[RayChuang88]

I think what will finally do in Hillary is the Swiss investigation of FIFA President Sepp Blatter. That investigation could discover that the Clinton Foundation was used to launder bribe money to and from FIFA officials in Zurich--a massive violation of international finance laws and national tax laws.

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

I think what will finally do in Hillary is the Swiss investigation of FIFA President Sepp Blatter. That investigation could discover that the Clinton Foundation was used to launder bribe money to and from FIFA officials in Zurich--a massive violation of international finance laws and national tax laws.

Wow. My position is that, according to Kimberly Strassel, the Clinton Foundation was accepting foreign government donations while Hillary was SoS.

Article 1 Section 9:

No title of nobility shall be granted by the United States: and no person holding any office of profit or trust under them, shall, without the consent of the Congress, accept of any present, emolument, office, or title, of any kind whatever, from any king, prince, or foreign state

I want some purple, or even blue, states to pass a law enforcing that constitutional provision. I propose something along the lines of

No person who, while an officer of the US government or of the State of ________, has without express, specific authorization by Congress, received foreign gifts in excess of $5000 (i.e., the limit of what is considered allowable as a campaign contribution in the US) from a foreign government (or any creature thereof), or who has been an officer in control of any organization or charitable entity which has done so, shall be placed on the ballot of any election in the State of ________. Nor shall any elector who is pledged to vote for such person for president or vice president of the United States be placed on any ballot in the State of _________.

The same disability shall pertain to any person, whether or not an officer or the United States or of the State of ________, who has received or authorized receipt of gift or remuneration in excess of $5000 from a creature of any foreign government or prince, within two years of declaring for election to the presidency of the United States or for Senator from the State of __________.

This would put teeth in the constitutional prohibition above, and extend it by essentially extending “office of profit or trust” to cover candidates for such offices, in keeping with the logic of the Constitution. After all, it is the acceptance of funds from foreign governments which is problematic about Clinton’s candidacy. The fact that she did it while SoS should be a criminal matter (if indeed it is not). The fact that she did it while contemplating a presidential run is what states should confound, by denying her any possibility of getting electoral votes.

It should go without saying that money laundering via the Clinton Foundation should be a disability of equal import.