Posted on 03/09/2015 11:26:52 AM PDT by Bigtigermike
In 2011 and 2012, the Obama administration’s Securities and Exchange Commission levied large penalties against U.S. pharmaceutical companies for violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. These included Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer, and Eli Lilly and Company. Among the charges was making donations to a charitable foundation in Poland.
That charitable foundation was run by an official with a regional health ministry who had the authority to make pharmaceutical purchasing decisions. The charitable foundation was legitimate and the foundation’s work was for a good cause. But the U.S. government found that the donation still had a corrupt purpose.
Again, the Clinton foundation says the money was given for a good cause — earthquake relief in Haiti. At least when the shoe is on the other foot and U.S. companies are donating to foreign charities, the U.S. government does not hold the view that such donations toward charitable purposes can not be tainted.
SEC’s enforcement division, Andrew Ceresney, discussed the Eli Lilly and “bribes disguised as charitable contributions“:
As you might know, the FCPA prohibits giving “anything of value” to a foreign official to induce an official action to obtain or retain business, and we take an expansive view of the phrase “anything of value.” The phrase clearly captures more than just cash bribes, and Eli Lilly is not the only matter where we have brought an action arising out of charitable contributions.
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You are right, the American people are all-forgiving with all things Clinton. They think it makes a "good economy" to elect a Clinton.
If I had a nickle for every time I have seen the words:Clinton, legal trouble, scandal and illegal on this forum, I would be fabulously wealthy and my name would be Quidam.
If enough folks see this dynamite 4 minute video, we MAY be able to keep this dissembling, corrupt narcissist OUT of the White House. We may not survive the one currently infesting our national house. I doubt we’d survive another one!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDPQHKmU0P8
Hillary Clinton is in no possible legal trouble.
Laws are for the little people.
Possibly to a blind orangutan--possibly.
Galatians 6:7
True. They’ll have to get her out of that teflon pant suit first.
Not necessarily.
That is the sexiest photograph of Hillary I’ve seen in years!
Love that pantsuit!
Ha! Perfect!
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