Courtesy of the Washington Post:
But Smith, in his broadcast, made many of the same points as the fact-checkers. “Now, here’s the accusation,” he said.
Nine people involved in the deal made donations to the Clinton Foundation totaling more than $140 million. In exchange, Secretary of State [Hillary] Clinton approved the sale to the Russians, a quid pro quo. The [was] accusation first made by Peter Schweizer, the senior editor-at-large of the website Breitbart in his 2015 book “Clinton Cash.” The next year, candidate Donald Trump cited the accusation as an example of Clinton corruption.
He then played a video of Trump’s version of the “scandal” in which he claimed:
Hillary Clinton’s State Department approved the transfer of 20 percent of America’s uranium holdings to Russia. Well, nine investors in the deal funneled $145 million to the Clinton Foundation. Smith called the statement “inaccurate in a number of ways,” noting that “the Clinton State Department had no power to veto or approve that transaction.” Rather, it must be approved by an interagency committee of the government consisting of nine department heads, including the secretary of state.
Most of the Clinton Foundation donations in question, he pointed out, came from Frank Giustra, the founder of the uranium company in Canada. But Giustra,
Smith noted, “says he sold his stake in the company back in 2007,” three years before the uranium/Russia deal and “a year and a half before Hillary Clinton became secretary of state.” He added:
. . . The accusation is predicated on the charge that Secretary Clinton approved the sale. She did not. A committee of nine evaluated the sale, the president approved the sale, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and others had to offer permits, and none of the uranium was exported for use by the U.S. to Russia.
I have to admit that hearing actual facts spouted by somebody on Fox News still seems like an out of body experience.
However Shepherd Smith, who I cannot believe is still working there, has done just that on a number of occasions and seemingly in defiance of his network's official position on certain stories.
I think we can all agree that the REAL victim here is Texas Congressman Louie Gohmert who probably spent hours yelling at his congressional aides to hurry up and put this graphic together so he could "Get them Clintons!"
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But Smith, in his broadcast, made many of the same points as the fact-checkers. “Now, here’s the accusation,” he said.
Nine people involved in the deal made donations to the Clinton Foundation totaling more than $140 million. In exchange, Secretary of State [Hillary] Clinton approved the sale to the Russians, a quid pro quo. The [was] accusation first made by Peter Schweizer, the senior editor-at-large of the website Breitbart in his 2015 book “Clinton Cash.” The next year, candidate Donald Trump cited the accusation as an example of Clinton corruption.
He then played a video of Trump’s version of the “scandal” in which he claimed:
Hillary Clinton’s State Department approved the transfer of 20 percent of America’s uranium holdings to Russia. Well, nine investors in the deal funneled $145 million to the Clinton Foundation. Smith called the statement “inaccurate in a number of ways,” noting that “the Clinton State Department had no power to veto or approve that transaction.” Rather, it must be approved by an interagency committee of the government consisting of nine department heads, including the secretary of state.
Most of the Clinton Foundation donations in question, he pointed out, came from Frank Giustra, the founder of the uranium company in Canada. But Giustra,
Smith noted, “says he sold his stake in the company back in 2007,” three years before the uranium/Russia deal and “a year and a half before Hillary Clinton became secretary of state.” He added:
. . . The accusation is predicated on the charge that Secretary Clinton approved the sale. She did not. A committee of nine evaluated the sale, the president approved the sale, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and others had to offer permits, and none of the uranium was exported for use by the U.S. to Russia.
I have to admit that hearing actual facts spouted by somebody on Fox News still seems like an out of body experience.
However Shepherd Smith, who I cannot believe is still working there, has done just that on a number of occasions and seemingly in defiance of his network's official position on certain stories.
I think we can all agree that the REAL victim here is Texas Congressman Louie Gohmert who probably spent hours yelling at his congressional aides to hurry up and put this graphic together so he could "Get them Clintons!"
(I understand that if you drop acid it makes perfect sense.)IMPORTANT UPDATE: Here, care of Rep. Louie Gohmert's office, is the full chart he displayed at today's House Judiciary Committee oversight hearing. http://pic.twitter.com/dPSHtGvwqK— Chris Geidner (@chrisgeidner) November 14, 2017
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