Donald Trump claimed Monday night that it’s Hillary Clinton and her cronies who have gotten too cozy with the Russians.
{mosads}The GOP nominee, who has made both Democrats and Republicans nervous by heaping praise on Russia’s strongman President Vladimir Putin in the course of his campaign, used a rally in Florida to raise questions about financial ties between Clintonland and the Kremlin.
Trump attacked Clinton campaign Chairman John Podesta for having an opaque business relationship with a Kremlin-backed investment firm.
“Podesta’s also linked to a major Kremlin-backed firm in Russia,” Trump said Monday night in Tampa, Fla.
“You know the way every time Russia’s brought up they say, ‘Oh Trump.’ What do I have to do with it? And now they’re linked.”
Trump then hit the Democratic nominee for the sale of U.S. uranium assets to the Russians during her tenure as secretary of State.
As the New York Times reported, about $2.35 million of undisclosed cash flowed to the Clinton Foundation over the same period that Uranium One was trying to convince U.S. government agencies, including Clinton’s State Department, to approve a Russian takeover.
“Remember that Hillary Clinton gave Russia 20 percent of American uranium,” Trump told his crowd Monday night. “And you know she was paid a fortune. They got a tremendous amount of money.”
“She always likes to tie me in with Russia,” he added.
“I have nothing to do with Russia, folks, OK. I’ll give you a written statement. Nothing to do.”