Clinton Spokesman: A Clinton Foundation Donor And Uranium One Head At The Time Of The Deal Described In “Clinton Cash” “Never Spoke To Either President Clinton Or Then-Secretary Clinton About His Company.” “In addition to Mr. Giustra himself, the Times points to a second Clinton Foundation donor and longtime business associate of Mr. Giustra by the name of Ian Telfer. It is true that, unlike Mr. Giustra, Telfer — as the acting head of Uranium One in 2010 — had a financial interest in the company’s sale to the Russians. It is also true that he had previously donated to the Clinton-Giustra Sustainable Growth Initiative. But in a statement to the Times, Telfer told the paper he made the donations based on his wish to personally support Mr. Giustra in his charitable work, not based on any relationship to the Clintons. And most importantly, he told the Times that he never spoke to either President Clinton or then-Secretary Clinton about his company, Uranium One.” [@brianefallon, Medium, 4/23/15] THE STATE DEPARTMENT ACCEPTED ANOTHER SALE, IN WHICH RUSSIA BOUGHT ALL REMAINING STAKE IN URANIUM ONE, AFTER CLINTON HAD STEPPED DOWN AS SECRETARY Clinton Spokesman: “U.S. Regulators Accepted A Subsequent Sale Of The Remaining Stake In Uranium One To Russia After Clinton Left The State Department.” “The Times ignores that U.S. regulators accepted a subsequent sale of the remaining stake in Uranium One to Russia after Clinton left the State Department. The 2010 sale at issue in the Times story involved the Russians purchasing a 51 percent stake in Uranium One. But nearly three years later, the company announced that the Russians would be increasing their ownership to 100 percent. The company notified U.S. regulators of this in late January 2013, giving those bodies the opportunity to subject the new transaction to a review. Both the NRC and C.F.I.U.S. declined to do so, which was tantamount to green-lighting the deal. Notably this acceptance of the Russians’ complete takeover of Uranium One came after Secretary Clinton exited the State Department.” [@brianefallon, Medium, 4/23/15] SCHWEIZER FALSELY CLAIMED SECRETARY CLINTON COULD BLOCK A RUSSIAN BID TO BUY URANIUM ONE FactCheck.Org: “The Author Of ‘Clinton Cash’ Falsely Claimed Hillary Clinton As Secretary Of State Had ‘Veto Power’ And ‘Could Have Stopped’ Russia From Buying A Company With Extensive Uranium Mining Operations In The U.S.” “The author of ‘Clinton Cash’ falsely claimed Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State had ‘veto power’ and ‘could have stopped’ Russia from buying a company with extensive uranium mining operations in the U.S. In fact, only the president has such power. At the time of the sale, Clinton was a member of the Committee on Foreign Investments in the United States, which is required by law to investigate all U.S. transactions that involve a company owned or controlled by a foreign government. Federal guidelines say any one of nine voting members of the committee can object to such a foreign transaction, but the final decision then rests with the president. ‘Only the President has the authority to suspend or prohibit a covered transaction,’ the guidelines say.” [FactCheck.Org, 4/28/15] Clinton Spokesman: “While It Is True That The State Department Sits On The Multi-Agency, Inter- Governmental Panel That Reviews Deals Like This One, Hillary Clinton Herself Did Not Participate In The Review Or Direct The Department To Take Any Position On The Sale Of Uranium One. This Is Consistent With Past Practice.” “The essential fact is that Hillary Clinton was not involved in the State Department’s review of the sale to the Russians. While it is true that the State Department sits on the multi-agency, inter-governmental panel that reviews deals like this one, Hillary Clinton herself did not participate in the review or direct the Department to take any position on the sale of Uranium One. This is consistent with past practice; historically, matters pertaining to the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (C.F.I.U.S.) do not rise to the Secretary’s level. Rather, it is the Assistant Secretary of State for Economic, Energy and Business Affairs who serves as the State Department’s principal representative to C.F.I.U.S. The individual who held that post in 2010 was Jose Fernandez, and he has personally attested that then-Secretary Clinton never interfered with him, saying ‘Mrs. Clinton never intervened with me on any C.F.I.U.S. matter.’” [@brianefallon, Medium, 4/23/15]