/What would Albore say? Bill Clinton Travelling The World On His Uranium Pal’s Private Jet
See all:This is an amusing coincidence. On the same day that a scandalous uranium deal facilitated by Bill Clinton on behalf of his friend Frank Giustra comes to light, the NYT Magazine releases this weekend’s cover story on the former President.And who should play prominently in it? That’s right. Frank Giustra.(Quick refresher: Giustra travelled to Kazakhstan with Clinton in 2005 and walked away with a monster Uranium deal that made him a very rich man. Later he made a huge donation to the Clinton global foundation. And now that deal is the subject of a probe in Kazkhstan over whether it was done illegally.)It seems Giustra’s private jet — no doubt paid for with the uranium windfall — is Clinton’s equivalent of Air Force One.They spend much of their lives on airplanes, hers provided by the Air Force, his usually by one of his wealthy friends. For the South America trip, Clinton traveled with Frank Giustra aboard his luxurious MD-87, complete with bedroom and shower, gold-plated bathroom fixtures[…]