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lindysalsagal

(20,686 posts)
Mon Jan 15, 2018, 07:24 PM Jan 2018

Grand jury indicts Maryland executive in Uranium One deal: report BY JOHN BOWDEN - 01/14/18 09:40 AM

This was reported on The Hill.
http://thehill.com/policy/international/368953-grand-jury-indicts-maryland-executive-in-uranium-one-deal-report

A grand jury reportedly brought charges in the Uranium One investigation against a man who investigators say tried to bribe a Russian official at the country's state-run nuclear energy corporation.

Mark Lambert, former head of a Maryland-based transportation company, was indicted last Thursday on 11 counts of money laundering and wire fraud, according to the New York Post.

The Uranium One investigation centers on the Obama administration's clearing of a business deal that allowed a Russian nuclear firm to buy a Canadian uranium mining company with assets in the U.S.

In the indictment, prosecutors accuse Lambert of hiding the payments to the Russian official by using code words such as “lucky figures,” “lucky numbers” and “cake.” The official Lambert was accused of bribing works at a subsidiary of Russia’s State Atomic Energy Corp.



This just popped up on my phone and I couldn't find anything about it on DU.

Now, I know an indictment proves nothing, and there's no claim Obama was involved. Russia wanted to buy a canadian mining company.

Ok, so, there's not really any "there" there. But I should have read somthing about it on du, don't you think? I googled it and the only posts were from way back.

I know nothing. This is a day old and there's nothing on cnn or wapo. So, why does ny Post and the hill have it? Indictments are indicments, whether or not they have merit.
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Gothmog

(145,242 posts)
1. This idiot ls linked to Flynn
Mon Jan 15, 2018, 07:38 PM
Jan 2018

The RWNJ idiots are pushing this as their latest conspiracy theory even though there is no link to any Democrat.






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lindysalsagal

(20,686 posts)
4. It's still news if there are indictments: Is du an echo chamber, or what? Why can't we discuss
Mon Jan 15, 2018, 07:43 PM
Jan 2018

the other side's tactics?

lindysalsagal

(20,686 posts)
3. I'm confused. If he's linked to Flynn, and there's money laundering, why would the gop want to brag
Mon Jan 15, 2018, 07:41 PM
Jan 2018

about it? The story was on faux and breatbard when I googled it.

You wouldn't think they'd want to open the russia bribe/money laundering topic, at all.

rogue emissary

(3,148 posts)
6. They think it only goes as far as Uranium One which equals Hillary in their mind.
Mon Jan 15, 2018, 07:48 PM
Jan 2018

Of course, it will probably go way broader and connect to Russian election interference.

rogue emissary

(3,148 posts)
8. Agreed, but it's like the Fast and Furious scandal. The facts don't matter they were going to blame
Mon Jan 15, 2018, 08:04 PM
Jan 2018

. . . Obama and Holder.

wishstar

(5,269 posts)
9. This matter has had an active discussion and more complete explanation on DU here:
Mon Jan 15, 2018, 08:19 PM
Jan 2018
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100210094541

I don't see any connection whatsoever to either Clintons or Flynn. Seems that both sides are jumping to politicize merely because it involves Russians and Uranium.

lindysalsagal

(20,686 posts)
12. No, it doesn't, and it's still not on CNN or Wapo.
Tue Jan 16, 2018, 07:26 AM
Jan 2018

Looks like the rnc attempted some kind of smear, and it only played on far-right media. RNC fail.

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