Possible Conflict at Heart of Clinton Foundation

NY Times ^ | May 22, 2016 | ALBERT R. HUNT

[Innovative]

The Clinton Foundation, which has done a number of good works over the past 15 years, would appear to present an inherent conflict of interest should Mrs. Clinton become president, and possibly does even now with her as a candidate.

Mrs. Clinton has suggested that if she is elected, the foundation — which collects contributions from wealthy interests, including foreign governments — would continue basically as is.

“If Bill seeks to raise large sums of money from donors who also have an interest in U.S. policy, the public will rightly question whether the grants affected United States foreign policy,” said Stephen Gillers, a legal ethics expert at New York University School of Law. Ethics rules, he notes, are “not merely to prevent bad behavior but to foster public trust in the integrity of government choices.” He’s open, however, to the idea of their daughter, Chelsea Clinton, running the foundation.

[GOPJ]

Grifters... lower class, white trash grifters...

[MarvinStinson]

Good find.

Another of the media’s unbiased “experts.”

[G Larry]

The foundation is a FRAUD and a slush fund, contributing less than 10% to charity.

She already belongs in jail for selling her State Dept. seat for personal gain.

[GOPJ]

ALBERT R. HUNT thinks there's a ‘possible’ conflict of interest?

Low class white trash Clinton grifers have become multimillionaires by selling access to foreign countries and everyone else who wants a 'favor' for years. And FINALLY THE NEW YORK TIMES NOTICES?.’ Why did it take so long?

New York Times hasn't 'seen' this story is their democrat handlers...( the people who supply their editors with packets of possible news stories to chose between) didn't hand them this one.Grifters? Or just lazy?

The New York Times has their hand out to democrats to fill their paper... not much different...

Oh and ALBERT R. HUNT when those packets are given to editors... Some self serving stories are included intentionally so your puffed up editors can pat themselves on the back for NOT picking the obvious ones. It's a tactic that's been shown to get MORE stories accepted. YOU guys are a joke in the political world. Played like fish.

[Mariner]

"“If Bill seeks to raise large sums of money from donors who also have an interest in U.S. policy, the public will rightly question whether the grants affected United States foreign policy,” said Stephen Gillers, a legal ethics expert at New York University School of Law."

The very same logic applies with Hillary as SoS.

[unixfox]

Gee, I wonder what would happen if *I* decided to setup a scheme like that? Think the IRS would be all over me?

[Liz]

You’d be in jail lickety-split.

[headstamp 2]

Hillary will have a ready made money laundering operation if she gets in for sale to the highest bidder.

The Clintons have raised organized crime to an art form.

[BatGuano]

“Good works” do not include siphoning money to the family and friends of the Clintons.
The Slimes looks the other way when foul accounting or no accounting is done on the foundation.

[maggief]

More bias, (sorry for the link)...

http://www.thenation.com/article/hillary-clintons-ethical-challenge/

Hillary Clinton’s Ethical Challenge

Let’s stipulate that the Clintons haven’t ever done anything unethical. They have to make sure the public believes that, too.

By Stephen Gillers

JUNE 9, 2015

[Liz]

And don't forget Obama. The Clintons' truckload of crime is about to be dumped onto the Obama legacy.

ACADEMY-AWARD WORTHY---Obama puts on a convincing act.
He "knows nothing." Obama didn't even know about this (snix).

PIC Circa 2010--Ex-Pres Clinton in Moscow having a laugh w/ Putin
as strategic US uranium deposits were sold off to Russia for Big Bucks
facilitated by Secy Clinton, as Bill globe-trotted to set up the deal.

"Hahahaha. US ntl security? Hahahaha. You gotta be kidding, Vlad."

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With all the top-level intel available to him, can Americans actually believe:

<><>Obama was oblivious to the Clintons jerking around US foreign policy?

<><> Obama knew nothing of Hillary and Sid Blumenthal's emails WRT Iran (the man Obama banned from US govt employment)?

<><> Obama knew nothing about the Clinton Foundation/slush fund buck-raking activities?

<><> Obama never noticed Bill Clinton trotting around the globe?

<><> Obama never noticed the Clinton "charity" used to worm his way into the confidences of foreign leaders.... but only those leaders w/ untapped reserves of gold, uranium, oil, and other valuable commodities?

<><> Obama never knew Hillary's brother got a gold-mining permit in Haiti?

Hand-picked by Obama to run State, Hillary ran it like a shadow govt.... w/ her husband taking notes WRT buck-raking opportunities available from Hillary's actions OR inaction.

Secy Hillary never e-v-e-r uttered a discouraging word e-v-e-r......as the Clinton Foundation sucked up hundred of millions of foreign dollars from shady characters.

OF COURSE, the Clintons/ activities NEVER interfered w/ Obama/s OWN foreign policy initiatives (cue laugh machine).

[Liz]

Isn't it (cough) odd that Al Hunt never came across the Clintons' sordid circle?

Donors and board members' shady dealings and criminal convictions.....not quite the everyday Americans championed by candidate Hillary. The best-selling Clinton Cash book details the buck-raking Clintons' sordid circle.

<><> The SEC charged a Clinton Foundation trustee with misallocating $9.5M from his database company. Shareholders sued for using the company jet to fly the Clintons around and paying Bill a $3M consulting fee.

<><> A Clinton Foundation trustee was accused of paying Bahraini executives (roughly $52 million) to win sales contracts for US-based Alcoa which later settled with the DOJ for $384M.

<><> A Foundation trustee donated to Hillary's campaigns...gave the Clintons millions in honoraria and millions more to the foundation. The trustee was arrested for allegedly defrauding a bank. He pleaded guilty in a Bklyn court to “funneling more than $180,000 in illegal contributions to three federal candidates,” Hillary among them.

<><> An Indian legislator sat at the head table at the Clinton Global Initiative and dined privately with the Clintons at their home. He gave between $1 and 5 million to the Clinton Foundation....then was arrested for bribing members of parliament WRT a US-Indian nuclear-technology agreement....he was booted from his party, ending his political career.

<><>Claudio Osorio fundraised for Hillary and supported the Clinton Global Initiative. He falsified applications to score a loan of $10M tax dollars to build homes in earthquake-ravaged Haiti. Osorio was convicted of financial fraud, using humanitarian assistance “for personal benefit,” and got 12 years in federal prison.

<><>He was on the federal terrorist no-fly list yet a Lebanese-British businessman donated $460,000 to Miami Democrats for voter-registration and attended the Clintons WH Christmas party. He was later convicted of money-laundering and “aiding a criminal organization WRT billions of dollars stolen from Nigeria.

His company pledged $1 billion to the Clinton Global Initiative. The ***-kissing Clinton gave him a prize for sustainable development.

[Robert A Cook PE]

Yeah.

It did some good works. Equals 10% of what is received.

The rest paid for Clinton family vacations (er, trips) and staff and goodies and perks and offices ..... And staffers. (er, slaves).

[RitaOK]

Maria Bartiromo on the list is rather a surprise, Liz, as she appears now to be regularly Unsympathetic to Hillary Clinton on every front, at least in this present election cycle.

Sometimes, it’s seems more like a UNION arrangement the way these media pundits must rely on this funding crap to keep their jobs at the top of the heap. It’s relentless.

For others, like TRUMP, these contributions are part of doing business in NYC, as he says.

It has always been in the water up there. HA! I watched the GODFATHER. LOL!

[Grampa Dave]

The despicable America hating Al Hunt is married to Judy Woodruff one of the big donors to the Clintoon Crime Fund. Al Hunt - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Hunt Wikipedia He first married Margaret O'Toole of Pittsburgh and later married Judy Woodruff of PBS. He has three children, including a son born with spina bifida. Children‎: ‎three Alma mater‎: ‎Wake Forest University‎ (B.A., ... Spouse(s)‎: ‎Judy Woodruff Judy Woodruff - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judy_Woodruff Wikipedia Woodruff is married to Al Hunt, formerly of CNN and The Wall Street Journal, now an executive editor of the Washington, D.C., bureau of Bloomberg News. They have three children, including a son born with spina bifida.

[justlurking]

President Obama, his critics notwithstanding, has run a remarkably scandal-free administration, with few ethical lapses.

This one statement completely discredits the author of this article.

[stephenjohnbanker]

“Why didn’t Al Hunt disclose he is married to Judy Woodruff-—listed as a Notable Media Member of the Clinton Foundation? “

Same ol same ol......

[thirst4truth]

I pray, this is what the FBI is investigating. Heard several months ago through law enforcement contacts, the Clinton Foundation is what the 100 additional agents were added to investigate.

Good information we shall see if one of America's leading politicians is indeed too big to jail.

[polymuser]

Have to wonder if NYT gets any slush...

[Billthedrill]

They're writing as if the topic just came up. It didn't.

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