask for? In a headline worthy of The New York Times‘ Walter Duranty, Russian propaganda outlet Pravda proclaimed, “Russian Nuclear Energy Conquers The World“. Rosatom head Sergei Kiriyenko rejoiced to Putin, “Few could have imagined in the past that we would own 20% of U.S. reserves!”
Read New York Times Story on Putin’s Haul
Excerpt:
Whether the donations played any role in the approval of the uranium deal is unknown. But the episode underscores the special ethical challenges presented by the Clinton Foundation, headed by a former president who relied heavily on foreign cash to accumulate $250 million in assets even as his wife helped steer American foreign policy as secretary of state, presiding over decisions with the potential to benefit the foundation’s donors.
If Putin tried to get Hillary and the Democrats to lose the election after this spectacularly successful partnership, he’s either a traitor to Mother Russia or an idiot.
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