Posted on 11/27/2016 4:38:27 AM PST by Liz
Foreign governments began turning off money spigots to the scandal-scarred Clinton Foundation; it received millions from dozens of foreign governments including Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the Netherlands, Canada, Sweden and Ireland. <><> French federal comptrollers began following a trail of tens of millions in government money that ended up in Clinton Foundation coffers, according to a document reviewed by The NY Post.<><> The Australian government announced that it would end its decade-long affiliation with the Clinton Foundation — amounting to as much as $25 million, according to the foundation’s Web site.<><> Norway is also scaling back; donations reached $25 million in 2015.
A source close to Pres-elect Trump's transition team indicated plans to pressure its yet unnamed US ambassadors to suggest foreign governments probe its Clinton Foundation financial dealings. “Haiti and Colombia will be key diplomatic posts because of all the money involved,” said the source. Recently leaked e-mails indicate “Friends of Bill” Clinton may have been given priority from the State Department as it prepared to spend some $10 billion in aid after a 2010 devastating earthquake in Haiti. The State Dept denied any special treatment.
Canadian mining magnate Frank Giustra pledged $100 million to the foundation in 2005 and later benefited from the foundation’s philanthropic work in Columbia where Giustra acquired large parcels of land and set up an oil business, according to watchdog groups.
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Don’t f with the bull
Yes!
It is time we strike back and break the back
You know, I was for letting her walk just to get her out of the picture for God’s sake and finally.
But now, after this trickery with the recount, I want him to appoint Christie as special prosecutor on this case ALONE!
Whatever resources he needs, give it to him. He’s not a true conservative but he is a pit bull and will NEVER let go of hillary until she is in PRISON.
My speculation. Trump and Hillary reached some sort of accommodation just following the election. He agreed not to prosecute her is she agreed to accept the election results. She has reneged. The deal is void.
Columbia: 1) A district in the Eastern US. Site of the US capital. Rightly a part of Maryland. 1) A river in the Pacific Northwest.
Colombia: A country in South America bordered by bordered by Panamá, Venezuela, Brazil, Peru and Ecuador. Famous for Coffee and other agricultural exports.
BTW Tom, for some comic relief, I’m watching Day of The Animals from 1977, the premise being the ozone layer is gone and animals go insane and attack people :)
They’ve been wrong for FORTY YEARS :)
But just like a Jets fan (me), they can’t let go.
(hat tip thinden)......interesting that payments due the Clinton Foundation were rumored to be used by Hillary's campaign.
Makes one wonder if that is the pitch Democrat bundlers were using? “we can make your campaign donation TAX DEDUCTIBLE! Just wire it in to the Clinton Foundation.”
I agree. His pivot was suspicious and I assumed some agreement had been reached. There were rumblings prior to the 60 minutes interview that Chelsea had reached out through Ivanka to plead with Trump to not go after her parents...then we got the ‘they’re good people I don’t want to hurt them’ nonsense. Now? Trump does not suffer fools nor does he take a doublecross laying down. I get the feeling his anger has reached nuclear with this nonsense.
If all of these nations issue criminal warrants for Bill, Hillary, and Chelsea, will INTERPOL arrest them?
Not sure about jurisdiction. I would just order their assets frozen and haveFBI seize them for extradition to the country with the most draconian laws of punishment. The free people of the world need to make an example of those who aim to destroy us.
don’t know much about the Colombia story, but the Haitian connection has really really resonated with that demographic in south Florida.
Haitians KNOW that the Clinton Foundation was rigged against any real relief that was promised to that nation.
Many of them voted against Clinton because of that.
LOCK HER UP!
LOCK HER UP!
LOCK HER UP!
Many criminals (Hillaryous -ain’t no ways tarred- Rotten) never stop unless incarcerated or eliminated.
“You know, I was for letting her walk just to get her out of the picture for God’s sake and finally.
But now, after this trickery with the recount, I want him to appoint Christie as special prosecutor on this case ALONE!
Whatever resources he needs, give it to him. He’s not a true conservative but he is a pit bull and will NEVER let go of hillary until she is in PRISON.”
Ditto - except I would appoint Giuliani.
Your analysis makes a lot of sense.
Why Colombia?
WIKI REFERENCE---In 2000, the Clinton administration committed $1.3 billion in foreign aid to the corrupt country of Colombia...... and up to five hundred military personnel to train local forces. An additional three hundred civilian personnel were allowed to assist in the eradication of coca.
The Clinton deal was an addition to $330 million of previously approved US aid to Colombia. $818 million was earmarked for 2000, with $256 million for 2001.
The Clinton-era appropriations for his Colombia Plan made Colombia the third largest recipient of foreign aid from the United States at the time.
--SNIP--
As of 2008, the U.S. has provided nearly $1.3 billion to Colombia through Clinton Plan Colombia nonmilitary aid programs:
<><> Alternative Development (2000-2008 cost: $500 million)
<><> Internally Displaced Persons (2000-2008 cost: $247 million)
<><> Demobilization and Reintegration (2000-2008 cost: $44 million)
<><> Democracy and Human Rights (2000-2008 cost: $158 million)
<><> Promote the Rule of Law (2000-2008 cost: $238 million)
LONG READ--REST AT https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plan_Colombia
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04/16/2008----Former President Bill Clinton has earned hundreds of thousands of dollars speaking on behalf of a Colombia-based group pushing the trade pact, and representatives of that organization tell The Huffington Post that the former president shared their sentiment.
In June 2005, Clinton was paid $800,000 by the Colombia-based Gold Service International to give four speeches throughout Latin America. The organization is, ostensibly, a development group tasked with bringing investment to the country and educating world leaders about the Colombia’s business opportunities.
The group’s chief operating officer, Andres Franco, said in an interview that the group supports the congressional ratification of the free trade agreement and that, when Clinton was on his speaking tour, he expressed similar opinions. “He was supportive of the trade agreement at the time that he came, but that was several years ago.
In the present context, I don’t know what his position would be. It is not only about union trade rights. It is about what benefit or damage it can do to the US economy,” said Franco. “Events with the Clinton campaign [concerning Mark Penn] are not good at all for the trade agreement... Right now it became a campaign issues and that is sad, because it needs to go through.”
The comments were supported by a June 23, 2005 article from the news portal Terra (uncovered by Ben Smith at Politico) in which Clinton offered unambiguous support for the free trade agreement with Colombia.
They appear to be the first public indication that Clinton has, at least in the past, supported the trade deal. But evidence that the former president has been sympathetic to Colombia’s position is widely known. In 2007, Clinton met personally with and accepted an award from Colombia’s controversial president, Alvaro Uribe, during a time when the country was attempting to improve its image within the United States.
Subsequently, Clinton urged Congress to view the country in a more favorable light.
Moreover, Clinton has helped Frank Giustra, one of the biggest donors to the Clinton Global Initiative, score meetings with high-ranking Colombian officials. Giustra has several business interests in the country, and both he and Clinton have collaborated on an effort to (cough) "fight poverty in developing world by partnering up with mining companies in Colombia and elsewhere." SOURCE: http://nypost.com/2008/12/19/bubba-sheik-ing-the-money-tree/
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UT OH---Obama/s now requesting billions for Colombia---to (cough) curb the drug trade.
Pay to play. Expensive tickets.
PING
Heh, heh. This ain’t no Bush leaguer you’re messin with.
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