New Book, ‘Clinton Cash,’ Questions Foreign Donations to Foundation

nytimes.com ^ | APRIL 19, 2015 | Amy Chozick

[W.]

The book does not hit shelves until May 5, but already the Republican Rand Paul has called its findings “big news” that will “shock people” and make voters “question” the candidacy of Hillary Rodham Clinton.

“Clinton Cash: The Untold Story of How and Why Foreign Governments and Businesses Helped Make Bill and Hillary Rich,” by Peter Schweizer — a 186-page investigation of donations made to the Clinton Foundation by foreign entities — is proving the most anticipated and feared book of a presidential cycle still in its infancy.

The book, a copy of which was obtained by The New York Times, asserts that foreign entities who made payments to the Clinton Foundation and to Mr. Clinton through high speaking fees received favors from Mrs. Clinton’s State Department in return.

“We will see a pattern of financial transactions involving the Clintons that occurred contemporaneous with favorable U.S. policy decisions benefiting those providing the funds,” Mr. Schweizer writes.

[wayoverontheright]

Pop quiz....

If Hillary was selling State Dept favors, then what two persons in the White House had to be in the know?

This may have legs because it ties into the e-mail scandal.

No, low information voters don’t read, but liberal donors do.

[Alberta's Child]

Actually, you can say the same thing about every administration since 1990.

Do you think it's just a coincidence that the primary beneficiaries of the U.S. military action in Iraq, for example, are royal families in the Middle East who are partners with the Bush family in real estate projects here in the U.S.?

[bmwcyle]

Does it go back to the Lippo Bank in Arkansas when Bill was Governor?

[IamConservative]

No big deal. Just a few RICO predicates committed by a sitting Secretary of State.

[randita]

This is nothing new to people who actually care. The Clintons have been peddling influence (domestic and foreign) the entire time they’ve been in politics. “No controlling legal authority” was coined by Gore in the aftermath of the Buddhist monk scandal, but it applies equally to the Clintons.

[Travis McGee]

[duckworth]

The Slimes didn’t know what to do with information about this book. Before they even tell us the book’s title, they’re already taking a swipe at Rand Paul. WTF! Do any of the uppity morons at the Slimes ever connect their inability to write a fair article to the fact that circulation is dwindling, and that the dwindling circulation leads to layoffs in the newsroom? Does it ever even cross their small brains? Probably not! They think it’s perfectly reasonable to start an article about a Clinton book with a swipe at Rand Paul. They probably also think as foot soldiers of the devil in the pro-abortion army, that they will never lose their jobs!

[IMR 4350]

Considering the fact it’s royal families that own everything in the middle east every action affects them in a positive or negative way.

[Liz]

The only possible purpose for Hillary to have a private email system (which she "said" was in her Chappaqua residence) was to prevent federal record-keepers from archiving her emails by law..... and to prevent reporters, historians, and American citizens from knowing what she did w/ ntl security secrets.

Let's see....what did Hillary do w/ US ntl
security secrets? I'll just take a wild guess:

"Smile everybody. Another $100 million came in today."

[Liz]

Hundreds of millions spew into the Clintons' tax-exempt foundations.....foundations the Clintons calculatedly morphed into hundreds of separate fund-raising machines. Just a peek at how the "dead broke " Clintons got their geedy hands on billions of dollars......b/c being president and Secretary of State has an astoundingly good monetary return...if you're a practiced con artist.

The Clintons' "The Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Family Foundation" gives them even more fund-raising capabilities......w/ a friendly "family" aura. Earlier, a NYT's expose chronicled the shady financing of the tax-exempt money machine----The Clinton Global Initiative foundation.

CLINTON GLOBAL INITIATIVE web site
you can peruse 276 web pages of obscure programs
all of them vehicles to raise money
all of them expecting payback w/ Hillary in the WH.

1271 Avenue of the Americas 42nd Floor
New York, NY 10020
212-348-8882

WEB SITE http://www.clintonfoundation.org/clinton-global-initiative

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Although "dead broke," Bill and Hillary Clinton bought the $5.95 million mansion in Chappaqua, Westchester County, New York in 1999, after they left the WH. The house was built in 1889, has 5 bedrooms and 4 bathrooms, and is 5,232 square feet. The house is now estimated to be worth $6.84 million.

The Clintons paid $2.85 million for this Washington DC house in the Observatory Circle neighborhood. The Georgian Colonial is 5,152 square feet, has four bedrooms and 7 bathrooms, and is a half mile away from the Vice Presidential residence at the Naval Observatory.

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/23-homes-of-american-presidents-2012-9?op=1#ixzz3X6SvSUrt

[Liz]

Great point.....spot-on insights.

.....the worst part of this scandal is that the U.S. government was deploying U.S. intelligence assets and military personnel in these foreign countries as de facto mercenaries ... bought and paid for by donations to the Clinton Foundation......just in case anyone was wondering what those people were doing over there in Benghazi.

[Liz]

THE MONEY TRAIL--Hillary aide--Huma Abedin---received a waiver from Hillary in 2012 that allowed Abedin to do part-time consulting for the Clinton Foundation while working for Hillary at State Dept.

This arrangement was not publicly acknowledged til revealed by the NYT. Abedin also worked for Teneo, a company connected to Bill Clinton...Teneo was retained by Jon Corzine when he bilked MFG investors of $1.5 billion. Bill was paid $50,000 a month.

Then-Sens Clinton and Corzine.

An earlier NYT's expose revealed Bill Clinton and 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........L/E recognizes multiple email addresses and tele nos as the MO for money-laundering and tax evasion.

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Congress needs to launch multiple investigations into Hillary’s State Dept tenure including that of her confidantes:

<><> expense accounts,

<><> use of federal credit cards,

<><> their participation in the State Dept's disbursement of funds to "private contractors;"

<><>her possible collusion with the Clinton Foundation--using classified info as an instrument for fund-raising.

Hillary's official calendar, and her contact with foreign leaders. will tell the tale of donations to the foundation....and the Clintons profiteering off secret intel.

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The Buckraking Clintons 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.

It's becoming clearer why Bill Clinton used a shocking 21 phone nos and email addresses----because L/E knows multiple phone no's and emails is an indication of possible money-laundering and tax evasion.

[GOPJ]

Young aspiring writers can get their foot in the publishing door by ‘unmasking’ Clintons for a new generation...

This book is the first of hundreds...

[Blood of Tyrants]

The term “Pay for play” was coined under Bill’s term as president. They are just continuing the corruption.