Hillary Clinton says Trump is abusing power with uranium deal investigation
Hillary Clinton says Trump is abusing power with uranium deal investigation
“This Uranium One story has been debunked countless times . . . . It is nothing but a false charge,” Clinton said.
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BY Ginger Adams Otis
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Thursday, November 16, 2017, 1:28 AM
Appointing a special counsel to probe her Uranium One deal would be “such an abuse of power” by the Trump administration, Hillary Clinton said Wednesday.
The former Democratic presidential candidate said Trump risked dangerously politicizing the Justice Department, “like some authoritarian regime.”
Clinton made the remarks in an interview with Mother Jones about reports this week that Attorney General Jeff Sessions asked two top prosecutors to look into the sale of a uranium company to Russian interests during Clinton’s time as secretary of state.
President Trump and other Republicans allege ties between donations to the Clinton Foundation and the company sale, even though nine different federal agencies signed off on the 2010 deal, Mother Jones said.
“This Uranium One story has been debunked countless times . . . . It is nothing but a false charge,” Clinton said. “It will be incredibly demoralizing to people who have served at the Justice Department . . . because they know better.”
Clinton said Trump was trying to deflect attention from special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe into possible collusion between Russia and Trump’s campaign.
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