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Clinton Foundation shook down supermodel’s charity
Ny Post ^ | 5/29/15 | Aaron Short

Posted on 05/29/2015 12:50:14 PM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda

Clinton Foundation shook down supermodel’s charity

By Aaron Short

The Clinton Foundation shook down a charity run by supermodel Petra Nemcova for a $500,000 donation before Bill Clinton would agree to speak at its annual gala last year in Manhattan, according to a report today. The former president received a “lifetime achievement award” at the June 2014 Happy Hearts fundraiser at Cipriani 42nd Street. The charity’s former director told The New York Times that Clinton appearance was a result of a “quid pro quo” — meaning the $500,000 payment. “The Clinton Foundation had rejected the Happy Hearts Fund invitation more than once, until there was a thinly veiled solicitation and then the offer of an honorarium,” former charity director Sue Veres Royal said.

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KEYWORDS: clinton; clintonfoundation; happyheartsfund
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How long is this going to go on before we see a perp walk? Shaking down a charity now, how nice. And for oh, only half a mill.
1 posted on 05/29/2015 12:50:14 PM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

This is the woman severely injured in the Thailand tsunami?


2 posted on 05/29/2015 12:52:30 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

Something is missing in this thread.


3 posted on 05/29/2015 12:53:06 PM PDT by The South Texan (The Drive By Media is America's worst enemy and American people don't know it.)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

At least he didn’t shake her down.

Or did he???


4 posted on 05/29/2015 12:54:41 PM PDT by MAexile (Bats left, votes rights)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

“How long is this going to go on before we see a perp walk? “

Until the Democrats decide they want another candidate. Then they’ll turn the MSM loose on the Clintons the way they did when the decided they wanted Obama in 2008. But until then either Clinton could admit to any crime imaginable and nothing will happen. Remember, all of the mechanisms to take them down are in Obama’s hands. No other law enforcement would have jurisdiction or the clout.


5 posted on 05/29/2015 12:54:51 PM PDT by Gen.Blather
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To: The South Texan
Something is missing in this thread.

You're welcome.

6 posted on 05/29/2015 12:56:13 PM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: nickcarraway

Yep, that’s her......

“Nemcova was at Khao Lak, Thailand with her main photographer and then-fiancé, Simon Atlee when the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and subsequent tsunami struck.[citation needed] Atlee drowned and Nemcova suffered a broken pelvis and serious internal injuries, but she managed to hold on to a palm tree for eight hours until she was rescued by Thai civilians and airlifted to an inland hospital nearby.”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petra_N%C4%9Bmcov%C3%A1


7 posted on 05/29/2015 12:56:43 PM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (B. Hussein Obama: 17 acts of Treason and counting.)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

Supermodel? Looks like something in that deal for BOTH the Clinton’s.


8 posted on 05/29/2015 12:57:31 PM PDT by Colonel_Flagg ("Politics is downstream from culture." -- Andrew Breitbart)
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To: Gen.Blather

I wonder if they are setting this all up, releasing all this info then at the right time as the elections near BANG, goodbye Clintoons! Oh maaaaan, dreams sometimes come true.


9 posted on 05/29/2015 12:58:26 PM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (B. Hussein Obama: 17 acts of Treason and counting.)
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To: martin_fierro
Bill wanted to give Petra a steep discount to make sure she'd say yes, but H! held out for the full $500,000 ....


10 posted on 05/29/2015 1:03:18 PM PDT by Servant of the Cross (the Truth will set you free)
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To: Servant of the Cross

I admit it. I hope this man dies a terribly painful death for all the evil he has wrought.


11 posted on 05/29/2015 1:04:17 PM PDT by combat_boots (The Lion of Judah cometh. Hallelujah. Gloria Patri, Filio et Spiritui Sancto!)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

Have to wonder if Jesse Jackson’s shakdedown procedures were/are their model?


12 posted on 05/29/2015 1:04:23 PM PDT by miele man
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To: MAexile

That was my thought too. Since this is Bill Clinton, would he physically shake down a model???


13 posted on 05/29/2015 1:04:23 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: combat_boots

Just knowing that he’ll die soon (next few decades) is enough for me.


14 posted on 05/29/2015 1:06:32 PM PDT by FreedomStar3028 (Somebody has to step forward and do what is right because it is right, otherwise no one will follow.)
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“The Clinton Foundation had rejected the Happy Hearts Fund invitation more than once, until there was a thinly veiled solicitation and then the offer of an honorarium,” former charity director Sue Veres Royal said.

“Petra called me and said we have to include an honorarium for him — that they don’t look at these things unless money is offered, and it has to be $500,000,” she added.

Both the Clinton Foundation and Happy Hearts denied the shakedown charge and said the two groups were working together to provide aid to Haiti.

One charity shaking another charity down for a half million, and they give him an award to boot!

15 posted on 05/29/2015 1:10:23 PM PDT by exit82 ("The Taliban is on the inside of the building" E. Nordstrom 10-10-12)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

Yet Hastert has been indicted..seriously the Clintons should have been put in jail A LONG TIME AGO..but hey they are Democrats so they can get away with rape, murder, money laundering, anything they want


16 posted on 05/29/2015 1:11:25 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda
The Clinton Foundation shook down a charity

Ok, I think Clinton is nothing but a crook. However, how does refusing to show up at a gala unless paid rise to the level of shakedown? I mean, couldn't the charity have said, "Thank you for your consideration and we're sorry you've decided not to attend"?

My interpretation of a shakedown is when blackmail or something harmful is threatened in exchange for money or power.

Maybe I'm missing something in the article? I did read it.
17 posted on 05/29/2015 1:12:07 PM PDT by mmichaels1970
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To: exit82

I know, can you believe it? “Thanks for shaking us down sir! We award you!” The guy is a punk, he really is, not one scintilla of integrity or honor in the guy. Like my brother says, Hillary and him are the Sante and Kenneth Kimes of politics, two low life grifters who should be in JAIL!


18 posted on 05/29/2015 1:14:37 PM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (B. Hussein Obama: 17 acts of Treason and counting.)
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“I wonder if they are setting this all up,...”

Which “they” would that be? I don’t know of any conservatives in that kind of position in the government or the media.


19 posted on 05/29/2015 1:15:02 PM PDT by Gen.Blather
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

This reminds me of when Ass Gore shook down the Buddhist temple.


20 posted on 05/29/2015 1:17:08 PM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (B. Hussein Obama: 17 acts of Treason and counting.)
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