Posted on 05/16/2016 7:21:23 AM PDT by rktman
Section 9 of the U.S. Constitution forbids office holders from accepting anything of value from a foreign state, yet husband Bill Clinton collected $1 million from the Abu Dhabi government while Hillary was secretary of state.
Bill Clinton spoke at the Abu Dhabi Global Environmental Data Initiative (AGEDI) on December 13, 2011 and received a speaking fee of $500,000. The AGEDI is a program funded by the Abu Dhabi government, so the source of the funds was the government itself. Although the fee was paid to Bill, Hillary equally benefited from the payment. In effect, she accepted money from a foreign state.
A year later, Bill spoke to the World Travel and Tourism Council in Abu Dhabi (also funded by the Abu Dhabi government) for another fee of $500,000, for a total of $1 million.
The U.S. Constitution provides in Section 9 as follows:
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
“Now, THEREFORE, I, BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA, President of the United States, pursuant to the pardon power conferred upon me by Article II, Section 2, of the Constitution, have granted and by these presents do grant a full, free, and absolute pardon unto William Jefferson Clinton and Hillary Rodham Clinton for all offenses against the United States which he and she, William Jefferson Clinton and Hillary Rodham Clinton, have committed or may have committed or taken part in during the period from January 20, 2009 through January 20, 2017.”
I have no doubt Obama will pardon crooked Hillary. That will be part of the deal to get her to withdraw from the race and endorse Biden. If he pardons her before the FBI investigation is complete he’s ruined her campaign anyway. Whatever happens will be to save face.
FReeper Arthurus made a particularly good point: the DNC PTB are counting on Hillary being able to pull her chestnuts out of the fire......but she keeps tanking.
"So if Trump is set to win so overwhelmingly that the voter fraud Boobamba and Val have in the works would be patently obvious to the voting population, then Hillary will have to go......and will probably be indicted.
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We need it written down somewhere-----maybe amend the Constitution-----that once you've served your term in the WH, you go home. Everybody is sick of the power-mad money grubbing Clintons. Eight years in the WH, and Billy's still out there saving the world (gag); she goes from the WH to the Senate, the State Dept, and now a prez candidate. Give it a rest. Go home and shut up.
THE CLINTON MO---The head of a Canadian company with an enormous interest in Africa....in the Congo's mining and oil sector.....Lukas Lundin of Lundin Mining.....announced a $100 million donation to the Clinton Foundation on the heels of Hillary/s first presidential campaign....as she became Secy of State.
After the Congolese government attempted to regain control of its own mines, the State Department intervened on behalf of Lundin Mining and another mining company, Freeport Mines, also a Clinton foundation donor.
A round of talks in 2010, thought to be aided by the Clinton State Department, concluded with the pair of well-connected companies (Clinton Foundation donors) retaining their stakes in the mines and with the Congolese government being shut out of its own resources. (hat tip Schweizer book---Clinton Cash)
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THE STATE DEPT PAPER TRAIL--2012 email in evidence
Hillary/s Aide Shared Classified State Dept Info With Clinton Foundation
Aide Cheryl Mills sent info marked confidential to Clinton Foundation
By Alana Goodman, Free Beacon September 28, 2015
A key aide of Hillary Clinton emailed classified information about the government in Congo to a staffer at the Clinton Foundation in 2012, according to a copy of the correspondence obtained by the Washington Free Beacon.
Cheryl Mills, Clinton/s chief of staff at the State Department, sent the email to the Clinton Foundation’s foreign policy director, Amitabh Desai, on July 12, 2012.
The message, which was originally obtained by the group Citizens United through a public records request, is partially redacted because it includes foreign government information that has been classified Confidential by the State Department......but was not marked classified by the State Department until this past summer, intelligence sources tell the Free Beacon that it would have been classified at the time Mills sent it because foreign government information is considered classified from inception.
The message could add to concerns from congressional and FBI investigators about whether former Secretary Clinton and her aides mishandled classified information while at the State Department.
About half of the forwarded message was redacted due to its classified nature before the State Department released it to Citizens United last month. Although it is not clear what the redacted section includes, the State Department said in a court motion filed last week that it concerns both foreign government information and critical aspects of U.S. foreign relations, including U.S. foreign activities carried out by officials of the U.S. Government.
The State Department added that the disclosure of this information has the potential to damage and inject friction into our bilateral relationship with African countries whose cooperation is important to U.S. national security.
The Clinton Foundation and the State Department did not respond to request for comment about the email, or say whether Desai...a non-government employee who has worked at the foundation since 2007....would have been authorized to view Confidential information.
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REST AT http://freebeacon.com/politics/clinton-aide-shared-classified-information-with-foundation-email-shows/
Great line ! I'm going to steal it .
Violations of the Constitution are S.O.P. for the Clintons.
According to Bill, SOMEONE had to pay the couple’s household bills.
Yeah, Bob Woodward...LOL
Gifts to the President from foreign governments: See General Services Administration guidelines about valuations and taxes.
Obama may have gotten the short end on gifts:
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/02/the-unusual-gifts-given-to-presidents/462831/
As much as I would like to see them busted for all their crooked endeavors.... this one seems like a stretch. I’d find it very hard for them to get tried on this when rather damning things are not sticking....
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Sorry, It’s a legal non-starter.
The Section reads: “No Title of Nobility shall be granted by the United States: And no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State.”
Emolument does cover things such as speaking fees, but also any fee for any service. To try to hold Clinton in violation of this would be to declare illegal any payment any person ever received from working for any foreign government. For example, I once represented Canada when they were sued in the U.S. I charged them a fee. Was I acting unconstitutionally?
If on the other hand, they go after Hillary, as many think they are, for granting favors or other benefits she gave as Secretary of State in exchange for payments to the CGI, then, that is a serious felony, but not covered under Section 9.
Expecting this for Herself before the convention. If after the convention it is intended to sabotage her run. Of course I still don’t believe she will be the nominee.
psst.... FBI, the Clinton Crime Family SLUSH FUNDS are where ALL the scandals are!! CORRUPT to the CORE!
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