Posted on 05/14/2015 2:20:27 PM PDT by VinL
ABC News chief anchor George Stephanopoulos got deeper in hot water Thursday with his network, which revised upward to $75,000 the amount of money he contributed to the Clinton Foundation without full disclosure to the network or viewers -- while he was covering Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign and foundation controversies.
Stephanopoulos apologized Thursday and said he should have revealed the contributions, which were initially reported at $50,000.
But an ABC official told Fox News on Thursday afternoon the anchor has changed that number, to $75,000. He is also pledging not to moderate any presidential debates, Fox News has learned.
The anchor is a former Bill Clinton spokesman and aide, and his ties to the former first family are well-known. However, as first reported by Politico, he made multiple $25,000 donations to the foundation in recent years -- and while the donations can be found in the organization's records, Stephanopoulos did not disclose them to viewers as he covered the Clintons.
Even when he interviewed the author of "Clinton Cash" -- the high-profile book examining potential conflicts of interest behind Clinton Foundation funding -- on ABC's "This Week," Stephanopoulos did not disclose his own contributions.
Stephanopoulos said in a statement on Thursday: "I made charitable donations to the Foundation in support of the work they're doing on global AIDS prevention and deforestation, causes I care about deeply. I thought that my contributions were a matter of
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Just a question.
Is there any similarity between this and what Dinesh D’Souza did?
Thanks in advance.
There is no conflict of interest, since ABC is one of the party organs. Same goes for NBC, CBS, and CNN.
50k and now 75k
What is the real amount?
Did ABC use Stephanopoulos to funnel bribe money to the Clinton’s?
Yes of they did.
Is he fired. Nope.
Sure would like to see the solicitation letter the Clintons send out.
Here's yet another Clinton con job. The tax-exempt multi-billion dollar Clinton Family Foundation sucked-up $7.4 million tax dollars (that we know of). Now several state and federal agencies listed as donors told news outlets they did not contribute to the Clinton Foundation.
<><> EPA said there's no record of donations to the Clinton Foundation.
<><> The “Office of Minority Health and Human Services,” is listed but it's not clear what this donation referred to, or even which federal or state office it came from.
<><> The Arkansas Dept of Human Services received a donor "gift receipt" but said they never expended tax dollars to the Foundation.
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This opens up a truck-load of questions about the veracity of the Clinton donor list...and whether it lists phantom donations as a ruse to cover-up wrongdoing. This is a well-used criminal MO--along w/ keeping two sets of books. Criminal behavioral scientists also say when exposed, criminals ditch their computers and wipe hard drives clean.
One Indian donor says he did not give the $5 million donation the Clinton Foundation listed in his name---which was ridiculed in India---b/c it amounted to his entire net worth.
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FACTS ON FILE Hillary was in charge of approving billion dollar deals to federal contractors which coincided w/ $100 million or more listed as donations to the Clinton foundation.
Soon after Hillary exited, State Dept officials issued a "special management alert"-----that it had "no idea" what happened to $6 billion used to pay its contractors.....warning of “significant financial risk and a lack of internal control at State has led to billions of unaccounted dollars over the last six years....under Hillary's watch.
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The Clinton Giustra Enterprise Partnership registered as a "Canadian charity" in late 2007 could easily be a money laundering operation---w/ tax dollars flowing from Hillary'a State Dept----then laundered across the border in secret LLC accounts.
The NY Times reported that the "Canadian charity" --- the Clinton Giustra Enterprise Partnership----collected about $33 million US tax dollars from Hillary's State Dept between 2008 and 2013.....$25 million of which was passed across the border to the U.S. based Clinton Foundation.
One of the most common money laundering MO's is one foundation writing a check to another foundation---the check receiver takes a cut then transfers the bulk elsewhere for the donor's use later---how they skim off tax-free money for themselves.....maybe for campaign expenses?
Hillarys as DIRTY as they get
Fraud...Money Laundering....VINCE FOSTERS MAGIC SUICIDE
Hillary 2016..Leavenworth Kansas!!!
Hat tip to Jim Eason (KGO, KSFO; retired)
Any group that would hire George Stephanopoulos under the delusion he’s an ‘objective journalist’ might also believe Dick Cheney’s an ‘objective journalist’... Or maybe ABC isn’t vile or stupid - just corrupt and biased...
Liz - do you think ABC would make the same ‘mistake’ and hire Dick Cheney as an ‘objective journalist’? LOL - kidding...
ABC sucks.
I can’t remember her name, but wasn’t there a Republican congresswoman who resigned and took a news job at CBS? The left raised so much hell she had to quit.
BUT STEPHENFECTCHITALOT. Would be a great bag man to pick up and transfer $$$$
Susan Molinari is her name. I don’t know how to post an active url, but here is a NYTimes article.
Incest is an apt description here..
Molinari was known as an abortion booster and the daughter of a Staten Island politician and wife of another NY representative.
Realistically, how could a guy who makes only 4000 dollars an hour be expected to pick up the “nuances” of not contributing under the table to partisan political allies who he’s covering in the guise of an “objective” “news” “reporter”?
Hes got a wife and kids to feed and he’s giving away that kind of money to those 2 grifters?
Yes, it would be curious to know the pay-back here. My humble guess is that he will get some insider interviews with Hillary this summer and be the big chunk of her national plan. He also might be given some anti-Mallory pieces by her staff and help to ensure Mallory doesn’t win in Iowa (my guess is that Hillary will screw up Iowa once again).
Thanks Liz.
“He has always been a Clinton apologist, but this confirms his bias. ABC should either fire him or remove him totally from reporting any political news.”
He will just leave ABC and go back to the Clinton campaign. Is anyone even thinking differently?
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