The “AM Joy” host refused to allow the Washington
Examiner’s Jen Kerns to perpetuate unfounded claims that Hillary Clinton helped
to sell uranium to Russia. President Donald Trump pushed the story on Twitter
that Clinton helped to seal the 2010 Uranium One deal that sold a portion of
the Canadian company to a JSC ARMZ, the mining arm of a Russian nuclear energy
agency.
Trump tweeted about Clinton’s involvement in the
matter in mid-October, and renewed his suspicion on Sunday morning
in a series of tweets.
The truth behind the deal is much more
complex than what Trump has tweeted.
In his tweets Trump said: “Uranium deal to Russia, with Clinton help and
Obama Administration knowledge, is the biggest story that Fake Media doesn't want
to follow”
Uranium one was a Canadian company with mining
operations in the United States, and the sale of those mines had to be approved
by a nine-member committee in Congress. The Committee on Foreign Investment in
the United States had to unanimously agree to the deal. If the sale was to be
stopped, it would have to come from then-president Barack Obama.
Years later, a New York Times report revealed that the Clinton Foundation
received donations from Uranium One investors during the proposed sale,
sparking controversy.
When Kerns tried to blame Clinton on air Sunday
morning, Reid refused to let the claim go unchallenged.
“We’re not going to get derailed, but I want to ask
you a few fact-based questions,” Reid said on the show.
Reid continually peppers Kerns with questions about
the deal, leading Kerns to admit that Clinton had no direct involvement in the
approval, and that the foundation donor had sold his shares in the company
prior to giving money to the Clinton organization.
″So what you’re talking about is a deal that nine
members of CFIUS approved unanimously,” Reid said on the show. “None of them
was Hillary Clinton. You have a donor who separately gave Hillary Clinton
donations at a time when she was not secretary of state. The two things cross
in the night, they have no relation to each other.”
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