Posted on 04/24/2015 10:07:26 AM PDT by Liz
The financial issues plaguing Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign have become too much even for liberal groups, and now Common Cause is calling for an independent audit of donations to the Clinton Foundation. Amid suggestions that foreign governments donated to the foundation in hopes of getting special treatment from President Obama's State Department when Clinton was his top diplomat, the group on Friday said a "thorough review" is needed.
"Six years ago, at Mrs. Clinton's confirmation hearing for her appointment as secretary of state, then-Sen. Dick Lugar observed that 'that foreign governments and entities may perceive the Clinton Foundation as a means to gain favor with the secretary of state.' He was right, and his remarks remain relevant today as Mrs. Clinton seeks the presidency," said Common Cause President Miles Rapoport. Below is their full release:
Common Cause Urges Independent Audit of Donations to Clinton Foundation
Citing concerns about potential conflicts of interest and the influence of hidden overseas donors, Common Cause called on presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton and the Clinton Foundation today to commission an independent and thorough review of all large donations to the foundation and to release the results.
"As Mrs. Clinton herself observed earlier this week, voluntary disclosure is not enough," said Common Cause President Miles Rapoport. "A report in Thursday's New York Times indicates that the Clinton Foundation violated an agreement to identify all of its donors. The foundation's omissions create significant gaps in the information that voters need to make informed decisions at the polls."
To ensure that the audit is complete, Rapoport said the foundation should enter into a contractual agreement with auditors to open its books fully and to make public the complete report of their review.
And to further guard against potential conflicts of interest, the foundation should stop accepting donations from foreign governments and foreign corporations, he said.
"There already is too much 'dark money' in our elections, in the form of spending by supposedly independent nonprofit groups that are not required to disclose their donors and operate as sort of shadow campaigns," Rapoport said. "The Clinton Foundation and any other foundations tied to a candidate or his or her family provide one more way for potential donors to gain access and curry favor from candidates — without the public knowing about it. That lack of transparency creates a clear risk of undue influence and conflicts of interest."
While the Clinton Foundation has garnered headlines this week, Rapoport noted that at least one other apparent presidential hopeful, Republican Jeb Bush, has close ties to a foundation. The former Florida governor created the Foundation for
Excellence in Education and last year turned over its leadership to former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice; it should initiate and make public the same kind of independent review Common Cause is recommending for the Clinton Foundation, Rapoport said.
Though Mrs. Clinton has severed ties with the Clinton Foundation, her husband and daughter remain active in its operations."Six years ago, at Mrs. Clinton's confirmation hearing for her appointment as secretary of state, then-Sen. Dick Lugar observed that 'that foreign governments and entities may perceive the Clinton Foundation as a means to gain favor with the secretary of state.' He was right, and his remarks remain relevant today as Mrs. Clinton seeks the presidency," Rapoport said.
Obama not 'unsettled' by Clinton's conduct at State
State Dept records show official concern about Clinton ties to 'Saudi entities'
I hope the Clintons decide that they are not going down alone.
Oops! So sorry but those records were on Hillary’s personal server. Next question?
We all know that Hillary and her cronies run a global criminal enterprise. The real question is who is going to stop it?
McConnell just put a criminal in power as AG.
The Clintons love moeny... if there's cash to be had Bill and Hill are rutting the piles looking for it. There's no filth too stinky to hold them back...
Out of the blue will come a fool tailored made to pull the wool over the eyes of every staff member of the New York Times and Washington Post... the NEW "ONE" will arrive soon. Common Cause - being made up of useful idiots - will LOVE the Clinton replacement, just like they've grown to dislike the Clintons... All on schedule.
The Buckraking Clinton Foundation sucking up foreign donations is morally reprehensible----but the real crimes are what exactly they are doing with the corporate/foreign monies once its in their Foundation's tax-exempt coffers.
So how'd they do that?
Then-US Sen Clinton and US Sen Jon Corzine. Corzine was fresh out of Goldman Sachs executive suite.
Remember, Wall Street makes money disappear faster than a cream puff at a
Weight Watchers weigh-in.
EXHIBIT ONE--- Dec 05, 2011---Fox News Report: Bill Clinton Reaped Big Bucks from Corzine Firm Before Collapse--- MF Global Employee Links Clinton to the Bankrupt Firm
A former MF Global employee accused former president Bill Clinton of collecting $50,000 per month through his Teneo advisory firm in the months before the brokerage careened towards its Halloween filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, reports Human Events.
Teneo was hired by MF Global’s former CEO Jon S. Corzine to improve his image and to enhance his connections with Clinton’s political family, said the employee, who asked that his name be withheld because he feared retribution, according to Hum/Events.
The Teneo contract with MF Global lasted at least five months, the souce said. “The board cancelled it after Corzine resigned.” The source, who is no longer associated with MF Global, said Teneo is a dual-track company with one side devoted to merchant and investment banking and the other side set up to provide image and strategy consulting services.
Clinton is the chairman of the company’s advisory board, reports Hum/Events.
SOURCE http://nation.foxnews.com/mf-global/2011/12/05/report-bill-clinton-reaped-big-bucks-corzine-firm- collapse#ixzz1fhH3pHHH
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EXHIBIT TWO--Then-Secy of State Hillary gave her close aide, Huma Abedin, “State Dept special status".....Abedin was working for Hillary at State....... AND simultaneously working for Bill Clinton, as a private contractor for his company, Teneo Holdings.
Abedin, reportedly had private email addresses on the Clinton email server system (underlining Democrats' greatest fear: the intersection of undisclosed foreign donations to the Clinton Foundation and Hillary Clinton’s secret email address. Huma Abedin's sweetheart deal: (1) an outside private six-figure consultant at the State Department, and, (2) “special government employee” status, and worked a sideline---as a private contractor.
One of Huma's clients was Bill Clinton's Company----Teneo Holdings----self-described as a dual-track political/banking consulting firm that calls itself the “next chapter in strategic advisory.”
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EXHIBIT THREE---An earlier NYT's expose tarred Bill Clinton w/ Teneo's sub rosa dealings. Teneo is run by Clinton aide---Doug Band. Prosecutors found Band and Clinton listed in pedophile's Jeffry Epsteiin's records as having a shocking 21 email addresses and tele nos.
Can you say money laundering? L/E recognizes multiple phone nos and email as the classic MO for money- laundering and tax evasion.
"My Plan Is, Let These NGOs,
Partisan Media Shills,
and Other Democrats
Build the Meme,
While Ignoring the Republicans,
Then Lower The Boom On That Beeotch.
Oh, and Death to America!"
I can see a liberal getting so angry with them that they could be in serious danger. All assassins in the past were libs not conservatives.
BALLS are being SQUEEZED as we speak...
blackmail and even some “you owe me’s” being uttered..
Boehner and McConnell are not interested at all.. AND....
Bill and HELLary are whistling past the federal prison..
What ever happened to Sandy Burglar..?.
If you’re a Charity ,you should not get to Keep 85 + % of the take
Very interesting.
It's pretty clear that Obama is behind all of this.
It's going to be really fun to watch when the Clintons fight back. Obama may know Chicago thug politics, but he's a lightweight compared to the Arkansas Mafia and their ability to completely destroy people at will.
I’m not sure yet how “unsettled” Obama should be.
According to Josh Earnest in a reply to Jonathan Karl, the White House possesses no record of the whatchamacallit agreement designed for reporting the Clinton charity income to the administration, but he admits that no foreign money was to be accepted during her tenure as SOS for purposes of transparency. (Then came the single Algeria donation.)
Josh said to contact the State Department for a request to see the thing. Everyone is shifting possession of that “Memorandum of Understanding”.
It sounds like Hillary failed to report to the administration and the administration didn’t really care. They just went through the motions to cover dotting a few i’s and crossing some t’s, but they spent no intentions of allocating people to hawk her every move on that charity.
If she goofed up and got in trouble, it would fall on her. O
Well, it has.
When the money keeps rolling out you don’t keep books
You can tell you’ve done well by the happy grateful looks
Accountants only slow things down, figures get in the way
Never been a lady loved as much as Hillary Clinton
Rollin’ on out, rollin’ on out
Rollin’ on out, rollin’ on out
Rollin’ on out, rollin’ on out
On out
That's my hope too.
That’s what I said.
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