title: russiaus plutonium deal no longer in effect
text: fbi releases clinton foundation investigation records  
  daily caller 
  the fbi on tuesday released documents related to a nowclosed federal investigation of an alleged paytoplay scheme involving bill clinton and the clinton foundation 
  the documents which are heavily redacted regard the investigation of clintons lastminute pardon of marc rich a billionaire fugitive who was wanted in the us for tax evasion 
  the jan   pardon sparked the last controversy to befall the scandalplagued clinton administration richs exwife denise donated more than  million to various clinton and democratic entities including the democratic national committee hillary clintons new york senate campaign and the clinton foundation 
  the release provides little in the way of information that has not already been publicized but the dump is noteworthy for two reasons it reminds voters that the clinton white house and clinton foundation were embroiled in an investigation concerning paytoplay allegations the clinton foundation is reportedly being investigated at the present by multiple fbi field offices 
  it also comes as the fbi is locked in a bitter standoff with the clinton foundation and the justice department over fbi director james comeys handling of the hillary clinton email investigation 
  the newlyreleased files include one entry which shows that the required pardon standards and procedures were not followed prior to the rich pardon 
  roger adams the us pardon attorney at the time testified to congress in feb  that none of the regular procedures were followed ahead of the rich reprieve 
  former attorney general eric holder is also mentioned in the file it cites holders testimony that he was the only person who worked at doj  he was deputy attorney general at the time  about the rich pardon from the fbis clinton foundation investigation files 
  a grand jury was convened to weigh the merits of the case but no indictments were handed down ironically the law enforcement official who closed the case was fbi director comey he served as deputy attorney general in the george w bush administration 
  the fbis website suggests that more clinton foundation investigation records could be coming in the future 
  this initial release consists of material from the fbis files related to the william j clinton foundation  a nonprofit c organization the site reads the bulk of these records come from a  fbi investigation into the pardon of marc rich  aka marcell david reich by president clinton in  it was closed in  
  the fbi did not respond to a request for more information on future releases 
  update clinton campaign press secretary brian fallon questioned the release 
  the fbi issued a statement late tuesday afternoon saying that the file was released in response to a foia request 
  the fbis records management division receives thousands of foia requests annually which are processed on a first in first out fifo basis the statement reads 
  by law foia materials that have been requested three or more times are posted electronically to the fbis public reading room shortly after they are processed per the standard procedure for foia these materials became available for release and were posted automatically and electronically to the fbis public reading room in accordance with the law and established procedures