Call Clinton Foundation Action What It Was: Corruption

Commentary Magazine ^ | 02/27/2015 | Michael Rubin

[Kid Shelleen]

So, it’s now become clear that the Clinton Foundation violated its ethics agreement with the Obama administration, which had been drawn up to avoid conflicts of interest when President Obama tapped Hillary Clinton to become his secretary of state. Because the Clinton Foundation often received donations from foreign states and Hillary Clinton didn’t want her tenure in Foggy Bottom to drain the Foundation of the funds upon which it came to rely, Obama administration lawyers hashed out an agreement in which foreign states could donate, but only if they had donated before and only if they did not provide additional money beyond what had been their previous practice.

[Kid Shelleen]

The Clinton'istas and the Obam'ites made a deal. What could go wrong? Isn't this what the Five Families in New York tried?

[marron]

foreign states could donate, but only if they had donated before and only if they did not provide additional money beyond what had been their previous practice.

What they consider ethical is if they are already paying you off, they can continue to pay you off.

[tet68]

Obama,”If you like your payoff, you can keep your payoff”.