Bill and Hillary Clinton should be investigated
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President Donald Trump's critics are arguing that GOP calls for the Justice Department to investigate  Hillary Clinton  and Democrats' ties to Russia are an effort to distract from the real Russia investigation  into potential Trump-Russia collusion.
Ever since Watergate  the mantra of all major corruption investigations has been to "follow the money." Well  Americans of all political stripes should be outraged by the fact that both Democrats and Republicans in Washington are up to their eyeballs in Kremlin cash. Russian money found its way into the pockets of not only Trump advisers like Paul Manafort and Rick Gates â who were recently indicted by special counsel Robert Mueller âbut also Democratic power lobbyist Tony Podesta   Bill Clinton  and the Clinton Foundation.
This should suggest to objective observers that Russia was using its money to influence both sides in order to advance the Kremlin's interests. And it means that any full and impartial investigation of Russia's efforts to influence our political process needs to follow the Russian money flowing into the coffers of  the Clintons    their  foundation and  their  top associates.
The New York Times reported in 2015 that "shortly after the Russians announced their intention to acquire a majority stake in Uranium One   [former President Bill] Clinton  received $500 000 for a Moscow speech from a Russian investment bank with links to the Kremlin that was promoting Uranium One stock." In total  $145 million went to  the Clinton Foundation  from interests linked to Uranium One  which was acquired by the Russian government nuclear agency Rosatum.
Think that was just a coincidence? As former federal prosecutor Andy McCarthy points out  the Uranium One deal is not a national security scandal  it is a corruption scandal involving " Clinton  family self-dealing." Ask yourself: How many half-a-million-dollar speeches has  Bill Clinton  given to Kremlin-linked banks since  Hillary Clinton  was defeated? How much Russian money is flowing into  the Clinton Foundation 's coffers today? If Donald Trump had given a $500 000 speech paid for by a Kremlin bank  and his private foundation had accepted $145 million from Vladimir Putin-linked oligarchs and their Western business partners  do you think that his critics would be insisting there was nothing to see here?
A look at  Hillary Clinton 's time as first lady  U.S. senator  secretary of state and a Democratic candidate for president.
We should all be deeply concerned by how much Russian cash was sloshing around Washington  and how much of it found its way into  the bank accounts of the Clintons  and those around  them . And we should all  Democrats and Republicans alike  want to get to the bottom of it.
As Americans  it goes against our sensibilities to encourage the Justice Department of one party to investigate the vanquished candidate of the other party. But does the fact that  Clinton  lost mean Americans don't deserve to know the full extent of Russia's efforts to influence our political process?
None of this absolves the Trump campaign or calls into question the intelligence community's conclusion that "Putin and the Russian Government aspired to help ... Trump's election chances." But it does underscore that the Russians were smart in what the intelligence community calls their efforts to "undermine public faith in the US democratic process." They played both sides  and in so doing preyed on the singular weakness of the Clintons and those around them â greed.
Any impartial investigation of Russia's efforts to meddle in our democratic process needs to include a full inquiry of the Russian money flowing into  Clinton  world. Such an inquiry is not a distraction. It is critical to restoring public faith in American democracy.
Trump's obsession with  Hillary Clinton  should scare everyone
A Bill Clinton 'reckoning' for Democrats? Don't hold your breath.
President Donald Trump's critics are arguing that GOP calls for the Justice Department to investigate  Hillary Clinton  and Democrats' ties to Russia are an effort to distract from the real Russia investigation  into potential Trump-Russia collusion.
Ever since Watergate  the mantra of all major corruption investigations has been to "follow the money." Well  Americans of all political stripes should be outraged by the fact that both Democrats and Republicans in Washington are up to their eyeballs in Kremlin cash. Russian money found its way into the pockets of not only Trump advisers like Paul Manafort and Rick Gates â who were recently indicted by special counsel Robert Mueller âbut also Democratic power lobbyist Tony Podesta   Bill Clinton  and the Clinton Foundation.
This should suggest to objective observers that Russia was using its money to influence both sides in order to advance the Kremlin's interests. And it means that any full and impartial investigation of Russia's efforts to influence our political process needs to follow the Russian money flowing into the coffers of  the Clintons    their  foundation and  their  top associates.
The New York Times reported in 2015 that "shortly after the Russians announced their intention to acquire a majority stake in Uranium One   [former President Bill]  [TGT] received $500 000 for a Moscow speech from a Russian investment bank with links to the Kremlin that was promoting Uranium One stock." In total  $145 million went to  the Clinton Foundation  from interests linked to Uranium One  which was acquired by the Russian government nuclear agency Rosatum.
Think that was just a coincidence? As former federal prosecutor Andy McCarthy points out  the Uranium One deal is not a national security scandal  it is a corruption scandal involving  [TGT] family self-dealing." Ask yourself: How many half-a-million-dollar speeches has   [TGT]   given to Kremlin-linked banks since   [TGT] was defeated? How much Russian money is flowing into  the Clinton Foundation 's coffers today? If Donald Trump had given a $500 000 speech paid for by a Kremlin bank  and his private foundation had accepted $145 million from Vladimir Putin-linked oligarchs and their Western business partners  do you think that his critics would be insisting there was nothing to see here?
A look at  Hillary Clinton 's time as first lady  U.S. senator  secretary of state and a Democratic candidate for president.
We should all be deeply concerned by how much Russian cash was sloshing around Washington  and how much of it found its way into  the bank accounts of the Clintons  and those around  them . And we should all  Democrats and Republicans alike  want to get to the bottom of it.
As Americans  it goes against our sensibilities to encourage the Justice Department of one party to investigate the vanquished candidate of the other party. But does the fact that   [TGT] lost mean Americans don't deserve to know the full extent of Russia's efforts to influence our political process?
None of this absolves the Trump campaign or calls into question the intelligence community's conclusion that "Putin and the Russian Government aspired to help ... Trump's election chances." But it does underscore that the Russians were smart in what the intelligence community calls their efforts to "undermine public faith in the US democratic process." They played both sides  and in so doing preyed on the singular weakness of the Clintons and those around them â greed.
Any impartial investigation of Russia's efforts to meddle in our democratic process needs to include a full inquiry of the Russian money flowing into   [TGT] world. Such an inquiry is not a distraction. It is critical to restoring public faith in American democracy.
Trump's obsession with  Hillary Clinton  should scare everyone
A Bill Clinton 'reckoning' for Democrats? Don't hold your breath.