TWO CNNs IN ONE!
Shot: CNN’s Trump Hatred: Host [Alisyn Camerota] Says President Would Have Sold Uranium to Russia.
—NewsBusters, today.
Chaser:
On Thursday, The New York Times reported that Clinton’s State Department was “among the agencies” to eventually sign off on a deal that allowed a Russian energy company to buy the rights to one-fifth of the United States’ uranium deposits. Significant donors to the foundation, according to the Times, stood to benefit from the deal, which was eventually approved.
The piece also notes how donations from the Canadian company flowed to the Clinton Foundation around the time of the deal and how “shortly after the Russians announced their intention to acquire a majority stake in Uranium One, Mr. Clinton received $500,000 for a Moscow speech from a Russian investment bank with links to the Kremlin that was promoting Uranium One stock.”
“Whether the donations played any role in the approval of the uranium deal is unknown,” the Times writes.
—“New ethics questions test Hillary Clinton’s campaign,” CNN.com, April 23, 2015.