Hands Up - Don't Loot!
Posted on 03/07/2015 4:30:26 PM PST by Libloather
CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — Former President Bill Clinton defended his foundation's acceptance of donations from foreign governments on Saturday, pointing to the track record of his global philanthropy as Hillary Rodham Clinton nears an announcement on 2016 presidential campaign.
In an interview at the Clinton Global Initiative University, the ex-president sought to address critics who have questioned the receipt of donations from foreign governments while the former first lady served in the State Department and after she departed in early 2013.
"My theory about all of this is disclose everything and then let people make their judgments," Clinton told moderator Larry Wilmore. "I believe we have done a lot more good than harm and I believe this is a good thing."
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Gotta love th chutspah of Bubba
Hands Up - Don't Loot!
I did not have financial relationships with that country and I never, ever told anyone to lie about it.
“My theory about all of this is disclose everything and then let people make their judgments,” Clinton told moderator Larry Wilmore. “I believe we have done a lot more good than harm and I believe this is a good thing.”
If Bill really believes that you should disclose everything and then let people make their judgements, why is it that so many scandals of the Clinton administration revolved around information not being disclosed???
If he really believes this, why didn’t he disclose what Monica and he were up to. He maintained that he didn’t have sexual relations based on some very tortured definition of that term. If he really believes in full disclosure, why didn’t he say what Monica sucked on and what he did the with the cigar, and let people make their own judgements then???
Someone must be close to the equivalent of a “blue dress” on this issue.
Don’t worry; they’re going to disclose and be as transparent as the Obama administration. Oh, wait...
> In an interview at the Clinton Global Initiative University...
Like Putin interviewed by Russia Today.
It's not really that Bubba is such a good liar. It's more that he can endlessly spew this crap without bursting out laughing. Now that's a real talent.
Bill:
I did not have sex with that woman Ms Lewinsky , I smoked pot but I didn’t inhale , It all depends on what the meaning of is ,, is
Hillary:
At this point what difference does it make , It’s just another right wing conspiracy at work , I drink but I don’t swallow .
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THE HARRY REID CONNECTION---There's also a Harry Reid connection to the tax-exempt "Clinton Global Initiative" one of the three Clinton foundations.
PUT ON YOUR TINFOIL HATS TO CONNECT THE DOTS:
(1) Harry Reid's son Rory is in business w/ the Chi/Coms on a multi-billion dollar solar energy project; Cliven Bundy and his land are standing in the way.
(2) Reports say Bill Clinton recently went to China to panhandle for his tax-exempt "Clinton Global Initiative" foundation.
(3) The "Clinton Global Initiative" (NOT KNOWN for giving out grants)---gave Harry Reid's granddaughter a grant for a Brooklyn, NY theatre she runs (what is a Brooklyn theatre's connection to "global initiatives?")
(4) A Nevada energy company also gave Reid's granddaughter's theatre group a grant.
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"Money laundering" comes to mind. Could the Chinese be financing the Reid's solar project through donations to the Clinton Foundations....which is then laundered to Reid's granddaughter?
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REFERENCE----HARRY REID IS LIVID THAT HIS GRAND-DAUGHTER HAS BEEN OUTED AS A RECIPIENT OF LAUNDERED CAMPAIGN CASH---Reid lashed out at reporters, saying, “My granddaughter has been the target of harassing phone calls, strangers tracking her down, knocking on her door and negative, unwanted attention on the Internet.” “This has gone too far and it needs to stop now,” Reid said. “I deeply regret any role I had in creating this situation but now, as a grandparent, I say enough is enough.”
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Besides the "jewelry company" financed by her grandfather, Ryan Elisabeth Reid runs the Sprat Theater Company, a small theater in Brooklyn, which is also coming under scrutiny. According to Sprat’s Theatre Company Web site, it has received grants/contributions from:
<><> the Clinton Global Initiative (connected to global terrorism via Muslim Brotherhood employee),
<><> two major Las Vegas foundations: Caesar’s Foundation, and the NV Energy Foundation.
NOTE NV Energy Foundation---is a non-profit division of NV Energy (a public utility). The NV Energy utility is a subsidiary of MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company which took over in 2013....and is now owned by a Warren Buffet unit.
BTW, here's Harry w/ his grand-daughter....the one who got $31,000 in laundered campaign funds for her "jewelry company" and grants from Clinton and Nevada energy foundations.
Reid and granddaughter Ryan Elisabeth Reid.
Bunch of evil money grubbing capitalists....oh, wait.
THIS JUST IN--NY Attorney General’s office eyes Epstein foundation / By Reuters The NY AG has sent letters to the charitable foundation of billionaire pedophile (Clinton pal) Jeffrey Epstein seeking information on whether it is complying with registration requirements.
Schneiderman’s Charities Bureau asked Epstein lawyer Darren Indyke to explain why Epstein’s foundation, which is incorporated in the US Virgin Islands, should be considered exempt from New York law. EXCERPT
http://pagesix.com/2015/03/06/ny-attorney-generals-office-eyes-epstein-foundation/?_ga=1.216503775.853495231.1367328433
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The Buckraking Clintons sucking up foreign donations is morally reprehensible----but the real problem is what exactly they are doing with the foreign monies once its in their Foundation's tax-exempt coffers. It's becoming clearer why Bill Clinton used a shocking 21 phone nos and email addresses----because L/E knows multiple phone no's and emails is an indication of possible money-laundering and tax evasion.
REFERENCE: Court documents in Clinton pal, Jeffrey Epstein's underage sex investigation, show that Epstein had 21 private e-mail addresses and phone numbers listed for Clinton and Clinton factotum, Doug Band.
Epstein kept Bill Clinton on speed dial as reports surfaced about Clinton attending sex parties at Epstein's "Orgy Island." Lawyers perusing documents stumbled upon e-mail addresses and 21 phone numbers for the fun-loving ex-president and his personal aide, Doug Band, stashed away in Jeffrey Epstein’s electronic directory, according to court documents.
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REMINDER An earlier two-year federal investigation revealed an elaborate web to carry out multiple frauds. The frauds used a sophisticated system of multiple telephone voice-mail accounts and post office boxes to avoid detection.
THE REPORT WE ALL WANT TO SEE:
<><> dates and times of Hillary's emails WRT to US foreign policy issues,
<><> dates and times of Obama's official statements on said foreign policy issues,
<><> dates and times of foreign govt donations to the Clinton Foundation(s).
"Eric Hoteham", the apparently non-existent person that is the registered owner of her mail server has the same PO box as the Clinton Foundation.
WIKI EXCERPT---The Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation[2] (originally, the William J. Clinton Foundation) is a non-profit foundation established by former President of the United States Bill Clinton with the stated mission to "strengthen the capacity of people throughout the world to meet the challenges of global interdependence."
The Foundation focuses on four critical areas: health security; economic empowerment; leadership development and citizen service; and racial, ethnic and religious reconciliation. The Foundation works principally through partnerships with like-minded individuals, organizations, corporations, and governments, often serving as an incubator for new policies and programs. They have offices located in New York City and Little Rock, Arkansas.
The William J. Clinton Foundation was founded in 2001 following the completion of the Presidency of Bill Clinton.[1] Longtime Clinton advisor Bruce Lindsey became the CEO in 2004.[3][4] Other Clinton hands who played an important early role included Doug Band[5] and Ira Magaziner.[3] Additional Clinton associates who have had senior positions at the foundation include John Podesta and Laura Graham.[1]
Most of the foundation's successes came from Bill Clinton's worldwide fame and his ability to forge together corporate executives, celebrities, and government officials.[1] Similarly, the foundation areas of involvement have often corresponded to whatever Bill Clinton suddenly felt an interest in.[1]
In September 2005, Frank Giustra flew Clinton to Kazakhstan as part of a three-country philanthropic tour. Clinton praised that nation's president Nursultan Nazarbayev for "this statement you have made about opening up the social and political life [of Kazakhstan]."
Within two days of the meeting, Giustra's fledgling uranium company signed preliminary agreements giving it the right to buy into three uranium projects controlled by the state-owned uranium agency, Kazatomprom.
In 2006, in the months after Clinton's visit, Giustra donated $31 million to the Clinton Foundation.[6] However, Giustra had developed deep financial links with Khazakstan business uranium interests long before he and Clinton went to Khazakstan together.[7][8]
Around 2007, the Clinton Foundation was criticized for a lack of transparency. Although U.S. law did not require nonprofit charities — including presidential foundations — to disclose the identities of their contributors, critics said that the names of donors should be disclosed because Hillary Rodham Clinton was running to be the Democratic nominee for President of the United States.
Commentator Matthew Yglesias wrote in a Los Angeles Times op-ed that the Clintons should make public the names of foundation donors to avoid any appearance of impropriety.[9]
Following the failure of her bid, the election of Barack Obama, and his nomination of her to become U.S. Secretary of State, Bill Clinton agreed to accept a number of conditions and restrictions regarding his ongoing activities and fundraising efforts for the Clinton Presidential Center and the Clinton Global Initiative.[10]
Accordingly, a list of donors was released for the first time in December 2008.[11] The list was large and included politically sensitive donors from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to Blackwater Worldwide.[12] The foundation insisted that the disclosures would ensure that "not even the appearance of a conflict of interest" would exist once Hillary Clinton was Secretary of State.[12]
The Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) was spun off into a separate organization in 2010.[1]
In 2013, following the completion of Hillary Rodham Clinton's tenure as Secretary of State, she joined the foundation, where she planned to work on issues regarding women and small children[13][14] as well as economic development.[3] Accordingly at that point, it was renamed the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation.[1] Extra attention was paid to the foundation due to the possibility of her work for it becoming part of a visibility platform for a possible campaign in the United States presidential election, 2016.[1][3]
In July 2013, Eric Braverman was named CEO of the foundation.[4] He is a friend and former colleague of Chelsea Clinton from McKinsey & Company.[1][3] At the same time, Chelsea Clinton was named vice chair of the foundation's board.[1][4] The foundation was also in the midst of a move to two floors of the Time-Life Building in Midtown Manhattan.[1]
The outside review, conducted by the firm of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, came to conclusions that achieve public view in mid-2013.[3] A main aspect was to resolve how the foundation could achieve a firm financial footing that was not dependent upon the former president's fundraising abilities, how it could operate more like a permanent entity rather than a start-up organization, and thus how it could survive and prosper beyond Bill Clinton's lifetime.[1][3]
Dennis Cheng, a former Hillary Clinton campaign official and State Department deputy chief, was named to oversee a $250 million endowment drive.[1] The review also found the management and structure of the foundation needed to improve, including an increase in the size of its board of directors that would have a more direct involvement in planning and budget activities.[3] Additionally, the review said that all employees needed to understood the foundation's conflict of interest policies and that expense reports needed a more formal review process.[3]
In August 2013, The New York Times reported on the foundation's recent developments, including financial losses, staff conflicts and spending excesses.[1] In response, Bill Clinton published an open letter saying the deficits described by the paper were misleading and a consequence of the unique accounting and tax reporting requirements placed upon foundations.[15]
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