Hillary Clinton Cash Becomes Radioactive

by Gary Bauer, Contributing Author: I'm not predicting that Hillary Clinton will lose the Democratic nomination or the White House next year. But if she does, historians may look back and say that this was the day it all started to unravel. A tip of the hat to Jonathan Chait for summarizing the headlines:
"The New York Times has a report about the State Department's decision to approve the sale of Uranium mines to a Russian company that donated $2.35 million to the Clinton Global Initiative, and that a Russian investment bank promoting the deal paid Bill $500,000 for a speech in Moscow.

"The Washington Post reports that Bill Clinton has received $26 million in speaking fees from entities that also donated to the Clinton Global Initiative.

"The Washington Examiner reports, 'Twenty-two of the 37 corporations nominated for a prestigious State Department award -- and six of the eight ultimate winners -- while Hillary Clinton was Secretary of State were also donors to the Clinton family foundation.'

"And Reuters reports, 'Hillary Clinton's family's charities are refiling at least five annual tax returns after a Reuters review found errors in how they reported donations from governments, and said they may audit other Clinton Foundation returns in case of other errors.'"The first story is by far the most damning and it demands a thorough congressional investigation. It is also the most difficult to explain.

What the summary above leaves out is this: The Clintons gained much more than just a couple million dollars -- $100 million was pledged to a Clinton Foundation initiative by the man at the center of this uranium deal. Far worse, the New York Times reports that "the sale gave the Russians control of one-fifth of all uranium production capacity in the United States."

Ask yourself this: Would such a deal have happened without a former president greasing the skids and his secretary of state wife signing off on the deal? Watch this Fox News report to get a better understanding of this emerging scandal.

The New York Times reports that a soon-to-be released book entitled "Clinton Cash," by Peter Schweizer, may be the "most anticipated and feared book" of the presidential campaign cycle. Last month, a source close to Bill Clinton told a respected political reporter that Hillary's email server was a "secondary" scandal. He said, "Follow the foundation money."

That is exactly what Schweizer has done. He contends that there is "a pattern of financial transactions involving the Clintons that occurred contemporaneous with favorable U.S. policy decisions [by the Clinton State Department] benefiting those providing the funds."

The Times also notes, "Members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee . . . have been briefed on the book's findings." That suggests additional congressional investigations of Mrs. Clinton's tenure -- beyond lingering questions about her handling of Benghazi -- may be in the works.
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Gary Bauer is a conservative family values advocate and serves as president of American Values and chairman of the Campaign for Working Families

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