Sanders on Trump inaugural committee subpoena: 'This has nothing to do with the White House' By Caitlin Oprysko
White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders sought Tuesday to distance the White House from allegations of misusing money from President Donald Trump’s inaugural committee, though she did not explicitly deny that any illegal activity might have taken place.
Trump’s inaugural committee, which is just one more extension of the Trump universe under scrutiny from federal prosecutors, was hit with a subpoena on Monday for documents reportedly related to the nonprofit committee’s donors and whether they received any benefits for their contribution. Prosecutors also sought information about attendees at Trump’s 2017 swearing-in and whether any donations were made on behalf of foreign nationals.
Asked in an interview on CNN’s “New Day” if she was “confident” no illegal activity took place on the committee, Sanders responded that “I'm reading the same reports you are this morning, gathering the information.”
She deferred specific questions to the president’s inaugural committee, which is a separate entity from the White House. But she said that “what I do know at this point is this has nothing to do with the White House.”
Sanders has similarly deflected blame when members of the president’s inner circle, most recently his longtime political adviser Roger Stone, have been wrapped up in probes to examine Russian interference in the 2016 election.
HOWEVER....WHY NOT INVESTIGATE THIS...….
Did Russia Send Money To Bill Clinton’s Foundation Like Trump Says? Fact-Checking The President’s Claim
Bill Clinton did receive $500,000 to deliver a speech at a Russian bank that was promoting Uranium One stock, according to The New York Times, and the company’s chairman donated $2.35 million to the foundation in four installments as Uranium One was being acquired by Rosatum between 2009 and 2013.
All told, $145 million went to the Clinton Foundation from those linked to Uranium One and UrAsia, but it went to the charity organization and not the Clinton family. Furthermore, most of those donations occurred before and during Hillary Clinton’s 2008 campaign, according to The Post.
NEWSWEEK Assessment: Yes, the foundation received money and Bill Clinton was paid to give a speech, but there’s no evidence the Clintons were paid by Russians to push through the uranium deal.
MY Assessment: Yes, the foundation received money and Bill Clinton was paid to give a speech, but tell me...what could Bill Clinton POSSIBLY talk to the Russians about, that could be worth 1/2 a million dollars ?? AND...Does anyone really believe that the Russians DONATED $145million to the Clintons out of "THE GOODNESS OF THEIR HEARTS"...Certainly it would have NOTHING to do with the URANIUM DEAL..!!! AND THEN...The Clintons didn't touch any of that "donated money"...It's all still there, next to the "HAITIAN RELIEF FUNDS".....HA! HA! HA!...….RIGHT !!
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