integrity of the piece and said no one, quote, has ever produced a shred of evidence supporting the theory that hillary clinton ever took action as secretary of state to support the interests of donors to the clinton foundation. in another memo published online clinton spokesperson goes on to say that hillary clinton was not involved in the state department's review of the sale to the russians and the clinton foundation donor featured in the piece, quote, neither spoke to either president clinton or then secretary clinton about his company. joining me now, michelle goldberg, senior contributing writer at "the nation." eric boehlert, senior fellow at "media matters." what do you make of this, eric? >> the uranium story is interesting because there is a lot of stuff missing. if you look at that deal, when you read it from the times, you're like, oh my gosh, quid pro quo. we have a smoking gun. the deal had to be approved by the white house. the state department. commerce. treasury. energy. nuclear regulators commission, utah nuclear regulators. the idea that hillary clinton controls all those entities because someone paid her husband