Peter Schweizer: We Have ‘Plenty of Evidence’ Uranium One Is Not a ‘Fantasy Cooked Up’

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INGRAHAM: "…to a Russian-backed company back in 2010. Hillary Clinton's State Department signed off on the deal despite the fact that it gave Russia control of 20 percent of the U.S. uranium capacity. Critics alleged that Hillary OK'd the deal because of some hefty donations to the Clinton Foundation. The 'National Review's' Andy McCarthy wrote today, 'Uranium One has never primarily been a national security controversy. It's a corruption controversy.' Joining us now from Tallahassee, a man who knows more about this, Peter Schweitzer is the president of the Government Accountability Institute and author of the huge bestseller 'Clinton Cash.' So, Peter, I've noticed this happening over the last 48 hours especially. Number of people, some Republicans, some Democrats, and always the Clintons, of course, there's no there-there. This is just a fantasy cooked up in the minds of some guy who wrote a book called 'Clinton Cash' and grabbed on to by the conservative media. Pay no attention to the scandal behind the curtain."
SCHWEIZER: "Yes. That's the standard line, Laura. The problem for that narrative is there is plenty of evidence. The Uranium One saga, most people are aware of this 2010 sale of Uranium One to the Russian government that was approved by the Obama administration. But the story really begins in 2005 when Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton helped this Canadian investor, Frank Giustra, who is founder of Uranium One acquire these uranium assets in Kazakhstan, which is a massive producer of uranium. And what we have in clear evidence is the video testimony of the Russian -- sorry, the Kazak minister of Kazatomprom, which is the Kazak atomic agency, what does he say in this video deposition? Moukhtar Dzhakishev, his name, he says that they granted that concession to Frank Giustra because Hillary Clinton, then a senator, blackmailed and threatened Kazak officials saying she would not cooperate with them getting U.S. money, she would not meet with any officials until the concession was granted. After that concession was granted by officials, Frank Giustra sent $30 million to the Clinton Foundation. We have the oral testimony by this official, it has never been disputed and he describes in detail how the deal went down and talks about a Clinton Foundation employee named Tim Philips who pressured him. When Tim Philips was asked about this video, he did not respond. He changed his online resume, removing the reference to his employment to the Clinton Foundation. That's just one piece of evidence. This is not a fantasy cooked up. This is something foreign government officials have talked about."