Export-Import Bank Won’t Respond to Information Requests About Ties to Clinton-Backed Consulting

The Daily Signal ^ | 4/7/15 | Melissa Quinn

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The Export-Import Bank’s relationship with a politically connected consulting firm has come under scrutiny as its clients benefited from millions of dollars in financing from the bank.

However, a Freedom of Information Act request filed by a government watchdog has been pending for more than 500 days, highlighting the Export-Import Bank’s issues with transparency.

“They’re just unresponsive,” Veronique de Rugy, senior fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, told The Daily Signal. “They just seem to refuse to let [the public] in.”

McLarty Associates—run by former President Bill Clinton’s Chief of Staff Thomas McLarty—bills itself as a consulting firm with a “global footprint,” and hasn’t lobbied Congress since 2005. It does, however, maintain strong ties with former and current officials with the Export-Import Bank. Additionally, several of McLarty Associates’ clients benefited from millions of dollars in financing from the agency.

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Export-Import Bank Won’t Respond to Information Requests About Ties to Clinton-Backed Consulting Firm

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Export-Import Bank Won’t Respond to Information Requests About Ties to Clinton-Backed Consulting Firm

"So, what does he import?"
"Uh, chips."
"Oh. What kind of chips?"
"Potato."
"Some corn."



"And what does he export?"
"Diapers."

Sorry, my bad.