Posted on 10/15/2015 2:24:29 PM PDT by george76
Benghazi: Hillary Clinton Adviser Sidney Blumenthal Had Financial Stake In US Libya Policy, Says GOP Lawmaker [ full title ] .
Sidney Blumenthal was a principal character in Hillary Clinton's Libyan policy discussions, even though he was neither an official adviser nor an impartial party, according to the Republican chairman of the House committee investigating the 2012 Benghazi terrorist attack. In a letter, Rep. Trey Gowdy of South Carolina claims there was a financial stake for Blumenthal in Libya as he pressed for Clinton to intervene.
"Blumenthal was not merely acting as a steward of information to Secretary Clinton but was acting as her de facto political adviser," Gowdy said in a blistering letter to Rep. Elijah Cummings of Maryland, the Benghazi panel's top Democrat. "While Blumenthal, an old friend of Clinton's, admittedly knew little about Libya and had not ever been to Libya, Clinton seemingly read every one of his emails on the topic that began appearing out of nowhere in February 2011."
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Blumenthal's motivation revealed -- money
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the same time Blumenthal was pushing Secretary Clinton to war in Libya, he was privately pushing a business interest of his own in Libya that stood to profit from contracts with the new Libyan government a government that would exist only after a successful U.S. intervention in Libya that deposed Qaddafi, Gowdy wrote, referring to former Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi.
Gowdy writes that Blumenthal maintained a frequent dialogue with Clinton about U.S. policy in the country -- nearly half of the emails Clinton received regarding Benghazi and Libya prior to the attacks involved him. Blumenthal, who served as a former White House aide to her husband, was not employed in any official capacity at the time of their correspondence.
(Excerpt) Read more at ibtimes.com ...
With the Clintons it always ‘the money’...
... 3. Blumenthal was engaged in a massive conflict of interest since he was working with people attempting to do business in Libya. If Clinton knew, her behavior in circulating the memos was egregious. If not, her recklessness is once again apparent.
Might wind up being worse than Watergate... by far.
Keep in mind that-—to its donors and to the world beyond-—all they knew was that the Clinton Foundation hired Sid Blumenthal to..... (wait for it)..... “promote Bill’s presidential (gag) legacy.”
That’s what Sid was supposed to be doing for his $325,000 salary.
Ahh, Sid the Squid, father of Max "Daily Beast" Blumenthal. Sid should be portrayed in the definitive movie that will eventually get made, by actor Richard Belzer ("John Munch" in the current long-running Law and Order: SVU), and Belzer should put on his shadiest shades and shadiest looks to do justice to one of DC's epic lizards.
ping
Several FR threads have explored the possibility that HRC's e-mail racking may have been instigated and promoted by the Terrible Trio in the White Hut.
Ping.
The Clintons have corruption swirling around them like Pigpen has dirt swirling around him.
Can no one stop them???
From Politico - not WND:
Clinton Foundation paid Blumenthal $10K per month while he advised on Libya
Some officials at the charity grumbled that his hiring was a favor from the Clintons.
Betrayal At Benghazi
The Cost of Hillary Clinton's Dereliction and Greed.
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