Hillary dismisses claims that Indian cash swayed her nuclear-deal stand

Washington, Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign has dismissed as conspiracy theory claims made by a new book that cash donations from India swayed her stance as a senator on the landmark India-US nuclear deal.
“Clinton Cash is attempting to rewrite history to fit a pre-determined partisan narrative,” Clinton campaign spokesman Josh Schwerin told Politico, an influential Washington political news site.
“It only takes a quick look at Hillary’s actual voting record and statements to see that this conspiracy theory doesn’t even come close to passing the smell test,” he was quoted as saying on Wednesday.
Politico said it has obtained a chapter relating to India from the book, “Clinton Cash: The Untold Story of How and Why Foreign Governments and Businesses Help Make Bill and Hillary Rich” by author Peter Schweizer, due for release on May 5.
Implying that a group of influential Indians directed money to the Clintons in order to get them to support the nuclear deal, the book, according to Politico details the activities of Indian-American hotelier Sant Chatwal.
The hotelier is reported to have once said, “Even my close friend Hillary Clinton was not in favour of the deal [in 2006] … But when I put the whole package together, she also came on board. … you have to write cheques in the American political system.”

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