Despite Trump’s Shaming, Nets Ignore Clinton-Uranium Scandal

Nicholas Fondacaro | October 19, 2017
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In a statement to the press on Thursday, President Trump scolded the liberal media for going out of their way to protect Hillary Clinton and not report on the new development in the Uranium/Clinton/Russia scandal recently revived by The Hill. But despite the President’s shaming and claims that the media didn’t have a choice when covering stuff Trump was talking about, the Big Three Networks (ABC, CBS, and NBC) all ignored the scandal.

“The problem is that the mainstream media does not want to cover that story. Because that effects people that they protect. So they don't like covering that story,” Trump said in frustration. “But the big story is uranium and how Russia got 20 percent of our uranium. Frankly, it's a disgrace.” But the new details revealed by The Hill were worth dedicating significant time to.

In an appearance on Fox News Channel’s The Story on Thursday, Peter Schweizer, the man who exposed the Uranium One deal in his book Clinton Cash, recalled how his original findings were collaborated. “The book came out in 2015, The New York Times, to its credit, ran a 4000-word front-page investigative piece confirming all the facts.

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