| | FBI Director [[Robert Mueller]]'s investigation of the Russian uranium giant Rosatom was centered in Maryland, Tenam's home base. The U.S. attorney in Maryland was [[Obama]] appointee Rod Rosenstein. | | FBI Director [[Robert Mueller]]'s investigation of the Russian uranium giant Rosatom was centered in Maryland, Tenam's home base. The U.S. attorney in Maryland was [[Obama]] appointee Rod Rosenstein. |
| − | The investigation was an intelligence probe into Rosatom officials. The investigation obtained an eyewitness, William Campbell, known as Confidential Source-1 (CS-1) in court documents, recordings, and emails. The evidence indicates Rosatom oligarchs sent millions of dollars to the [[Clinton Foundation]] to buy access during [[Secretary of State]] [[Hillary Clinton]]'s tenure on the Committee on Foreign Investment of the United States (CFIUS). CFIUS is the government body that provided the approval of the sale of Uranium One to Rosatom.<ref>https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/355749-fbi-uncovered-russian-bribery-plot-before-obama-administration</ref><ref>CFIUS is an inter-agency committee authorized to review transactions that could result in control of a U.S. business by a foreign person (“covered transactions”), in order to determine the effect of such transactions on the national security of the United States. CFIUS operates pursuant to section 721 of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended by the Foreign Investment and National Security Act of 2007 (FINSA) (section 721) and as implemented by Executive Order 11858, as amended, and regulations at 31 C.F.R. Part 800. https://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/international/Pages/Committee-on-Foreign-Investment-in-US.aspx</ref> | + | The investigation was an intelligence probe into Rosatom officials. The investigation obtained an eyewitness, William Campbell, known as Confidential Source-1 (CS-1) in court documents, recordings, and emails. The evidence indicates Rosatom oligarchs sent millions of dollars to the [[Clinton Foundation]] to buy access during [[Secretary of State]] [[Hillary Clinton]]'s tenure on the [[Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States]] (CFIUS). CFIUS is the government body that provided the approval of the sale of Uranium One to Rosatom.<ref>https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/355749-fbi-uncovered-russian-bribery-plot-before-obama-administration</ref><ref>CFIUS is an inter-agency committee authorized to review transactions that could result in control of a U.S. business by a foreign person (“covered transactions”), in order to determine the effect of such transactions on the national security of the United States. CFIUS operates pursuant to section 721 of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended by the Foreign Investment and National Security Act of 2007 (FINSA) (section 721) and as implemented by Executive Order 11858, as amended, and regulations at 31 C.F.R. Part 800. https://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/international/Pages/Committee-on-Foreign-Investment-in-US.aspx</ref> |
| | The investigation could prove, through its confidential informant, kickbacks paid in cash and foreign wire transfers.<ref>Joel Schectman, U.S. sentences Russian nuclear official to four years for bribe scheme, Reuters (Dec. 15, 2015). The “Megatons to Megawatts” program converted uranium from thousands of Russian nuclear warheads for civilian use in U.S.nuclear power plants.</ref> | | The investigation could prove, through its confidential informant, kickbacks paid in cash and foreign wire transfers.<ref>Joel Schectman, U.S. sentences Russian nuclear official to four years for bribe scheme, Reuters (Dec. 15, 2015). The “Megatons to Megawatts” program converted uranium from thousands of Russian nuclear warheads for civilian use in U.S.nuclear power plants.</ref> |