FBI Interviewed Uranium One Informant in Clinton Foundation Investigation

by Sara Carter, Sara Carter:

William D. Campbell fights back against The Hill and Democratic accusations

Aformer FBI informant who spent more than six years undercover gathering information on the Russian energy and uranium market was recently interviewed by FBI agents from the Little Rock, Arkansas field office as part of an ongoing bureau investigation into the Clinton Foundation, according to Victoria Toensing, the attorney representing the informant.

Toensing disclosed the information in a letter asking for a retraction to The Hill’s articlepublished Thursday, which was based solely on a Democrat memorandum attacking the credibility of William Douglas Campbell, the former informant. Democrats stated that Campbell provided no evidence to the congressional committees of “quid pro quo” regarding the Clinton Foundation and the Russians.

Toensing was never contacted prior to publication by The Hill for fair comment in the story. The Hill’s article has now been followed up in The Washington Post, The Washington Examiner, CNN, Reuters, Yahoo,  and other numerous outlets, none of which contacted Toensing for fair comment.  On Friday, The Hill updated the story, only after receiving a call from Toensing asking for a retraction.

In a formal letter, Toensing condemned the Democratic memo and The Hill for making false allegations against her client and not contacting her for comment. The Hill did not retract the story but updated it instead.

“The reporter told me they were leaving in the accusations because she said, that’s what the Democrats told her,” said Toensing. “This is a new journalistic standard.”

A spokesperson for The Hill defended the news organization’s work, stating it has written extensively on the issue of the Uranium One sale and Campbell.

“The Hill has reported more extensively on Uranium One than any other publication brought this issue to the attention of the public, reporting accurately what members on both sides of the aisle have said about the issue,” The Hill spokesperson said in an email.

Friday’s edition of the story was updated to include Toensing’s statements from the letter she sent asking for a retraction of the story. The Hill also included a statement from a spokesperson for the Republican chairman of the House Oversight committee, Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., on Friday.

“We did in fact ask multiple Republican lawmakers for comment and they declined to make any statement,” The Hill spokesperson said.

However, Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, and Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., who were both actively involved in calling for an investigation into the Uranium One matter never received a call, they said.

Toensing said the information Campbell delivered to the FBI and his previous knowledge of Russian operations to enter the U.S. energy market was significant enough to the bureau that they interviewed him in December regarding the Clinton Foundation investigation.

“FBI agents from Little Rock, Arkansas interviewed Mr. Campbell about the Clinton Foundation,” she revealed. “Would they have done so if he had “serious credibility concerns?”

The article was written by The Hill staffer Katie Bo Williams. It was based on the Democratic memorandum of the briefing Campbell gave to both Republican and Democratic staffers from three Congressional Committees in February. Campbell provided the congressional staff members with years of in-depth and valuable information on the Russian nuclear energy industry and relayed thousands of briefs he put together for the FBI on his conversations with the Russians.

The Democratic memorandum “falsely accuses Mr. Campbell of criminal conduct, alleging that he had taken “kickbacks from [the Russian] firm before he was authorized to do so,” Toensing stated.

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