The Uranium Trail: A Web of Connections That Won’t Go Away

Let’s start with a simple question that has never been answered to the satisfaction of millions of Americans.

How did Iran get the money?

Not the oil money. Not the money from sanctions evasion. The money that came directly from the United States. The $150 billion. In cash. Palletized. Shipped on cargo planes. Delivered to the Ayatollah Khamenei’s government as part of the nuclear deal that Barack Obama called his signature foreign policy achievement.

The money was Iran’s own, frozen for decades. The argument was that it belonged to them, that they were entitled to it, that releasing it was simply giving back what was already theirs. That argument had a surface logic. The money had been frozen. The sanctions were being lifted. The deal required the return of the assets. It was a negotiation. It was diplomacy. It was the kind of thing that happens when countries make agreements.

But here is the question that Obama never answered. What did Iran do with the money?

We know now. They used it to buy uranium. They used it to build missiles. They used it to fund drones. They used it to arm Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Houthis. They used it to become the most dangerous state sponsor of terror in the world. They used it to threaten Israel, to destabilize the Middle East, to kill Americans.

The money that Obama sent to Iran did not go to hospitals. It did not go to schools. It did not go to infrastructure. It went to weapons. It went to war. It went to the very programs that the nuclear deal was supposed to prevent.

And then there is the other part. The part that involves Hillary Clinton. The part that involves the Clinton Foundation. The part that involves Bill Clinton getting paid half a million dollars for a thirty-minute speech. The part that involves the sale of American uranium to Russia. The part that involves Putin. The part that involves deleted emails and federal subpoenas and the sense that something very wrong happened and no one was ever held accountable.

This is not a conspiracy theory. This is a collection of facts. Facts that have been reported. Facts that have been investigated. Facts that have been acknowledged, if not explained, by the people who were involved. Facts that, when connected, tell a story that is deeply disturbing and never fully resolved.

The Uranium One Deal

Let’s start with the uranium. Twenty percent of America’s uranium production capacity. Sold to a Russian company. Rosatom. A company controlled by the Kremlin. A company run by people who answer directly to Vladimir Putin.

The deal was approved by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States. CFIUS. A committee that included Hillary Clinton’s State Department. The State Department signed off. The State Department gave the green light. The State Department allowed a Russian company to take control of a significant portion of America’s uranium supply.

This was not a secret. This was not a backroom deal. This was a public transaction. Reviewed by multiple agencies. Approved by multiple departments. Signed off by multiple officials. The process was followed. The paperwork was filed. The deal went through.

But here is the question that has never been answered. Did the Clinton Foundation receive donations from people connected to the deal? Did those donations influence the State Department’s decision? Did Hillary Clinton know that her family’s foundation was taking money from the very people who were benefiting from her department’s approval?

The Clinton Foundation says no. The State Department says no. The investigations that were conducted found no wrongdoing. The matter was closed. The deal stood.

But the questions have never gone away. Because the pattern is too striking. The Clintons have a habit of receiving donations from people who have business before the State Department. The Clintons have a habit of receiving speaking fees from people who have business before the State Department. The Clintons have a habit of being enriched by the very people who benefit from the decisions that Hillary Clinton makes.

Half a million dollars for a thirty-minute speech. That is what Putin paid Bill Clinton. Not the Russian government. Putin. Personally. The man who has spent his career consolidating power, silencing dissent, and rebuilding the Russian empire. The man who is now America’s most dangerous adversary. That man paid Bill Clinton half a million dollars to speak for thirty minutes.

And then Hillary Clinton’s State Department approved the sale of twenty percent of America’s uranium to a Russian company. A company controlled by the Kremlin. A company run by people who answer to Putin.

The sequence of events is damning. The appearance of impropriety is overwhelming. The questions have never been answered. And the people who could answer them have refused to cooperate.

The Iranian Cash

The uranium deal is one part of the story. The Iranian cash is another.

$150 billion. That is the number that Obama’s defenders use. They say it was Iran’s money. They say it was frozen. They say it was returned as part of the nuclear deal. They say it was not a payment. It was a release. It was giving back what was already theirs.

That is true. The money was Iran’s. It had been frozen for decades. It was not a gift. It was not a bribe. It was a return of assets.

But here is the question that the defenders do not answer. Did the release of that money enable Iran to accelerate its nuclear program? Did the release of that money allow Iran to buy weapons, to fund terror, to threaten America’s allies? Did the release of that money make the world less safe?

The answer is yes. It is undeniable. Iran used that money to buy uranium. Iran used that money to build missiles. Iran used that money to develop drones. Iran used that money to arm Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Houthis. Iran used that money to become the most dangerous state sponsor of terror in the world.

Obama knew this would happen. He was warned. The intelligence community told him that Iran would use the money for weapons. The Israelis told him that Iran would use the money for terror. The Saudis told him that Iran would use the money to destabilize the region. He ignored them. He pushed the deal through. He released the money. And now the Middle East is burning.

The connection to the uranium deal is the final piece. The uranium that was sold to Russia by Hillary Clinton’s State Department. The uranium that ended up in Iran’s hands. The uranium that Iran is using to build nuclear bombs. The uranium that came from America. The uranium that was approved for sale by the Clinton administration.

Putin sold uranium to Iran. The uranium came from America. The money came from Obama. The approvals came from Clinton. And now the bombs are being built.

The Deleted Emails

And then there are the emails. Thirty-three thousand of them. Deleted. Wiped. Destroyed. After a federal subpoena was served. After a congressional investigation was launched. After the world was already asking questions.

Hillary Clinton says it was a mistake. She says the emails were personal. She says she did not know that they were subject to the subpoena. She says she did not intend to destroy evidence.

The FBI investigated. The FBI concluded that there was no criminal intent. The FBI closed the case. The matter was settled.

But the questions have never gone away. Because the timing is too convenient. The deletion happened after the subpoena was served. The deletion happened when the investigation was already underway. The deletion happened when the world was already asking about the uranium deal, about the Clinton Foundation donations, about the half-million-dollar speech.

The emails might have contained answers. The emails might have explained the connections. The emails might have resolved the questions that have been hanging over the Clintons for years. The emails might have shown that nothing improper happened. Or the emails might have shown that something improper did happen.

We will never know. Because the emails are gone. Deleted. Wiped. Destroyed. And the woman who destroyed them became the Democratic nominee for president.

The Investigation That Wasn’t

And then they investigated Donald Trump. For years. Millions of dollars. Thousands of hours. Countless subpoenas. Multiple special counsels. Impeachment. Investigations. Hearings. Reports.

They investigated Trump for colluding with Russia. They found nothing. They investigated Trump for obstruction of justice. They found nothing. They investigated Trump for everything they could think of. They found nothing.

But they did not investigate Hillary Clinton. They did not investigate the uranium deal. They did not investigate the Clinton Foundation donations. They did not investigate the half-million-dollar speech. They did not investigate the deleted emails. They did not investigate the connection between the State Department’s approval of the uranium sale and the donations to the Clinton Foundation.

The double standard is staggering. The people who were supposed to be investigating corruption looked the other way when the corruption was on their side. They investigated their political opponents and ignored their political allies. They used the power of the federal government to go after the people they did not like and protect the people they did.

And now the country is paying the price. The Middle East is on fire. Iran is closer than ever to a nuclear weapon. The uranium that was sold to Russia is in the hands of the Ayatollah. The money that Obama sent to Iran is being used to kill Americans. And the people who made it possible have never been held accountable.

The Obama Legacy

Barack Obama bears primary responsibility. That is the claim. That is the accusation. That is the judgment of millions of Americans who watched him ship billions of dollars to Iran and then watched Iran use that money to build weapons of war.

Obama’s defenders say he was trying to prevent a nuclear Iran. They say the deal was the best option available. They say the alternatives were worse. They say that without the deal, Iran would have built a bomb years ago.

But the deal did not prevent Iran from building a bomb. It delayed it. It gave Iran time. It gave Iran money. It gave Iran the resources to accelerate its program once the deal expired. And now the deal is dead, and Iran is closer than ever to a nuclear weapon, and the money that Obama sent them is being used to build it.

Obama also bears responsibility for the Arab Spring. He backed it. He encouraged it. He celebrated it. And then he watched as the countries that had been stable fell into chaos. Egypt. Libya. Syria. Yemen. One by one, the nations that had been American allies collapsed into civil war, terrorism, and failed states.

The people who cheered the Arab Spring are now living in the ruins. The people who thought they were overthrowing dictators are now living under new dictators. The people who thought they were building democracy are now living in chaos. And Obama, who encouraged them, has moved on.

The Last Word

The uranium deal. The Iranian cash. The Clinton Foundation donations. The half-million-dollar speech. The deleted emails. The investigations that targeted Trump and ignored Clinton. The Arab Spring. The chaos. The failed states. The nuclear bombs.

These are not conspiracy theories. These are facts. They are facts that have been reported. They are facts that have been investigated. They are facts that have been acknowledged by the people who were involved. They are facts that have never been explained to the satisfaction of millions of Americans.

The people who were responsible have not been held accountable. The Clintons are still free. Obama is still celebrated. The officials who approved the deals are still in positions of power. The investigations that should have happened did not happen. The questions that should have been answered were never asked.

And now the country is paying the price. The Middle East is on fire. Iran is building bombs. The uranium that came from America is in the hands of the Ayatollah. The money that came from Obama is being used to kill Americans.

The investigation of Donald Trump was a waste of time and money. It found nothing. It proved nothing. It accomplished nothing except to divide the country and distract from the real corruption.

The real corruption was elsewhere. The real corruption was in the deals that were made, the money that was moved, the emails that were deleted. The real corruption was in the decisions that made the world less safe. The real corruption was in the people who made those decisions and then refused to answer for them.

The uranium trail leads back to America. The money trail leads back to the White House. The bomb that Iran is building is made from materials that came from the United States, approved by the Clinton State Department, paid for by the Obama administration.

That is the story. That is the truth. That is the thing that the investigations ignored. And that is the thing that will haunt American foreign policy for generations to come.