Devin Nunes launches probe into US
Bill Clinton
Devin Nunes' announcement came one week after The Hill published  a report on a "racketeering scheme ... designed to benefit former President Bill Clinton's charitable foundation during the time Secretary of State Hillary Clinton served on a government body that provided a favorable decision to Moscow ."
 The Hill's report  largely echoed those claims  alleging that Russian officials tried to "ingratiate themselves with the Clintons" by transferring "millions of dollars from Russia's nuclear industry to an American entity that had provided assistance to Bill Clinton's foundation."
The Iowa Republican sent a letter to Attorney General Jeff Sessions last Wednesday asking whether the Department of Justice was investigating the fact that  former President Bill Clinton  was paid for a speech around the time that the US government approved the Uranium One deal  and that Russians donated millions to the Clinton Foundation years before the uranium deal.
Trump used the uranium deal to try to undercut  Clinton  during the campaign and draw scrutiny away from  his  own potential Russia ties. He claimed in October 2016 that  Clinton  gave uranium to Russia "for a big payment " which The Washington Post later said was inaccurate.
Fact checkers more broadly have been quick to push back on characterizations of the uranium deal as a quid pro quo between  Clinton  and Russia  and PolitiFact found that the US produces such little uranium that the "concerns were out of proportion."
The Post's fact checker reported last year that although the State Department was one of several agencies that would have been able to approve the 2010 deal  "there is no evidence  Clinton  herself got involved in the deal personally  and it is highly questionable that this deal even rose to the level of the secretary of state."
"Theoretically  as Schweizer says   Clinton  could have intervened " The Post reported. "But even then  it ultimately would have been Obamaâs decision whether to suspend or block the deal."
Devin Nunes' announcement came one week after The Hill published   [TGT]  ."
  [TGT] largely echoed those claims  alleging that Russian officials tried to "ingratiate themselves with the Clintons" by transferring "millions of dollars from Russia's nuclear industry to an American entity that had provided assistance to  [TGT]  foundation."
The Iowa Republican sent a letter to Attorney General Jeff Sessions last Wednesday asking whether the Department of Justice was investigating the fact that  former President Bill Clinton  was paid for a speech around the time that the US government approved the Uranium One deal  and that Russians donated millions to the Clinton Foundation years before the uranium deal.
Trump used the uranium deal to try to undercut   [TGT]   during the campaign and draw scrutiny away from   [TGT]   own potential Russia ties.  [TGT]  claimed in October 2016 that  Clinton  gave uranium to Russia "for a big payment " which The Washington Post later said was inaccurate.
Fact checkers more broadly have been quick to push back on characterizations of the uranium deal as a quid pro quo between  Clinton  and Russia  and PolitiFact found that the US produces such little uranium that the "concerns were out of proportion."
The Post's fact checker reported last year that although the State Department was one of several agencies that would have been able to approve the 2010 deal  "there is no evidence  Clinton  herself got involved in the deal personally  and it is highly questionable that this deal even rose to the level of the secretary of state."
"Theoretically  as Schweizer says   Clinton  could have intervened " The Post reported. "But even then  it ultimately would have been Obamaâs decision whether to suspend or block the deal."