Making America Great Again: The Real Russian Collusion

By:  Dale Weckbacher

Nehemiah 5:18

 Each^[a] day, one ox, six choice sheep, and some fowl were prepared for me. An abundance of all kinds of wine was provided every ten days. But I didn’t demand the food allotted to the governor, because the burden on the people was so heavy.

(CSB)

While Nehemiah ate well during his tenure as governor of Jerusalem during the wall rebuilding project, it was not on the backs of the hard-working people of the city (Nehemiah 5:18).  Sadly, Nehemiah type politicians are rare for career politicians often enter office broke and leave wealthy.  The perfect example of this are the Clintons, but to quote Jeremiah Wright, the Clinton chickens are coming home to roost in the chicken pen of Uranium One.

Uranium is a key material in the manufacture of dangerous nuclear weapons and as such, something any nation interested in its national security must guard against acquisition by foreign nations, especially nations that were once enemies of that nation.  However, during the Obama Administration and Hilary Clinton’s tenure as Secretary of State, Rosatom, which had backing by the Russian state acquired Uranium One, a Canadian company with uranium assets in the United States.  (1)  Through this deal Russia acquired 20 percent of the U.S. uranium production capacity.  While the deal does not allow exporting of this uranium, meaning it supposedly cannot find its way into the hands of insidious nations like North Korea or Iran, the deal remains controversial in a political sense and represents the real Russian collusion and scandal. 

While President Obama as Commander-In-Chief and Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State could have blocked the deal in the interest of national security, they instead chose to ignore the deal, along with its threat to national security, and in fact may have benefitted financially from it.  For example, is it coincidence or an effort to buy political ignoring of this potential danger to national security that during negotiations for the deal, some investors donated millions to the Clinton Foundation and former President Bill Clinton received $500,000 for a speech in Russia, along with a meeting with Vladimir Putin.  (1)  In addition to money flowing to the Clinton Foundation and exorbitant speaking fees, the Hill has also uncovered Russian bribery and kickbacks prior to the Obama Administration’s approval of the Uranium One deal.  (2)  For these reasons, the nation must investigate this potential Russian collusion as well as the alleged Russian collusion of the Trump campaign during the 2016 election. 

While there are congressional investigations into Uranium One and potential Russian collusion with Douglas Campbell, an FBI informant, testifying before three congressional committees, (3) we need a more formal investigation by another special counsel, something polls have shown to be popular with Americans.  (4)  While many including myself are not fans of special counsels, we cannot expect the swamp of Obama holdovers in the FBI and other government agencies to investigate and incriminate themselves and an impartial special counsel is the only means by which we may get to the truth in this potential danger to national security.  While many, including myself, find it unfortunate Attorney General Jeff Sessions chose to recuse himself from the Trump Russian collusion investigation, it is refreshing to see that Mr. Sessions is considering investigation of the Uranium One deal, including calling for a special counsel.  (5)  Our only hope is that the Attorney General follows through with the investigation including the appointment of an impartial special counsel. 

While career politician financial enrichment through taxpayer money is an unethical misuse of the tax money of money hard-working citizens in a nation, the selling of national security while receiving bribes, kickbacks, and exorbitant speaking fees represents an even more dangerous situation.  Perhaps we are now beginning to understand the reason for Hillary Clinton’s decision to use a private server while Secretary of State as a means of hiding the dangerous sale of national security.  (6)  We can only pray that the truth comes out and if that requires the appointment of another special counsel, pray that the Attorney General finds an impartial one that will conduct a through investigation for the national security of the United States as at stake. 

1. Schallhom, Kaitlyn. Obama-era Russian Uranium One deal: What to know. www.foxnews.com. [Online] Fox News, February 8, 2018. [Cited: March 17, 2018.] http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/02/08/obama-era-russian-uranium-one-deal-what-to-know.html.

2. John Solomon, Alison Spann. FBI uncovered Russian bribery plot before Obama administration approved controversial nuclear deal with Moscow. thehill.com. [Online] The Hill, October 17, 2017. [Cited: March 17, 2018.] http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/355749-fbi-uncovered-russian-bribery-plot-before-obama-administration.

3. Solomon, John. Uranium One informant makes Clinton allegations to Congress. the hill.com. [Online] The Hill, February 7, 2018. [Cited: March 17, 2018.] http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/372861-uranium-one-informant-makes-clinton-allegations-in-testimony.

4. Investors Business Daily. Americans Want Special Counsel To Investigate Clinton Uranium Deal: IBD/TIPP Poll. www.investors.com. [Online] Investors Business Daily, December 5, 2017. [Cited: March 17, 2018.] https://www.investors.com/politics/editorials/americans-want-special-counsel-to-investigate-clinton-uranium-deal-ibdtipp-poll/.

5. Berger, Judson. DOJ scrutiny opens door to new Uranium One investigation. www.foxnews.com. [Online] Fox News, December 22, 2017. [Cited: March 17, 2018.] http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/12/22/doj-scrutiny-opens-door-to-new-uranium-one-investigation.html.

6. Parks, Miles. House Republicans Launch New Investigations Into Clinton Email Probe, Uranium Deal. www.npr.org. [Online] NPR, October 24, 2017. [Cited: March 17, 2018.] https://www.npr.org/2017/10/24/559854924/house-republicans-launch-new-investigations-into-clinton-email-probe-uranium-dea.