Is The Clinton Foundation Just An International Money Laundering Scheme?

The Federalist ^ | 04/29/2015 | Sean Davis

[SeekAndFind]

BloombergPolitics reported this morning that the Clinton Foundation refused to disclose the identities of at least 1,100 donors, most of whom are not U.S. citizens, to a Clinton Foundation affiliate. The donations were routed through the Clinton Giustra Enterprise Partnership (Canada), or CGEPartnership, a Canadian charitable organization. That organization then effectively bundled the foreign donations and sent them along to the Clinton Foundation itself, and it did all of this without ever disclosing the individual foreign sources of the income.

If that sounds to you like more of a laundering operation than a charitable organization, that’s because it certainly looks like more of a laundering operation than a charitable organization. In this case, however, rather than taking cash from blatantly illegal activities (as far as we know) and then cleaning it up by running it through legitimate businesses before it ends up at its final destination, the Clinton Foundation mops up cash from wealthy foreigners, bundles it within a larger organization to hide the money’s original source, and then funnels the cash from that legitimate charity right into the Clinton Foundation coffers.

After the New York Times uncovered the connections between uranium mining magnate Frank Giustra, his Canadian charitable organization, the Clinton Foundation, and official actions taken by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton that benefitted Giustra’s global uranium mining operations, the Clinton Foundation immediately entered spin mode.

According to Clinton Foundation executives, CGEPartnership was banned by federal law in Canada from releasing any donor names without the prior consent of the donor. However, an extensive analysis of Canada’s federal privacy laws by The Federalist found that the Clinton Foundation’s claim had zero merit.

[alloysteel]

“Money laundering” pretty much describes the operation, which maintains the fiction that the funds are not “commingled”, or that that was never a “quid pro quo” for services rendered.

There is no “vast right-wing conspiracy” here. It is all the way through a criminal enterprise, as complex in its way as the Enron scheme, which was not only a financial Ponzi scheme but an ethical one.

The money goes in over here, with a supposed benefit coming out over there, but some 85 cents out of every dollar is somehow consumed in the pipeline.

Somehow Herself, Madame Benghazi, the Cold & Joyless, has not yet been sufficiently associated with the planning and operation, but after all, was not Herself also involved in attempting to inflict the first version of Obamacare on the nation, back in 1993?

Keep on polishing up the mechanics of this huge confidence game, and pretty soon, they are going to get it right.

[blueunicorn6]

Yep.

[WMarshal]

From what I understand of federal law regarding working for or on behalf of foreign governments; everyone working for the Clinton Foundation should've registered as a foreign agent.

Foreign Agents Registration Act

[GeronL]

Is that really a question at this point

[Zathras]

Yet another reason Clinton wants to run against Bush.
The Bush family probably a bunch of funny money sources.
Not as illegal as Clinton but it muddies the message.

Walker or Cruz will have no such funding.

[jimpick]

It depends on what the definition of is.

[RayChuang88]

The answer is yes—and how! Even what William Magear “Boss” Tweed pulled off around 150 years ago with New York City’s Tammany Hall is nothing compared to what the Clintons pulled off.

[Fresh Wind]

Does a bear, well, you know...

[Pearls Before Swine]

No, it’s not JUST a money laundering system. It’s much, much more. Political influence peddling causes far wider damage than the money laundering itself.

[newfreep]

...and it all started with a $100,000 bribe via cattle futures “trading”.

[Cyman]

Ya think??

[hattend]

[Lou L]

Is The Clinton Foundation Just An International Money Laundering Scheme?

Here's a worse thought...what did we, as a country give up, in order to get those contributions into Clinton's foundation? Surely, those donors aren't just sending in contributions because they believe in the mission. We see the "quid," what was the "quo" given by Bill as President, or Hillary as SOS?

[GOPJ]

Wasn’t this your idea?

[Liz]

My postings on this topic go back aways.

[Neidermeyer]

RICO! RICO! RICO! RICO! RICO! RICO!

[GOPJ]

A long ways...