What happened?

Hillary Clinton wants you to know what happened. But she isn’t telling you everything in her new book, “What Happened.”

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Given the news of late, here’s what we know really happened:

The Dossier
Despite claiming for more than a year that President Donald Trump colluded with the Russians, recent news about the “dossier” shows the Clinton campaign actively colluded with a former British spy and his Russian sources to compile dirt on Trump.

If that sounds much like the “collusion” charge Clinton and her allies have made against Trump, that’s because it is. But so far, at best, the only thing shown to tie the Trump campaign to a Russian is a meeting in June 2016 between Donald Trump Jr. and a Russian attorney. Trump Jr. thought he might get negative information on Clinton, but none was offered.

The revelation that the Democratic National Committee and the Clinton campaign were the ones consulting with foreigners to get dirt on Trump shows the lengths to which Clinton accused Trump of that of which she was guilty. Luckily for Clinton, legal experts such as Harvard University’s Alan Dershowitz say they doubt “collusion” with foreigners on campaign-related research is illegal.

Uranium One
Uranium One involves a deal to sell a Canadian mining company to a Russian-based company, Rosatom. The Canadian company, Uranium One, controls about 20 percent of U.S. uranium.

Multiple congressional committees opened up a new investigation when The Hill newspaper reported on October 17 that the FBI knew in 2009 that Russian company officials used bribes and other illegal tactics to expand their nuclear business in the United States. Clinton and a number of other federal officials approved the sale of Uranium One to Rosatom in 2010.

Now Republicans want to know why the deal was approved at all, as foreign governments are not supposed to use illegal schemes to conduct business in the United States.

The Clinton Foundation
The Uranium One deal ties into the Clinton Foundation, which should surprise no one.

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The foundation, founded by Bill Clinton in 1997, was designed to raise big bucks for various charitable efforts the Clintons favored. It was also a chance for the Clintons to spread their influence far and wide, as Hillary Clinton readied to run for president in 2008, and then again in 2016.

But as new revelations about the Uranium One deal came about, an odd donation made by the Russians resurfaced in the news.

Just before the approval in 2010, former President Bill Clinton spoke to Renaissance Capital, a Russian company, for a $500,000 fee. And as “Clinton Cash” author Peter Schweizer notes, “Of the 13 [Bill] Clinton speeches that fetched $500,000 or more, only two occurred during the years his wife was not secretary of state.”

The Russians may have used the opportunity to buy influence with then-Secretary of State Clinton, through Bill Clinton.

James Comey
Former FBI Director James Comey is said to have cost Hillary Clinton the election in 2016, when he informed Congress he was reopening the investigation into Clinton’s private email server.

Using a private server to process government emails was a no-no, but Clinton got a pass from Comey twice in 2016 — once in July and once just days before the Nov. 8, 2016, election, when he closed the case again.

But Comey may have been in Clinton’s corner longer than people think. Recent reporting indicates Comey began writing his infamous July 5, 2016, speech — the one clearing Clinton of wrongdoing — months before the investigation was concluded. Despite this advantage, Clinton still lost to Trump a year ago.