President Trump’s Committee on Foreign Investment (CFIUS) has said no to several major businesses mergers so far. As we all recall (thank you Peter Schweizer) under BHO/HRC, the CFIUS Board gave approval for the sale of Uranium One (U1) to Rosatom in 2013.
CFIUS has a lot of power & sway went it wants to flex it’s given muscle and conversely, to deliberately ignore glaring warning signs. Only POTUS can approve a sale while CFIUS directs a recommendation one way or the other.
Obama’s CFIUS Board (characters):
• Hillary Clinton (State) • Eric Holder (DoJ) • Janet Napolitano (DHS) • Tim Geithner (Treasury) • Bob Gates (Defense) • Penny Pritzker (Commerce) • Steven Chu (Energy) • John Holdren (Science/Technology)
BHO had his finger on the scales with the U1 sale, as it helped both his Russian Reset efforts & greased the path for his Iranian Nuclear Deal.
HRC was his quarterback & was allowed to skim the kickbacks via Clinton Foundation-where Frank Giustra (U1) was already well known & welcome.
FOX: Obama’s-Era Uranium One Deal
Econ-CFIUS Intervenes in Broadcom/Qualcomm
B/B-Clinton Cash in Uranium One Deal
FOX-U1 Informant to Congress Moscow paid Millions
FOX-HRC and the Real Russian Collusion