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Tuesday, October 17, 2017

A Russia Collusion Scandal With Lots Of Familiar Names

The Hill is out with an article that you really needs to be read.  There really was a Russia collusion with Americans that affected both our national security as well as the American election.  But it's not what you think.  It seems that since 2009, the FBI was investigating a massive bribery, corruption and racketeering scheme by the Russians which involved Russia gaining US government approval to buy a big chunk of the US uranium mining industry as well as the right to sell that uranium to US nuclear plants.  It's the same sale involving Uranium One that made headlines during the 2016 campaign since it had to be approved by a group consisting of Hillary Clinton, Eric Holder and other top Obama officials.  The FBI found that massive amounts of cash went to Clinton interests from Russia or Russia related entities.  It also found that various Russian agents used threats and bribed to get American competitors out of the way with regard to transport and sale of the uranium.  The Obama administration never told the public about this criminal enterprise run by the Russians and then it approved both transactions.  How could this happen?  Let's take a look.

The investigation was begun by the FBI director Robert Muller.  Remember him?  He's now the special prosecutor looking into the supposed Trump-Russia connections.  Am I the only one who thinks it strange that Muller started the other investigation that somehow was never disclosed to the public or to Congress and now he's running the new investigation?  There better be a good reason for that or else Muller really needs to resign.

When Muller left, the investigation was run day to day by Jim McCabe.  Remember him?  He's the one whose wife got a "contribution" for her state senate race in Virginia of $750,000 from a Clinton related source.  Three quarters of a million dollars for a state senate race?  Really?  McCabe reported to Jim Comey who was FBI director at that time.  The person at the DOJ who coordinated the investigation was then US Attorney Rod Rosenstein.  He's now Deputy Attorney General and he's also the one who appointed Muller as Special Prosecutor.  Could it be that Rosenstein put Muller in place to make sure that the Russia - uranium matter never resurfaced?  Again, there's no evidence of that of which I am aware, but it is a question that Rosenstein must answer quickly or else resign.

So Russia ended up control about half of US uranium production after criminal payoffs and racketeering.  The FBI knew all about this; indeed, people have been indicted and convicted for their part in this mess.  Nevertheless, the high government officials of the Obama administration approved the dishonest Russian deals.  Oh, and coincidentally, many of them got major financial benefits from the Russians.  Somehow, the FBI under Jim Comey never told Congress or the public about all this.  Indeed, the government officials who approved the deal all say that they weren't told either.  I don't believe this but again, this needs to be fully investigated.

This really changes everything.  The Russia/uranium deals no longer are the province of a few authors who the Obama/Clinton people dismiss as conspiracy theorists.  This is real.  It changes everything.

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