with the fbi, in the uranium russian uranium industry for over a year before the 2010 decision. and he was reporting to the fbi about all the corruption in the russian uranium industry. bribes, kick backs, money being laundered all over the world. here is my question. he is telling this to the fbi. and at the time the fbi is telling him oh, yeah, we are briefing bob mueller and we are briefing the president on this. why did this deal get allowed to go through? steve: victoria, you re saying your client, the informant, was told by the fbi, his handlers that the information that russia was bribing to try to get this uranium one deal through, the director of the fbi knew and the president of the united states knew and they still let the deal go through? they still let the deal go through. the question is. steve: wow. bob mueller knew about
investigators apparently has found evidence of suspected wrongdoing by the podesta group, which you will remember is a lobbying firm founded by hillary clinton s campaign chairman john podesta and his brother tony. according to news accounts, podestas may have violated criminal law by failing to register as lobbyists for foreign powers. not exactly a development democrats were hoping for when they cheered mueller s appointment as independent counsel. and then there is the ongoing uranium one scandal, which has been explained in a series of devastating pieces by the hill newspaper. back in 2010, in a move that virtually nobody will now defend, the obama administration allowed a russian firm to gain control over about 20% of our uranium reserves here in the united states. before the deal was approved, obama s department of justice uncovered a massive russian racketeering and bribery ring working to get control of that uranium. the obama administration kept that information secret, even f
goldman sachs. they ve held fund-raising events at the headquarters of goldman sachs and at the same time, hillary clinton is trying to be more elizabeth warreny like. all this stuff ends up cutting against each other. and i think there may not be anything inappropriate or wrong or illegal, not to say there isn t, but there may not be. it complicates the message they re trying to send politically while they re trying to be global actors. michael, i think the clinton campaign release tonight about hillary did not make the decision for the state department about letting that deal go through. is one of those pieces in politics where you re forced to admit the office holder doesn t do these things. it s done at a staff level. the office holder is flying in a plane anywhere holding meetings with people. i ll be very surprised to discover that hillary was really hands on certifying this kind of
or illegal, not to say there isn t, but there may not be. it complicates the message they re trying to send politically while they re trying to be global actors. michael, i think the clinton campaign release tonight about hillary did not make the decision for the state department about letting that deal go through. is one of those pieces in politics where you re forced to admit the office holder doesn t do these things. it s done at a staff level. the office holder is flying in a plane anywhere holding meetings with people. i ll be very surprised to discover that hillary was really hands on certifying this kind of deal. in fact, this stuff is delegated usually and i bet there will turn out to be a very large e-mail in the state department, not hers, but others, advisory e-mails saying yes, this is what we should do with this deal. right, of course. but the conflict of interest
something that will not happen should the deal go through. shepard: what happens next? reporter: well, next up the judge, if the judge decides and agrees with the assessment, they move immediately to a plea hearing. during that hearing, which would happen today, it is expected that loughner will plead guilty to save his life to spend it in prison but his behavior is key. if he acts out like he has in the past the judge could stop the proceeding or he could change his mine. if it proceeds the judge will have loughner or an attorney explain the details of the shooting. either way, loughner will have to admit killing six people and injuring several others in a parking lot here in tucson, back in january of 2011. shepard: thank you from the courthouse. now to the legal panel, former prosecutor, arthur aidala, and criminal defense attorney, randy zelin. i guess the only thing left is whether the judge finds him