[Proud White Trump Supporter]

I didn't think government employees were supposed to accept gifts.

[notaliberal]

Democrats can

[Professional]

Huh, no way? Really??

[PIF]

Story came from Zero Hedge sometimes called a fake news site.

[Nifster]

They aren’t

What did Ben do with his

[TigersEye]

Is Ben Rhodes really that stupid? If so, good!

[JME_FAN]

Rrrright.

First reason I think this is BS ... It’s Gateway Pundit.

Second reason I think this is BS ... It’s source to Zero Hedge.

Both sites are conspiracy-driven clic-kbait garbage.

[MtnClimber]

DemocRATs think it is OK to be rich as long as they did not earn their wealth. They can marry into it, run sham foundations, take bribes or make laws for financial gain.

[relee]

I wonder where those suitcases of jewels are now, Smithsonian?

[jerod]

Democrats can accept money whether or not it’s legal or not... The FBI will never investigate and the CIA and NSA turn a blind eye towards such criminality.

If a Republican accepts cash, they are immediately wiretapped and a spy is inserted in their midst to seek out any other frivolous criminal material to add on to the initial charges. When the spy is discovered, the standard response it that the spy was inserted for the sake of National security. It’s all in the FBI handbook ‘Investigative techniques for Dummies’

[D_Idaho]

Maybe I missed something in the article, but I don’t see anyone actually accepting the jewels. It just says they found them. Did anyone read Rhodes’ book?

[Widget Jr]

I think the original source is the Guardian, Saudis gave Obama aides jewels worth thousands, ex-adviser says. This is from Ben Rhodes's book which just came out. He claims that Obama went to Saudi Arabia in 2009, all the staffers found suitcases full of jewels in their rooms. They turned it all over to the State Department protocol office, because they could not afford to pay tens of thousands to keep them. The gifts are listed in the State Department Register if anyone wants to go through it.

I don't like Obama either, but he isn't going to bow over bribes he can't keep. Hoft's source is Zerohedge, and both of them rarely cite the original articles. He's just as bad as CNN or MSNBC in replacing facts with opinions, and treating opinions as the facts.

[Georgia Girl 2]

Democrats are special.

[bert]

Fake news

[ChinaGotTheGoodsOnClinton]

If true I find it likely it went to the DNC or the Obama slush fund.

[Pagey]

I always thought every “Gift”, from a foreign source, became the property of the Permanent White House + the respective people who control all those things.

[skimbell]

Oh, I’m sure that the jewels are on display at the Smithsonian or National Gallery or one of those places. s/

[bgill]

Was that about the time there was a quickly hushed up off shore bank account article on him?

[Safetgiver]

As one spokesman explained the bowing, “ That’s protocol.”

[Squeako]

A bit more stable a currency than Dollars or Bitcoin.

[ViLaLuz]

0bama really likes Saudi jewels.