A major Clinton Foundation donor named Frank Giustra previously owned a mining company called UrAsia and merged with Uranium One in 2007. But he also sold his stake in the company during Clinton’s presidential campaign in 2008, though, prior to Obama’s eventual victory for the Democratic Party’s nomination, according to
The Washington Post.
The main question is: At the time of the deal’s consummation, did the Clinton Foundation and the former president himself, receive money from the Russians to grease the wheels for the deal?
Bill Clinton did receive $500,000 to deliver a speech at a Russian bank that was promoting Uranium One stock, according to
The New York Times, and the company’s chairman donated $2.35 million to the foundation in four installments as Uranium One was being acquired by Rosatum between 2009 and 2013.
All told, $145 million went to the Clinton Foundation from those linked to Uranium One and UrAsia, but it went to the charity organization and not the Clinton family. Furthermore, most of those donations occurred before and during Hillary Clinton’s 2008 campaign, according to The Post.
Assessment: Yes, the foundation received money and Bill Clinton was paid to give a speech,
but there’s no evidence the Clintons were paid by Russians to push through the uranium deal.
