Posted on 08/27/2016 9:19:59 AM PDT by upchuck
In her first national media interview in nearly a month, Hillary Clinton on Tuesday night defended herself from accusations that she gave special access to Clinton Foundation donors while serving as Secretary of State.
Speaking to CNN's Anderson Cooper, Clinton said her work at the State Department was never influenced by any outside forces.
"I made policy decisions based on what I thought was right to keep Americans safe and protect U.S. interests abroad," she said.
Clinton's comments came in response to an Associated Press story asserting more than half of the meetings Clinton took with representatives of non-governmental interests while she was Secretary of State were with people who directly or indirectly donated to her family's global charity.
Emails from Clinton's private server also showed that some Clinton Foundation donors sought access to Clinton while she served at the State Department. The emails did not, however, show Clinton giving special favors to those donors.
In her interview with Cooper, Clinton reiterated that her emails didn't show special favors were given to her donors.
She also asserted that neither she nor former President Bill Clinton ever made money off the charity. She challenged Cooper to ask similar questions of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, who has interests in hundreds of businesses and investments and possible foreign connections.
"You know more about the Foundation than you know about anything concerning Donald Trump's wealth, his business, his tax returns. I think it's quite remarkable," Clinton said.
"[Trump's] refusal to release his tax returns is even more concerning, given the recent news that his businesses are hundreds of millions of dollars in debt to big banks, including the state-owned bank of China and business groups with ties to the Kremlin."
Trump has not released his tax returns since 1981. He has, however filed a mandatory personal financial disclosure statement, which lists his current holdings.
The 104-page document identifies hundreds of Trump-run foreign and domestic companies, which like the Clinton Foundation, make some ethics experts nervous about potential conflicts of interest if Trump wins the presidency.
Time for a Body Count:
Hillary Clinton (D-Benghazi) - 5* (4 Americans + 1 Iranian Nuclear Scientist) - *Does not include the Victims of her proudest creation ISIS.
Edward Kennedy (Drunk-Wormfood) - 1
Donald J. Trump (R-Businessman) - 0
Three Mile Island (I - Nuclear Power Plant) - 0
Conclusion. Hillary Clinton has killed more People than the infamous Drunk Edward Kennedy and the Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant accident combined.
If I am not mistaken Mr Trump has an Official from the IRS at his Office FULL TIME!! By the way so did Ross Perot, the IRS had their own office at his company, I suspect they have one at Mr Trumps office also.
How many IRS Agents do you think are assigned to the Multi BILLION DOLLAR COMPANY called the Clinton Foundation???
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Hillary actually said the other day that Trump had filed personal bankruptcy SIX times! LIE! She’s been lying about this for months and not once has any media called her on it.
Wednesday, May 25, 2016
Get ahead of Hillary’s lie about Trump bankruptcies!
Hillary Clinton is a lawyer, unlike most of the population out there, and KNOWS Trump never liquidated creditors in a typical bankruptcy. Every media report repeated her lie dozens of times yesterday. People think there is one kind of bankruptcy and have no clue about Chapter 11 reorganization to PAY OFF THE CREDITORS. (photo)
Donald Trump has NEVER filed personal bankruptcy!
Law Dictionary: How is Donald Trump Able to File for Bankruptcy So Many Times? http://thelawdictionary.org/article/how-is-donald-trump-able-to-file-for-bankruptcy-so-many-times/
Written by James Hirby | Fact checked by The Law Dictionary staff
People might ask “How is Donald Trump able to file for bankruptcy so many times?” The answer is “He didn’t.” Trump himself has never filed for bankruptcy.
His corporations have filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy four times. By filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, the corporation is allowed to continue running while restructuring and reducing its debt. By allowing the business to continue, employees still have their jobs and the business is still making money. Corporate debts still need to be repaid but they may be reduced. The corporation must develop a repayment plan and corporate budget. Both must be approved by the creditors and by the bankruptcy court.
WE are talking about FOUR companies out of hundreds which Trump has made successful, and he used Chapter 11 to make them work…. yet this lying old hag says Trump will ‘bankrupt’ the nation…She and Bill and Obama did that! NOT DONALD TRUMP!
Here are a few of the thousands of companies we deal with every day who have used Chapter 11 bankruptcy…many of them SUPPORT HILLARY!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Companies_that_have_filed_for_Chapter_11_bankruptcy
Just a few who have filed Chapter 11
G.I. Joe’s
Fudruckers
GENERAL MOTORS - Obama’s!!! Yes he used Chapter 11
Kmart
Kodak
Owens Corning
Pay N Pak
Six Flags
SOLYNDRA….also Obama’s baby…they even got millions in OUR $$
Tropicana Entertainment [snip]
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3433766/posts
PS...Hillary & Bills “whitewater development, Inc.” DID GO BANKRUPT.
“Trump was not in charge of keeping the USA safe. He has had nothing to do with that. He needs to remind people of that. She’s a world class dirt bag, along with Bill and Chelsea.”
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+10 !
Always always always parse it:
“I made policy decisions based on what I thought was right to keep Americans safe and protect U.S. interests abroad,” she said. - Ummm, policy is not the same as a discrete action.
The emails did not, however, show Clinton giving special favors to those donors. - SHE did not SAY they didn’t give special favors.
The Clintons’ Foundation? All it is is Walter White’s (`Breaking Bad’) car wash.
Right. It depends on how you define “is”. “Americans” protected by Hillary’s decisions are Bill, Hillary, Chelsea and their sycophants. U.S. interests abroad are same plus the various Clinton “charities” and their income streams.
How did Clinton's policy decisions based on what she thought was right to keep Americans safe and protect U.S. interests abroad when Islamic militants attacked the American diplomatic compound in Benghazi?
She is really licking her lips about controlling the IRS as her personal hit squad.
EABODADIAF, you felonious harpy.
Sorry, ILLary....that ‘vast-right-wing SQUIRREL’ thing isn’t working, anymore.
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