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DNC emails discuss rewarding donors with fed-gov’t appointments
Hot air ^ | July 27, 2016 | ED MORRISSEY

Posted on 07/27/2016 1:59:03 PM PDT by Hojczyk

Old and busted: Most transparent administration ever! New hotness: The system is rigged, and not just in the Democratic primaries. The campaign-finance watchdog site Open Secrets reports that DNC e-mails published by Wikileaks show DNC officials apparently coordinating with the Obama administration to reward donors with appointments to boards and commissions:

Email exchanges involving top officials at theDemocratic National Committee released along with private documents by WikiLeaks show that DNC officials hoped to reward top donors and insiders with appointments to federal boards and commissions in coordination with the White House.

The revelations give an inside look into how the Democratic Party attempted to leverage its access and influence with the White House to bring in cash.

In an April 20, 2016 email, DNC National Finance Director Jordan Kaplan canvassed what appears to be the committee’s finance department – its fundraising office – for names of people (mainly donors) to reward with federal appointments on boards and commissions.

That email exchange yielded a list compiled by DNC Finance Chief of Staff Scott Comer and emailed to Kaplan on April 26 titled “Boards and Commissions Names_Final,” which listed the names of twenty-three DNC donors and insiders. Here’s the e-mail from Kaplan to the team handling the big-time donors and bundlers to the Democratic Party:

(Excerpt) Read more at hotair.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption
KEYWORDS: dncemailscandal; dncpaytoplay; hillarypaytoplay

1 posted on 07/27/2016 1:59:03 PM PDT by Hojczyk
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To: Hojczyk

Isn’t that illegal?........................


2 posted on 07/27/2016 2:00:28 PM PDT by Red Badger (Make America AMERICA again!.........................)
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To: Hojczyk

Nothing new here. Steelers owner Art Rooney basically bought himself an Ambassadorship by turning his football team into a bolt-on part of the Obama campaign.


3 posted on 07/27/2016 2:01:13 PM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Hojczyk

Quid pro quo


4 posted on 07/27/2016 2:01:13 PM PDT by make no mistake
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To: Hojczyk

This stuff is WAY WORSE than the first days crap!


5 posted on 07/27/2016 2:01:15 PM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: Red Badger

Of course its illegal but when it comes to the Clintons and the illegal things they do there are NEVER any consequences, because they are the Clintons and the media adores them


6 posted on 07/27/2016 2:07:18 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: Hojczyk

“Pay to Play.”

I want to see the menu. I would think an ambassadorship to some shithole in Africa is on the a la carte section and well within my price range.


7 posted on 07/27/2016 2:09:00 PM PDT by henkster (Liberals need to learn there is no "F" in "Money.")
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To: Red Badger

I don’t think we can make a conclusion on their intent. /s


8 posted on 07/27/2016 2:11:15 PM PDT by LostPassword
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To: Hojczyk

Gotta give action to get action, they say. Appointees have always been brainless sycophants pulling six figures. Bad behavior is not only alright, it is rewarded.


9 posted on 07/27/2016 2:17:18 PM PDT by Dirt for sale (QS)
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To: Red Badger
DNC Pay-to-Play Email

Scroll down to the middle - if a donation came in with a 'Pay to Play' letter, it got special handling ...

10 posted on 07/27/2016 2:20:06 PM PDT by 11th_VA (It's all gonna change once Trump's president)
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To: 11th_VA

Someone needs to go to prison...............


11 posted on 07/27/2016 2:20:53 PM PDT by Red Badger (Make America AMERICA again!.........................)
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To: Red Badger

careful... or you just might.


12 posted on 07/27/2016 2:24:09 PM PDT by SpinnerWebb (Winter is coming)
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To: Red Badger
Isn’t that illegal?

Only if you are a Republican. I thought you knew this already. Sheesh.

13 posted on 07/27/2016 2:27:46 PM PDT by bkopto
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To: Red Badger

No REASONABLE prosecutor would recommend an indictment or any prosecution./Comey


14 posted on 07/27/2016 2:53:19 PM PDT by Mark (Obama Care is now DEMOCRAT CARE)
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To: Hojczyk

Who gets to be ambassador to Libya?


15 posted on 07/27/2016 3:10:27 PM PDT by Kid Shelleen (Beat your plowshares into swords. Let the weak say I am strong)
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To: Hojczyk

Wasn’t there an investigation of “Pay to Play” some years back?

How is this any different?


16 posted on 07/27/2016 3:24:49 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway - "Enjoy Yourself" ala Louis Prima)
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To: SpinnerWebb; Red Badger

LOL!


17 posted on 07/27/2016 3:25:53 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway - "Enjoy Yourself" ala Louis Prima)
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To: Hojczyk

Political patronage


18 posted on 07/27/2016 3:57:26 PM PDT by DocRock (And now is the time to fight! Peter Muhlenberg)
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