Clintons keep making millions off pardon of criminal Marc Rich

The New York Post ^ | January 17, 2016 | Peter Schweizer

[NYRepublican72]

Fifteen years ago this month, on Jan. 20, 2001, his last day in office, Bill Clinton issued a pardon for international fugitive Marc Rich. It would become perhaps the most condemned official act of Clinton’s political career. A New York Times editorial called it “a shocking abuse of presidential power.” The usually Clinton-friendly New Republic noted it “is often mentioned as Exhibit A of Clintonian sliminess.”

Congressman Barney Frank added, “It was a real betrayal by Bill Clinton of all who had been strongly supportive of him to do something this unjustified. It was contemptuous.”

Marc Rich was wanted for a list of charges going back decades. He had traded illegally with America’s enemies including Ayatollah Khomeini’s Iran, where he bought about $200 million worth of oil while revolutionaries allied with the Khomeini held 53 American hostages in 1979.

Rich made a large part of his wealth, approximately $2 billion between 1979 and 1994, selling oil to the apartheid regime in South Africa when it faced a UN embargo. He did deals with Khadafy’s Libya, Milosevic’s Yugoslavia, Kim Il-sung’s North Korea, Communist dictatorships in Cuba and the Soviet Union itself. Little surprise that he was on the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted List.

Facing prosecution by Rudy Giuliani in 1983, Rich fled to Switzerland and lived in exile.

[NYRepublican72]

Only the Clintons would make money off of Nigerian scammers, not the other way around. Hillary and her pants suits belong in prison, not running for the White House.

[Farmer Dean]

It’s bad when a guy like Barney Frank condemns your actions.Real bad.

[Cowgirl of Justice]

If I am remembering correctly, just before the pardon, Marc Richards’ wife, Denise Richards, was making multiple visits to Bill Clinton in the White House the moment Hillary would leave the premises.

[Paine in the Neck]

If I am remembering correctly, just before the pardon, Marc Richards’ wife, Denise Richards, was making multiple visits to Bill Clinton in the White House the moment Hillary would leave the premises.

[VRWCarea51]

And I believe she donated a large chunk of cash to the William J. Clinton Trailer Park, massage parlor and Presidential library.

[Hatteras]

[Mouton]

Yes, he and she apparently had a few meetings. She was the co between and who walked the pardon through, none other than Mr. Holder.

[Stosh]

I didn’t see Eric Holder’s name mentioned at all in the Post article - he’s the slime who shepherded this whole travesty through to completion. Based on that point alone he never should have been appointed AG.

[PCPOET7]

that was just bill making his donation.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks NYRepublican72.

[Portcall24]

Someone tried to interview her at the time but she had her mouth full.

[Liz]

Several hundred State Dept emails were found on the Clinton Foundation servers.....explains why people donated hundreds of millions to the foundation. Also explains what Hillary was doing when she was supposed to be monitoring crucial aspects of US ntl security...including protecting the lives of her employees in Benghazi.

All the behind-the-scenes data (that she tried to keep hidden from taxpayers) indicates the only thing Hillary WAS on top of was any and all State Dept insider info on which she and Bill could make a buck. An enterprising reporter itching for a Pulitzer needs to match-up Hillarys official State Dept moves w/ the Clintons' vast buck-raking operation. That tell$ the whole $tory in exqui$ite detail.

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REFERENCE---At first glance, the Clintons astounding honoraria and humongous Foundation donations seem to provide the bulk of the couples mega income.

Bills honoraria increased dramatically pocketing some $50 million during Hillarys four-year term as Secretary of State....including an Irish scholarship fund, a Korean conglomerate, and, a Nigerian newspaper company......each of whom paid Clinton more than half a million dollars for a single speech.

The Wash/Post reports Hillary earned $11.7 million for 51 speeches since Jan 2014.....she pocketed an astonishing $625,000 for two speeches in one day.

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I firmly believe the Clinton Foundations gigantic donor list, and their astonishing blizzard of speaking honoraria, are a smoke screen for their secret wealth....and the way they make billions sub rosa....intertwining their vaunted do-goodism and public office.

The calculated Clintons have sought to branch out into other business activities. All of that is kept under wraps. Very little is known about the exact nature and financial worth of Bill and Hillarys non-speech business interests.

Reports keep surfacing indicating the Clintons were party to multi/billion dollar Mideast arms deals....Kazakhstan uranium mines....and Haitian gold mines...Libyan oil deals....telecom businesses, deals w/ financial powerhouses like Teneo, Goldman Sachs.....etc etc etc.

THE CON ARTIST CLINTONS GRABBED EVERYTHNG THAT WASNT NAILED DOWN Lucrative business interests were cunningly intertwined w/ the Foundations transparent do-good activities....enabled by Hillarys catbird seat at the State Dept.

At last count, the Clintons apparently raised an astounding $2 billion from their foundation activities and their political campaigns.....

.....does not include monies flowing in from the various lucrative business ventures, interest accrued, safe deposit boxes, real estate assets, passive income on which they pay no taxes, income from Chelseas hubbys hedge fund, monies invested in Goldman Sachs, interest in financial powerhouse Teneo..... etc etc etc.......

The Clintons are worth a bundle.....accumulated in record time. Their livelihood was collected as they marched through American politics.

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[Liz]

There is evidence surfacing that neither Hillary Nor her key staff signed the official State Dept exit form required upon termination of employment.

My gut feeling is they didn't sign off b/c that would have cutoff access to classified and other State Dept info......info the Clintons and their cronies rely on to cash-in.

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The FBI should determine if Huma Abedin, Cheryl Mills, Sid Blumenthal and other Clinton cronies are STILL considered State Dept employees---perhaps as contractors---and are still receiving classified State Dept mail and cashing US govt paychecks.

REFERENCE Note Brian Pagliano---billed as Hillary's personal IT--- left her employ then surfaced on the public payroll as a State Dept contractor.

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Taxpayers demand to know who else among the Clinton cronies are cashing US govt paychecks It's an old bureaucratic trick for a politician to hand-pick people and put them on the public payroll long after you think they're gone. Who might be listed as a State Dept employee?

<><> Hillary?

<><> Bill Clinton?

<><> Sid Blumenthal?

<><> Huma Abedin,

<><> Huma's husband?

<><> Cheryl Mills?

<><> Cheryl mills' live-in David Domenici?

<><> Chelsea Clinton?

<><> Chelsea's husband?

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CONTACT CONGRESS HERE: http://www.contactingthecongress.org/

Demand Congress send you all available information on individuals connected to Hillary still cashing US govt paychecks. In light of the $6 billion missing from the contractor fund when Hillary exited, taxpayers demand to know who is listed as a State Dept contractor.

[Liz]

CLINTON CASH EXCERPT The Clintons connections to Marc Rich are based on disclosed donations. But the Clinton Foundation has failed to disclose more than 1,000 donors, despite a written agreement with Obama. Many of those donations came through the Clinton Foundation/s project in Canada....heavily laden with donations from natural resources, commodities......and mining industries....where Marc Rich made his fortune.

It's no coincidence that ex-pres Bill is doing bigtime money laundering deals w/ Canadian mining mogul--Frank Giustra.

We could safely conclude that Canadian money-laundering idea came about while ex-pres Bill was dodging the draft during the Vietnam War.....hanging out in Canada.

Ever the opportunist, ex-pres Bill discovered that Canada has strict privacy laws, which allowed the Clinton Foundation to accept money laundered through their Canadian operation, with little or no transparency about the actual donors. Read on.

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All of the Clinton Foundation donors have faced intense media scrutiny, particularly Canada-based mining mogul Frank Giustra; Giustra is a mega Clinton Foundation donor and personal friend of Bill Clinton, and was scrutinized for business deals that critics said were linked to his donations to the charity. Giustra is a member of Mr. Clintons inner circle, joining him on global trips and lending Clinton the use of Giustras private MD-87 jet.

Giustra even received tax dollars from Hillarys State Dept. Giustra is one of the Clinton Foundations largest donors. Giustra's $100 million contributions go directly:

<><> (1) to the tax-exempt Clinton Foundation, and,

<><> (2) to the Canada-based "Clinton-Giustra Enterprise Partnership."

The "Clinton-Giustra Enterprise Partnership" in turn sends money to the Clinton Foundation...(according to Canadian tax records researched by "Clinton Cash" author Schweizer).

DATA Sources: Clinton Foundation, CGEP (Canada);
Canadian tax records; compiled by Alberto Cuadra and
Rosalind Helderman May 3 at 8:11 PM

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[kristinn]

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