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Frank justra gets his uranium investments. >> his company was like a bit player and really had gone from the worthless shell company overnight. he got the huge mining deal. and soon after that bill clinton got a huge donation, $31 million to his foundation followed by a pledge to donate $100 million. >> our calls to the kazakhstan embassy were not returned. we talked to frank justra who told us he considers this an old story and says he's not interested in politics. meanwhile his defenders insist that no undue service was exerted in kazakhstan because the deal did not require the kazakhstan's ...

Frank justra gets his uranium investments. >> his company was like a bit player and really had gone from the worthless shell company overnight. he got the huge mining deal. and soon after that bill clinton got a huge donation, $31 million to his foundation followed by a pledge to donate $100 million. >> our calls to the kazakhstan embassy were not returned. we talked to frank justra who told us he considers this an old story and says he's not interested in politics. meanwhile his defenders insist that no undue service was exerted in kazakhstan because the deal did not require the kazakhstan's ...

It was in another vehicle. if someone killed people for money, wouldn't they keep that money near them? if they were in control wouldn't they keep the money with them. the money was not with him. if anything, he was a bit player in this horrendous episode. >> bill what do you make of this? one point that robin said was a bit player. now they are looking for other people. >> yes. >> so i guess we don't know what anybody's individual role could have been or how many people could have been there. you heard the reporter go through the criminal background at least 15 charges, we have at least three...

Winning "new york times" reporter jill becker. >> a huge propaganda coup. bill clinton basically endorsed the progress that kazakhstan had made in terms of their own democracy, which was sort of interesting, given that the president was elected with 90-plus percent of the vote and widely criticized as being rigged. >> bill clinton has a public press conference with the president where he praises his rule and praises his human rights record. but the bottom line is after they leave, a couple of days later, frank giustra gets his uranium concessions, which ends up being enormously lucrative to hi...

Pulitzer prize winner. >> he got this huge propaganda. bill clinton basically endorsed the progress that kazakhstan had made. in terms of their own democracy, which was sort of interesting, given that the president was left with 90 plus percent of the vote. in an election that was widely criticized as being rigged. >> bill clinton has a public press conference with the president, where he praises his rule and human rights practices. the bottom line is after they leave, a couple of days later, frank justra gets his uranium mine which ends up being enormously lucrative to him and to a small grou...