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Jeff Sessions reportedly orders review of debunked Hillary Clinton claims, violating recusal vow

The following article by Josh Israel was posted on the ThinkProgress website December 21, 2017:

Not exactly ‘fair and impartial administration of justice.’

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions

For weeks, critics of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and the Trump administration have pushed a widely debunked conspiracy theory that she sold 20 percent of America’s uranium to Russia in exchange for a large donation to the Clinton Foundation.

On Thursday, NBC News reported that, on orders from Attorney General Jeff Sessions, the Department of Justice’s prosecutors “have begun asking FBI agents to explain the evidence they found in a now-dormant criminal investigation into a controversial uranium deal that critics have linked to Bill and Hillary Clinton.” Continue reading “Jeff Sessions reportedly orders review of debunked Hillary Clinton claims, violating recusal vow”

The repeated, incorrect claim that Russia obtained ‘20 percent of our uranium’

The following article by Glenn Kessler was posted on the Washington Post website October 31, 2017:

The United States lost nowhere near 20 percent of its uranium supply as a result of the Rostom-Uranium One deal. (Meg Kelly/The Washington Post)

“How is it that our government could approve a sale of 20 percent of our uranium at the same time that there was an open FBI investigation?”
— Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.), interview with Fox News’s Neil Cavuto, Oct. 26, 2017

“Knowing what you know about Russia, was it really a good idea for the Obama administration and the Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to approve a deal giving the Russians control of 20 percent of our uranium supply? . . . Why did Hillary’s office and the Obama administration sign off on giving the Russians a fifth of our uranium? . . . Why is that a good idea to give a hostile power 20 percent of our uranium supplies? It’s insane though. . . . How would Hillary Clinton not know if a Russian company was getting 20 percent of our uranium supply? What was she doing?”
— Tucker Carlson, on Fox’s “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” Oct. 23 Continue reading “The repeated, incorrect claim that Russia obtained ‘20 percent of our uranium’”

The ‘dossier’ and the uranium deal: A guide to the latest allegations

The following article by Glenn Kessler was posted on the Washington Post website October 29, 2017:

Fusion GPS is an opposition research firm run by ex-journalists, but how is it connected to the Trump dossier, Donald Trump Jr.’s Trump Tower meeting and the 2016 election? The Fact Checker’s Glenn Kessler explains. (Video: Meg Kelly/Photo: Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post)

As a service to readers bound to be confused by an increasingly complex story, here’s a brief guide to the latest developments in the tangled allegations involving Russia, President Trump and Hillary Clinton.

The Dossier

Background: The “dossier” is a collection of 17 memosconcerning President Trump and Russia written by Christopher Steele, a former British intelligence officer, between June 20 and Dec. 13, 2016. Steele produced his memos under a contract with Fusion GPS, a strategic intelligence firm run by former journalists. Continue reading “The ‘dossier’ and the uranium deal: A guide to the latest allegations”