Oppo-researchers seeking transcripts of Clinton’s paid speeches to Goldman Sachs

Hotair ^ | 05/09/2016 | John Sexton

[SeekAndFind]

Hillary Clinton gave three paid speeches to Goldman Sachs after leaving her job as Secretary of State in 2013. The content of those speeches has never been revealed. There are no video or audio clips of the speeches on You Tube and no written transcripts have been published. According to a story at the Hill, GOP oppo-researchers are trying to change that:

Republican opposition researchers have taken matters into their own hands, aggressively seeking any information about the speeches, including from Goldman employees who were in the room.

Ian Prior, the communications director for the well-funded Republican group American Crossroads, said information about the Goldman Sachs speeches could prove cataclysmic for the Democratic Party.

Finding and releasing the transcripts “would be a heck of a way to outflank Hillary on her left [in a general election] and stop Bernie’s supporters from voting for her,” he said.

Bernie Sanders has refused to attack Clinton over her private email server, but he has brought up the paid speeches to one of Wall Street’s iconic firms repeatedly:

In last month’s CNN debate, you could hear the energy in the room when Clinton was pressed about releasing the transcripts:

But so far GOP operatives looking for transcripts have come up empty. The closest anyone has come has been a few remarks from people who were in attendance and a reference to an unnamed reporter having transcripts. The Hill reports:

In a 2016 Politico story, one attendee recalled that Clinton “was pretty glowing about us” and “sounded more like a Goldman Sachs managing director” than Sanders, her populist foe in the general election race.

The gossip mill was provided even more fuel by the co-host of MSNBC’s Morning Joe, Mika Brzezinski, who claimed in February that, “I know of a print reporter that has actual transcripts.”

Yet while Republican opposition researchers still occasionally mention Brzezinski’s tip, no story or transcript has materialized.

Could the GOP effectively use these transcripts against Hillary if they were to turn up? I’m not so sure that would work. No doubt the transcripts could have been very helpful to Bernie Sanders who made his entire campaign about taking on Wall Street. Had he been able to take Clinton to task at one of the debates by using her own words against her, that could have been a powerful moment.

But, of course, Sanders won’t be debating Clinton in the general election. Can Donald Trump, of all people, convincingly attack Clinton’s support for Wall Street the way Sanders would have done? Are there former Bernie Bros out there who are concerned about income inequality and money in politics who will suddenly realize the billionaire tycoon is the person they should support? It would be great to see those transcripts leaked before the election but it may be the case that the time when they could have had a major impact on the race has already passed.

[BenLurkin]

They’ll be right next to the Rose Law Firm billing records.

[Buckeye McFrog]

ask Heidi Cruz

[TYVets]

They are next to 0bama’s Birth Certificate.

[showme_the_Glory]

They were wiped with a server cloth?

[Migraine]

Don’t worry; people recorded the speeches, even though there was probably a gentlemen’s agreement to turn off all devices, or check them at the door. There’s always one in the room who pays no attention to those directives.
So the speeches are out there and will be made known — not by the presstitutes — but by citizens.
There is no way those speeches won’t come out; and there’s no way they can possibly be warmly received by the hard-left base of the dimocrats.

[SeekAndFind]

RE: ask Heidi Cruz

Heidi Cruz’s reports (for the Council on Foreign Relations ) have been public for some time now. See here for instance:

http://www.cfr.org/content/publications/attachments/NorthAmerica_TF_final.pdf

[longfellow]

You pay all that money and no one taped it? BS.

[shotgun]

Just like when Obama attended that dinner in L.A. where some Nation of Islam dude gave a speech about hating Jews. Those recordings were never found either and I think some big republican wheel offered $100,000 for it IIRC.

[Leo Carpathian]

https://s.yimg.com/lo/api/res/1.2/cMn6ZcMIxCAPHvsVK0D4hA—/YXBwaWQ9eW15O3c9NjMwO3E9NzU7c209MTtpbD1wbGFuZQ—/http:/l.yimg.com/os/publish-images/finance/2016-02-05/e98f4cc0-cc2f-11e5-904b-6b9af3f24eee_HillaryClintonLG.jpg

[euram]

I’m sure Karl Rove and American Crossroads will get to the bottom of all this, after all, they have such a great record of spending their money wisely.

[Jarhead9297]

That ship has sailed. How about we take LIBERAL DEMOCRATS to take instead of this constant tireless unproven meme that because Heidi worked for a big bank that somehow impropriety was abound?

Because granting political voting influence we all know is illegal and prosecutable right? Is there a smoking gun we are missing or hey it was on the Internet in this graphically imposed meme so it must be true?

Hillary is the target, Heidi isn’t running and Cruz has been eliminated.
That about cover it?

[kiltie65]

“...Cruz has been eliminated...”

Every time I have turned on the news there is Cruz griping about the Donald and bad mouthing him. He must have skipped the class about being graceful in defeat.

[thinden]

Word is the hildabeasr speech was pretty short & went something like this:

“Thanks for the check. Let me know what l can do to help. “

[sargon]

It doesn't matter if Hillary's Goldman Sachs transcripts come out or not, because even if they don't, then the mere fact that Hillary feels it's necessary to suppress the content of these speeches can be used against her.

What is Hillary hiding? It just makes her look like even more of a crook and hypocrite.

Vote Trump

[Liz]

As FReeper 2big2fail posted: What possible insight could Hillary have on financial markets and economics that even the lower-echelon G/S employees do not? Reporters for the Wall Street Journal know 50 times what Hillary knows about these topics. She is so obviously not paid for her insights. She is paid to be “bought.” Maybe they need her "expertise" on "cattle futures?" (smirk)

[Liz]

The buzz is an attendee at one of Hillary’s Goldman Sachs speeches, told Politico on condition of anonymity, that releasing her remarks “would bury her against Sanders. It really makes her look like an ally of the firm.” Rather than the anti-Wall Street crusader Hillary claims to be today, “She sounded more like a Goldman Sachs managing director.”

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(Excerpt) Read more at judicialwatch.org ... On September 15, in a telephone call with then-Egyptian Foreign Minister Mohamed Amr, Secy Clinton emphatically portrayed the “stupid, very offensive film” as the root cause of the Benghazi violence. Clinton told Amr, “I have repeatedly, as has the President and other officials in our government, deplored not only the content of this stupid, very offensive film… But we have to exercise more self-discipline… otherwise we’ll be in a vicious downward circle against everyone who has ever felt offended, particularly on the internet….”

After referring to Benghazi, Secy Clinton’s telephone call with then-Egyptian Foreign Minister Mohamed Amr also contained a curious reference to what the former secretary referred to as a “very successful investment visit led by my deputy Tom Nides, and on the very day they left, this series of incidents began to unfold.”

According to the Washington Post, Nides, who was deputy secretary for management and resources at the State Department, was at the same time responsible for “communications with donors” to the Clinton Foundation. Nides was also involved in the scandal involving Clinton’s efforts to provide special access to State Department officials for hedge fund clients of her son-in-law, Marc Mezvinsky.

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Then-Sen Hillary made a special effort to make friends w/ Wall Street.

Then-US Sens Clinton and Corzine.

Corzine was fresh out of Goldman Sachs executive suite. Corzine came from Wall Street to Capitol Hill. Then back to Wall Street to head a company that hired Bill Clinton @ $50,000 per month, AND also misplaced $1.3 Billion investor dollars.

=============================================== Goldman Sachs top echelon are nuts for Hillary. The G/S biggies "invested" in Hillary's SIL's hedge fund. SIL's cockamamie investing turned the fund into an economic disaster according to the WSJ.

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THE CLINTON CORZINE CONNECTION: The NY Post reported Dec 2011 that Teneo was advising MF Global, the doomed international brokerage firm headed by former New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine (and ex-US Senator). The firm paid Teneo an eye-popping $125,000 a month as it was imploding and losing millions for its investors. Bill Clinton was also pocketing at MF Global--- an astounding $50,000 per month.

EXHIBIT ONE Corzine was fresh out of Goldman Sachs executive suite, buying his NJ Senate seat office for $65 million; then buying the NJ governorship. Out of office, he ran a hedge fund where $1.5 B went missing....its advisor Teneo was connected to both Bill Clinton and then-Secy of State Hillary's top aide Huma Abedin.

EXHIBIT TWO When Chelsea Clinton's husband started a hedge fund, he gained access to investors who had ties to the Clintons and to Goldman Sachs. Back in 2011, Mezvinsky, now 37, and two former Goldman Sachs'ers — Bennett Grau and Mark Mallon — began raising money for Mezvinsky's Eaglevale Partners LP hedge fund.

Some of Mezvinsky's "investors" included Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein. Blankfein, a slavish Democrat supporter, said he had "always been a fan of Hillary Clinton."

The WSJ reported extensively on the hedge fund's underperformance since its inception and Mezvinsky's mediocre investing and strategizing.

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THIS JUST IN---Bloomberg is reporting G/S's CEO Lloyd Blankfien is a newly-minted billionaire---and also has his own Foundation.

Mmmmmmmm....the sound of wire-transfers is almost palpable.

The IRS says the biggest tax evasion fraud is one Foundation writing a check to another Foundation. The check receiver takes a cut, then wire-transfers the bulk to an offshore bank for the check-writer's use later ----- the way these "humanitarians" skim off-tax free dollars for themselves.

[morphing libertarian]

The LA Times has the recording and still refuses to release it after 8 years.

[shotgun]

So we’ve been told...

[morphing libertarian]

I believe during the first campaign the paper acknowledged the recording and stated that there was nothing significant and they had the right to not release it. Freedom of speech for the LA Times, but not US citizens voting for president.