Posted on 11/17/2017 5:47:25 AM PST by markomalley
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) has sought access to an undercover informant who helped the FBI chronicle bribery, kickbacks and money laundering inside Moscow's nuclear industry as part of an Obama-era Russia corruption case.
Heather Sawyer, the general counsel for Feinstein – the top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee – sent an email this week to the lawyer for the former FBI informant, William Campbell, seeking to be included in conversations involving the committee.
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), the chairman of the committee, secured an agreement with the Justice Department to allow Campbell to talk to Congress about the evidence he gathered for the FBI from 2009 to 2014 when he worked as a consultant for Rosatom Tenex, Russia's state-owned commercial nuclear arm.
Campbell's work led to the indictments of three major players, including Tenex official Vadim Mikerin, a key Russian nuclear figure inside the United States who was sentenced to 48 months in prison in December 2015.
Grassley wants to know what the FBI did with the evidence it first gathered in 2009 that Mikerin and others inside the Russian nuclear industry were engaged in illegal activity.
The GOP chairman also wants to know whether the Obama administration was alerted to the illegal activity before it approved the sale of U.S. uranium assets to Rosatom and made other favorable decisions worth billions of dollars to Russia's nuclear industry.
"I’m writing to follow-up on the October 18, 2017 letter from Chairman Grassley," Sawyer wrote Campbell's attorney, Victoria Toensing.
"I understand that you represent someone who may have information of interest to the Committee and that discussions are under way to arrange for a possible interview," she added. "We would appreciate being looped in on those discussions so that we can address any concerns that might arise."
Toensing signaled in a response back to Feinstein's staff that she and her client will cooperate, according to an email exchange reviewed by The Hill.
Feinstein first showed her interest in the case a few weeks ago in an interview with The Hill where she said she would like to learn more about the FBI case and what happened with the evidence.
Sen. Angus King (I-Maine), who caucuses with the Democrats, likewise has said the case may raise legitimate oversight issues for Congress.
Some Republicans are pressing the Justice Department to name a special counsel to re-investigate the Mikerin matter. The department already appointed one special counsel in May, Robert Mueller, to probe ties between President Trump's campaign and Russia.
Republicans have noted that former President Bill Clinton received a $500,000 speech fee and millions in charitable donations from parties interested in the Russia nuclear company during the time his wife Hillary Clinton served as secretary of State.
Hillary Clinton has scoffed at those requests, suggesting they are nothing more than a partisan distraction from the current federal probe into Russia meddling in the 2016 election.
Probably a fact finding trip from the Democratic Party leadership to make sure there are no surprises for them.
I wouldn’t go anywhere NEAR DiFi.
On December 8th, Feinstein made it very clear to Hillary during a three hour wine binge that it was time for her to get out of the spotlight and go ‘recover’ from her defeat.
Since that time, Hillary’s continued making moves; enough so that Feinstein decided to cancel her retirement - which Hillary responded to by rallying her troops in California to unseat Feinstein.
That Feinstein might be lining up the dominoes to expose all the deals made to enrich the Clinton family while Hillary was Secretary of State is hardly surprising. That this one was done publically likely is a final warning to Hillary to call off her pets in California and go retire gracefully.
I doubt the Clintons will heed the warning. 2018 could be a very interesting year.
Grassley is generally quite cooperative with Feinstein, and she with him. If Grassley is keeping Feinstein as much out of the loop as he can, I’d bet there is some real big news coming.
Or it’s possible that Campbell and his lawyer just want as little to do with coverup Democrats as possible.
That was my first thought too. That dude better watch his back. He doesn’t want to end up committing Arkancide.
Hope Mr. Campbell avoids the 2100 block of Flagler Place NW.
If DiFi knows, she’ll tell Hillary and Hillary will have him murdered.
so Hillary’s Hitman can find him ?
I’m stunned that I’m reading a report that shows little to no bias. A first in ages!
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