Sunday on CBS’s “Face The Nation,” Sen. James Lankford, (R-OK) said there were still “unanswered questions” surrounding the 2010 uranium deal between Russia and the Obama administration.
Partial transcript as follows:
DICKERSON: Let me ask you another question about potential business in the Intelligence Community that you’re on. You are looking into the Russian influence in the election, there have been reports this week about Russian efforts to try to influence the Obama administration and try to influence perhaps Hillary Clinton through donations to the Clinton Foundation with respect to the purchase of uranium. Is that something that Intelligence Committee should look at that — that you’re interested in looking at?
LANKFORD: We need to finish up the report we have now, but that is an unsettled issue. That something that the FBI has pursued for now a decade to try to determine what influence was done. As you know, there are several Russians that have been arrested for this or have been charged on these crimes of trying to be able to influence the purchase of — in the deal on uranium with the Obama administration through the Clinton Foundation. There are unanswered questions that should be answered. It may not necessarily be by this investigation. We like to be able to close it down. But that is unfinished business, quite frankly the Judiciary Committee will probably be the lead investigative team on that one from the Senate. But we still wait to see the final reports from the FBI to be able to get the actual details.
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