Jeff Sessions reportedly orders review of debunked Hillary Clinton claims, violating recusal vow
JOSH ISRAEL at Think Progress
https://thinkprogress.org/jeff-sessions-violates-recusal-uranium-one-3980b5691b99/
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For weeks, critics of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and the Trump administration have pushed a widely debunked conspiracy theory that she sold 20 percent of Americas uranium to Russia in exchange for a large donation to the Clinton Foundation.
On Thursday, NBC News reported that, on orders from Attorney General Jeff Sessions, the Department of Justices prosecutors have begun asking FBI agents to explain the evidence they found in a now-dormant criminal investigation into a controversial uranium deal that critics have linked to Bill and Hillary Clinton.
The problem is that Jeff Sessions wasnt supposed to be involved in decisions about Clinton and her foundation at all: he swore under oath in January that he would recuse himself from all such decisions, in light of his comments during the campaign. During his confirmation hearing, he told the Senate Judiciary Committee:
With regard to Secretary Clinton and some of the comments I made, I do believe that that could place my objectivity in question. Ive given that thought. I believe the proper thing for me to do, would be to recuse myself from any questions involving those kind of investigations that involve Secretary Clinton and that were raised during the campaign or to be otherwise connected to it.
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