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Clinton Foundation scandals will be good fodder for Trump
Politico.com ^ | 06/22/2016 | Nick Gass

Posted on 06/22/2016 9:15:46 AM PDT by MaxistheBest

Trump declared that "Hillary Clinton turned the State Department into her private hedge fund," .... And he accused the former first couple of "laundering" money and making "hundreds of millions of dollars selling access, selling favors, selling government contracts."

There's sure to be more. Here is a pocket guide to where Trump might attack:

.. as secretary of state, Hillary Clinton "laundered money" to her husband through organization Laureate Education while he was still an honorary chairman for the educational for-profit organization.

The White House ethics agreement

The donations that ‘slipped through the cracks’

The time a donor got on a sensitive intelligence board

The case of the errant tax returns

The speaking fees, part I

...Also on the heels of Schweizer’s book came a report from ABC News in April 2015 that Bill Clinton’s speaking fees had begun to double or triple after Hillary Clinton became secretary of state.

The speaking fees, part II

The same week other outlets were reporting on Schweizer’s findings, The Washington Post’s Rosalind Helderman reported that Bill Clinton took in at least $26 million to speak to organizations that have also donated to the foundation.

The Russian uranium deal

Giustra, whose up and coming UrAsia merged with the South African company Uranium One in 2007, gave more than $31 million to the foundation in 2006 and pledged $100 million more.

The UBS deal

The Wall Street Journal reported last July that Clinton intervened on behalf of Swiss banking giant UBS AG, which the Internal Revenue Service was suing to get the identities of Americans with offshore accounts.

After that intervention in 2009, donations by UBS to the Clinton Foundation increased from less than $60,000 to a total of $600,000 by the end of 2014, according to the Journal’s report.

The foreign donations

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TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: Florida; US: New York; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 2016election; 2016issues; clintonfoundation; clintongate; election; election2016; hillary2016; hillaryscandals; newyork; trump
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Here is a pocket guide to where Trump might attack
1 posted on 06/22/2016 9:15:46 AM PDT by MaxistheBest
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To: MaxistheBest

Everything will be for sale if the witch gets elected.


2 posted on 06/22/2016 9:19:27 AM PDT by meatloaf
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To: MaxistheBest

don’t forget that missing $6 billion dollar unaccounted for in hildabeast’s state dept term.


3 posted on 06/22/2016 9:21:57 AM PDT by thinden
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Clinton Foundation scandals will be good fodder for Trump

Except that the low-info voters will not be aware of them, since LSM coverage will be skimpy to non-existent.

4 posted on 06/22/2016 9:22:28 AM PDT by JimRed (Is it 1776 yet? TERM LIMITS, now and forever! Build the Wall, NOW!)
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To: MaxistheBest

The Corrupt Liberal Media will spin away this scandal just as they have done with dozens more.Furthermore, they wont cover Trumps speeches anymore except to cherry pick quotes that they will use to make him look bad.

And Trump doesnt have the funds for nationwide TV advertising like Hillary has.


5 posted on 06/22/2016 9:26:20 AM PDT by Uncle Lonny
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Trump speech was wonderful, HIS BEST!!. He pointed out DIRECT bribes. Not just through the “foundation” that sucks out 90% as administrative expenses in their personal pockets but Trump focused on a direct bribe. While Hillary was capitulating to the Chinese in the WTO negotiations (HER DIRECT RESPONSIBILITY AS SEC OF STATE) which screwed thousands and thousands of us out of jobs here and moved them to China ( for example APPLE), the Chinese were paying Bill for his “speeches”— Millions of dollars. That money was community property and legally 1/2 hers. DURING THE NEGOTIATIONS!!! That ,my friends, is receiving a Bribe!!


6 posted on 06/22/2016 9:26:42 AM PDT by WENDLE (Ban Wahhabis . Not guns!! Profile them!!)
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"In its analysis, the Post reported that among the approximately 420 organizations that paid Clinton to speak between 2001 and 2013, 67 of them also donated at least $10,000 each to the charity."

So in other words, the vast majority of these entities only paid Bill PERSONALLY and did not even donate to the foundation. Giving the lie to the pretense that he is acting out of altruism and selfless devotion.
7 posted on 06/22/2016 9:31:13 AM PDT by Enchante (No lipstick on the PIAPS!! #NeverShrillary)
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To: Uncle Lonny

Trump needs to start really calling out the MSM in detail on these issues. His talking heads on TV need to go full on .


8 posted on 06/22/2016 9:40:12 AM PDT by MaxistheBest
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laundering is the exact word Hubby used last night to describe this!

The world knows, does the electorate??????


9 posted on 06/22/2016 9:40:24 AM PDT by Uversabound (Our Military past and present: Our Highest example of Brotherhood of Man & Doing God's Will)
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Hitlery as Sec. of State dispensed favors like she was Queen Elizabeth I granting the Earl of Essex all the taxes on sweet wine.


10 posted on 06/22/2016 9:48:47 AM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
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The best Democrats can counter is “Everybody does it.”

But Trump will hammer home that their whole life, the Clintons have used their positions as “public servants” to enrich themselves.

Quid pro quo’s are notoriously hard to prove as they are often arranged through innuendo or a wink and nod, so I don’t expect criminal charges relating to the Clinton Foundation (but who knows).


11 posted on 06/22/2016 9:51:23 AM PDT by randita
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12 posted on 06/22/2016 9:52:37 AM PDT by timestax (American Media = Domestic Enemy)
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The political “GRAVY TRAIN” being overtaken by the reality of the “TRUMP TRAIN.”

The best Democrats can counter is “Everybody does it.”


13 posted on 06/22/2016 9:54:51 AM PDT by JayAr36 (At 80 I thought I had seen it all. America is swirling in the toilet now. And daily getting worse.)
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To: MaxistheBest

Now if the people in our government would do their jobs, they would take this information and charge the whole Clinton RICO mafia crime family on RICO charges...then put them all in prison!!!

What Trump did today was lay out the charges that he will be using with his A.G. on those very exact charges, and on tax evasion!!!

Guccifer2 had some mighty powerful information yesterday, and I’m still reading it and making it understandable for everyone...takes a lot of time...


14 posted on 06/22/2016 9:55:05 AM PDT by HarleyLady27 ('THE FORCE AWAKENS!!!' Trump; Trump; Trump; Trump; 100%)
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To: Uncle Lonny

It doesn’t matter. Hillary lost the FBI lottery. The media can’t ignore Comey.


15 posted on 06/22/2016 10:15:52 AM PDT by meatloaf
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To: MaxistheBest

They convicted many a pol on this scheme.

Joe Bruno, former majority leader of the NYS Senate got nailed on selling favors, overturned by a SCOTUS decision that affected the case but nevertheless he was guilty. Sheldon Silver, former NYS Assembly chairman was recently found guilty - the good news (and there is little good news in NY) is that the special prosecutor is honest and unafraid of prosecuting pols who commit crimes.


16 posted on 06/22/2016 10:19:12 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: HarleyLady27

Ping me when you post about the Guccifer2 docs, I would love to see your analysis.


17 posted on 06/22/2016 10:20:47 AM PDT by Rusty0604
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To: MaxistheBest

If he makes something of them. Right now she has 35 times as much money despite running ads against him like crazy and Trump has not even responded. She also has 10 times as many organizers on her staff. Wishful thinking is not going to beat Hillary.


18 posted on 06/22/2016 10:44:26 AM PDT by Brilliant
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Please ping me as well. Thank you kindly.


19 posted on 06/22/2016 10:49:20 AM PDT by Quilla
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David Gergen is already being trotted out to say that the Clinton Cash book is ‘mostly discredited’ - what hogwash...


20 posted on 06/22/2016 11:00:13 AM PDT by databoss
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