Posted on 05/14/2015 2:20:27 PM PDT by VinL
ABC News chief anchor George Stephanopoulos got deeper in hot water Thursday with his network, which revised upward to $75,000 the amount of money he contributed to the Clinton Foundation without full disclosure to the network or viewers -- while he was covering Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign and foundation controversies.
Stephanopoulos apologized Thursday and said he should have revealed the contributions, which were initially reported at $50,000.
But an ABC official told Fox News on Thursday afternoon the anchor has changed that number, to $75,000. He is also pledging not to moderate any presidential debates, Fox News has learned.
The anchor is a former Bill Clinton spokesman and aide, and his ties to the former first family are well-known. However, as first reported by Politico, he made multiple $25,000 donations to the foundation in recent years -- and while the donations can be found in the organization's records, Stephanopoulos did not disclose them to viewers as he covered the Clintons.
Even when he interviewed the author of "Clinton Cash" -- the high-profile book examining potential conflicts of interest behind Clinton Foundation funding -- on ABC's "This Week," Stephanopoulos did not disclose his own contributions.
Stephanopoulos said in a statement on Thursday: "I made charitable donations to the Foundation in support of the work they're doing on global AIDS prevention and deforestation, causes I care about deeply. I thought that my contributions were a matter of
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Did Stephanpoli take a tax write-off for his donation?
Does he have a certificate from the Clinton Foundation that is generally used to claim a tax write-off?
How much did George list as a write-off on his IRS return....$50G? $75G?......or more?
Did anyone determine if he submitted a fraudulent tax return?
Did he lie to his employers?
Williams is a witless dolt.
Stephanopoulos IS/HAS/ALWAYS WILL BE a Liberal/Democrat/Socialist Operative. Every Conservative and Republican should refuse any interaction with him as a NEWS person.
TAKE THE HIGH GROUND WHILE AVAILABLE.
Fire the nasty, lying little puke.
It'd take some kind of supercomputer to computate all those Chinese dishwashers!
Good point. We should contact ABC, not let this story fade.
I think so too. This is a big story, because what has always been known, or taken as a given, has been proved.
There is a political class, they are incestuous and they shape opinions in media, academia and Hollywood. Look what it has wrought.
Just a thought :
Was it his $$ or was he laudering money from ABC to secure future interviews etc.
Follow the Pay to play
Exactly. He is in the Clinton Crime Family and never said he wasn’t. We did know it.
That fact is why it was such an in-your-face rub to see him selected as a moderator for every presidential debate since Lincoln. :D
The Stupid Party succumbed to the corrupt debate process unfailingly, and stuck our candidates into the Stephanopoulos line of fire, without conscience.
If this were ESPN, and he did something as minor as use a common expression regarding player vulnerability (chink in the armor) and the player is Asian, he loses his job.
Over on ABC, regarding a subject matter far more serious, in a far more serious way, he keeps his job!!
What does that tell us about ABC?
What does that tell us about the industry?
Not participating is not enough. Fire him. There is no guarantee he will still not influence biased questions from any ABC moderator that is chosen. FIRE HIM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Heh-—that would be typical for the Clinton operation-—money-laundering.
ABC can’t donate can they ? Was the money even his. He couldn’t remember how much.
Also trace how many time Hill-billy appeared on ABC.
Sure wish we knew a hacker or two. To get to emails
If it’s pay to play from ABC. There will be more and others
NBC paid $600,000 via Chelsea
Look at the resumes of the media talking heads.
If a fox anchor did this it would be front page news on the NY Times, etc.
Wonder what Stephanopoulos got in return for a donation that large? No one donates that much just for the hell of it. Surely donating that money wouldn’t be an indication that he might tailor his questions favorably when interviewing the Clintons now would it? I think there’s more to the story...
I guess its a pretty clear indicator that Stephanopolous is one of the MSM cheerleaders helping to shield the DemoRats. I’m willing to bet we’ll be hearing more about this story soon and with more details...
You are surprised?
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