Report: Clinton changed stance on trade deal after donations to foundation

The Hill ^ | 4/9/15 | Ben Kamisar

[Nachum]

The Clinton Foundation reportedly accepted millions of dollars from a Colombian oil company head before then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton decided to support a trade deal with Colombia despite worries of human rights violations.

The report in the International Business Times comes as Clinton readies an expected run for president. She’s been dogged by questions about whether foreign donations to her foundations could have influenced her official decisions.

The report centers on donations from Frank Giustra and the oil company that he founded, Pacific Rubiales. In a Wall Street Journal story from 2008, Giustra is described as a “friend and traveling companion” of former President Clinton who donated more than $130 million to Clinton’s philanthropies. He’s also a Clinton Foundation board member and has participated in projects and benefits for the foundation.

When workers at Pacific Rubiales decided to strike in 2011, the Columbian military reportedly used force to stop the strikes and compel them to return to work, IBT reports, citing the Washington office of Latin America, a human rights group. Those accusations of human rights violations were part of the criticism of the United States-Colombia Free Trade Promotion Agreement, which was passed by Congress later that year. Pacific Rubiales has repeatedly denied charges that it infringed on workers’ rights.

[Nachum]

Clinton fatigue sets in early

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[AEMILIUS PAULUS]

The Clinton’s are money grubbing trash!

[hoosiermama]

Thanks for keeping on this topic Nachum.

One can be assured it’s not going to make it to front page of major paper or have any time on major news programs.

[Servant of the Cross]

Can you say .... DOJ Special Counsel?

If 0bama wants Fauxcahontas, this is his opportunity.

[Vaduz]

Another one of Chicago’s finest.

[GOPJ]

Liberals are having second thoughts about Hillary... her tackiness is making them look ‘common’... unforgivable for the delusional birkenstock crowd.

[longfellow]

Like I said, as crooked as her husbands penis.

[Opinionated Blowhard]

So the money-grubbing Clintons made policy decisions to help people who gave the Clintons money. Does that really surprise anyone? I’d say everything old is new again but unfortunately, we’re $10 trillion more in debt and further down the road to collapse.

[GOPJ]

...money grubbing trash!

Bingo!

[Blood of Tyrants]

Wasn’t the term “pay to play” coined when Bill was in office?

[stephenjohnbanker]

You....you mean Hillary is a crook ?

N A W !!

[CapnJack]

To quote a phrase “what difference does it make?!?” The drones will still vote for her.
Nothing she does will turn them off.

[buckalfa]

"So the money-grubbing Clintons made policy decisions to help people who gave the Clintons money. Does that really surprise anyone?"

Of course the Clinton's are as crooked as the day is long, but the Supreme Court has said free speech and money are the same thing? Irony?

[RayChuang88]

I'm telling you--the Left is really holding their noses in supporting Hillary Clinton in 2016. They all know VERY well she attracts scandals like bees to honey, and she is highly vulnerable to a political attack like what the Swift Boat Vets did to then Senator John Kerry in 2004.

[blueyon]

Well I am sure if she was elected President,this type of stuff would all stop.............lol

[slumber1]

Gee it sounds like those donations were like bribes or something.

[Old Sarge]

Agreed - She could eat a live puppy on the set of “The View” and vaginal voters would still support her.

[nothingnew]

...money grubbing trash!

Bingo!

For them, it is not money! They have plenty.

This is about POWER. Nothing else.

FMCDH(BITS)