Trump Calls For Obama Book Deal, Netflix Deal and “Congressional Slush Fund” be Investigated

GP ^ | 09/16/2019 | Cristina Laila

[Bruce Campbells Chin]

Reagan made $1 million for a speech in Japan in 1989. Presidents clean up after they leave office, through speaking tours and book deals and the like. Obama did it.

Yes...after they leave office. The difference is that Obama made millions on book sales while he was still in office. He did donate the profits from the children's book to charity, but not the profits made from Dreams From My Father or The Audacity of Hope. He kept all that as personal income.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/danalexander/2017/01/20/how-barack-obama-has-made-20-million-since-arriving-in-washington/#355ce3a75bf0

Some of that included purchases by the U.S. State Department (again, while Obama was still President), to give as gifts in other countries. Just imagine that -- the State Department putting taxpayer-funded royalties into the President's pocket!

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/oct/25/state-department-buys-70000-worth-obama-memoir/

And that included multiple runs in China, where the Chinese -- or more likely the Chinese government -- gobbled up multiple runs of his books after the 2008 election and put even more money directly into his pocket.

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/obamavisitchina/2009-11/14/content_8971888.htm Emoluments, scmoluments.

[drypowder]

still wondering how much of that $600 million ended up in Obama’s pocket after the American tax payers paid a Canadian Tech company to set up the Obama WH computer systems. $600 million to a foreign company and the dems never raised a brow over that. Imagine that!

[Alberta's Child]

The difference is that Trump doesn't need the money.

One of the reasons he had a hard time attracting top people to serve in his cabinet is that he insisted on having them sign agreements not to work as lobbyists for five years after they left his administration. That's why so many of the people in his cabinet were older and/or independently wealthy, and many of them had no interest in hanging around D.C. after they left anyway.

[Hostage]

Why shouldn’t he? He’s a business man. If he buys or sells a property, it’s all a matter of public record anyways.

But if Trump gets a 65-Billion dollar deal from cronies, then hell yes, it should be investigated.

Why 65B?

Obama got a 65M deal from Netflix whose board is populated by cronies that benefited from his presidential policies.

Trump was a 1000 x wealthier than Obama when entering office.

65M x 1k = 65B.

Obama (and McCabe) are criminals. The book deals are bribes and rewards for misdeeds.

[sarasotarepublican]

Please correct me if I am wrong. I was under the assumption, that as President, he has the authority to begin an investigation by the FBI. Suggesting an investigation into a slush fund sounds serious to me.

I fully support our President. But frankly, I am tired of all the talk and no action. It appears he has little to no acting authority. All he does is tweet.

[itsahoot]

But is Trump willing to have every single post-presidential deal he strikes submitted to Congressional investigation?

You have any reason to think they won't be, regardless of what he does?

[itsahoot]

Would love to see a lawsuit shut them up.

Would you also like to win the Publishers Clearing House prize this week. One of those events is more likely to happen than the other.

[itsahoot]

Reagan made $1 million for a speech in Japan in 1989.

Oh well that makes everything OK. Thanks.

[itsahoot]

I do think that the American taxpayer has a right to know how our tax money was spent.

I think I see your problem there, it is not your tax dollars, it is their tax dollars.

[Liz]

AND THIS: Obama gave Michelle $100 million tax dollars "to reach Muslim girls" in Morocco?

Taxpayers were told the $100 million was being held by the Chicago-based Obama Foundation, to be doled out "when needed."

Where is that money now? Obama took it from the State Dept's Millenium Challenge Corp......Hillary's favorite slush fund.

Like practiced con artists, the Obamas set-up this scam earlier---whining about "teaching girls."

A teary-eyed $100 million Michele----the cheap placard that costs taxpayers millions of tax dollars.

UPDATE Michelle Obama is encouraging her followers to remember that girls around the world have limited access
to attend school, urging others to support the Girls Opportunity Alliance and donate to its GoFundMe page.

"So tell us Michele, how much of the $100 million tax dollars being held by the Obama Foundation ‘to teach Muslim girls’......went to this effort?”

BACKSTORY:

Then-F/L Michele, her mother and daughters in Morocco. Obama gave her $100 million to “teach Muslim girls.”
AND GET THIS: The $100 mill is to be held by the Chicago-based tax-exempt Obama Foundation, to be doled out when needed (cue laugh machine here).

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Just last week, Michelle Obama urged support for the "The Girls Opportunity Alliance" and encouraged donations to its GoFundMe page.

NOTE "The Girls Opportunity Alliance" is run by the tax-exempt Obama Foundation.

REALITY CHECK Tax-exempt status is based on the manner in which a n/p raises money and how it is distributed.
<><> What is the funding source of "The Girls Opportunity Alliance"?
<><> How much money has the n/p distributed?
<><> Who received grants from the n/p?
<><> Who manages the n/p?

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[Liz]

CIRCA 2017 Obama transfers $500m to Green Climate Fund to protect Paris deal last days in office;
that was Obama's SECOND $500M conned from the State Dept using executive powers; bypassing congressional support.
Michael Slezak / Tue 17 Jan 2017 / Last modified on Wed 14 Feb 2018

Obama has transferred a second $500m installment from the State Dept to the Green Climate Fund just three days before he leaves office. Photograph: Evan Vucci/AP Barack Obama has heeded calls to help secure the future of the historic Paris agreement by transferring a second $500m instalment to the Green Climate Fund, just three days before he leaves office. The fund was a key aspect of the Paris agreement signed in 2015, which aims to keep global warming “well below” 2C and aspires to keep warming to 1.5C. Established in 2010, it is financed by wealthy countries and used to assist developing countries with adaptation and mitigation. It was widely seen as a key measure to bring both rich and poor countries to the negotiating table. The US committed to transferring $3bn to the fund. The new instalment leaves $2bn owing, with the incoming president, Donald Trump, expected to cease any further payments.

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Was this hush money to keep the French quiet?

Did the "climate change" $billion made a short cut thru numbered accounts in a French Polynesian bank? (smirk)

NOTE The first place ex-pres Obama visited was French Polynesia ---home to offshore banks with numbered accounts.

[Liz]

We continue to be shocked at the brazen larceny and sabotage Obama inflicted on the USA.

THE FEDERAL MONEY KEEPS ROLLING IN----The Obama crowd (never expecting to lose in 2016) left a huge paper trail.
Soon as they occupied the WH, Obama placed his COS---Chicago Rahm Emanuel---in control of the US Dept of the Treasury.....
ponder that...... Chicago Rham was Obama's COS AND controlled Treasury.

"Mr President, you are now in complete control of the US Treasury."

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THE SMOKING GUN---WSJ REPORT--On Jan 20, 2009 Timothy Geithner was appointed Obama's Secy of the Treasury. But within three weeks, the Obama White House tightened its grip on Treasury. Obama put his COS, Rahm Emanuel, in charge of Treasury---Rahm Emanuel's dual role was an unusual move. When he got to Treasury, WH COS Rahm Emanuel was so involved in the inner workings that the phrase "Rahm wants it" had become an unofficial mantra among subservient govt staffers, prostrate in obeisance, scurrying to accede to Rahm's wishes, according to Treasury government officials. Reported by WSJ / 05/31/09

More here: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124113406528875137.html

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AND THIS----

Obama spoke at Boeing conference after $10 million donation to his presidential library
Fox Business ^ | Jan 2019 | Joe Williams / FR Posted by CondoleezzaProtege

Former President Barack Obama spoke at a Boeing leadership meeting in January after the aerospace giant Opens a New Window. donated $10 million to the Obama Presidential Center, a company spokesman confirmed. Obama discussed U.S. economic development and his new foundation, according to Bloomberg, which first reported the news. Boeing – the top U.S. exporter and one of the largest U.S. defense contractors – also donated $10 million to the George W. Bush Presidential Center. (Excerpt) Read more at foxbusiness.com ...

[Hostage]

There are 50 state AGs coming down hard on the Tech Punks after the FTC and the FCC went after them. And this followed after POTUS opened a venue for public comment on internet censorship.

It took more than two years for POTUS to begin putting up new wall on the border. During the interim there were dozens of FR hecklers spewing discontent with POTUS’s lack of movement on the issue as well as outsiders such as pedorast Bill Maher’s boink doll Ann Dopey Coulter.

There are many more items where it seems POTUS is not doing anything when in reality he’s doing a helluva lot more than any previous President.

There is one area of concern and that is the prosecution of the Obama-Clinton gangs. But that’s a whole different thread subject entirely.

One thing is observable, POTUS will make a deal with an enemy, with a bad guy, if it serves a higher purpose. I don’t like it but then I don’t have all the facts that POTUS has.

I’ve seen photos of US presidents sitting down with Josef Stalin. I am sure people back them didn’t like it either.

But overall this President does a remarkable job communicating what the goal is and how it is to be accomplished.

[Liz]

SOURCE - WIKI In April 2012, Netflix filed with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) to form a political action committee (PAC) called FLIXPAC. Politico referred to the PAC, based in Los Gatos, California, as "another political tool with which to aggressively press a pro-intellectual property, anti-video-piracy agenda."The hacktivist group Anonymous called for a boycott of Netflix following the news.

Netflix spokesperson Joris Evers indicated that the PAC was not set up to support the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the PROTECT IP Act (PIPA), tweeting that the intent was to "engage on issues like net neutrality, bandwidth caps, UBB and VPPA."

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QUOTING OBAMA: "After I left office, what I realized is the Obama Foundation could eventually create a platform for young up-and-coming leaders, both in the United States and around the world," Obama said at a conference in Tokyo in March.

"If I could do that effectively, then, you know, I would create a hundred or a thousand or a million young Barack Obamas or Michelle Obamas, or, you know, the next group of people who could take that baton in that relay race that is human progress and continue to build on the work that we have done. So that's really going to be my focus." A million Obamas is one of the most ambitious goals ever for a former American president.

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The multi-year Netflix agreement, in the works since at least March, calls on the Obamas “to produce a diverse mix of content, including the potential for scripted series, unscripted series, docuseries, documentaries and features,” which will be broadcast in 190 countries, according to a statement from the streaming service, which has 125 million subscribers around the globe. Netflix received hundreds of résumés and story ideas after announcing the partnership, the source said. ====================================

The "kindly, compassionate Obamas" plan to work on stories that “promote greater empathy and understanding between peoples and help them share their stories with the entire world.”

Netflix says the couple formed Higher Ground Productions LLC to broker the deal. A firm with that name was incorporated in Delaware in April, public records show.

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The Netflix contract comes a year after the Obamas inked a joint book deal with Penguin Random House valued in excess of $65 million. The first of the deal’s planned books, Michelle Obama’s memoir, “Becoming,” is due out in November. Since leaving office, Barack Obama has addressed groups across the country, speaking about grassroots organizing and the problems of the poor.

People who retain Obama for talks pay a steep price. After a speech at a health care conference sponsored by Wall Street firm Cantor Fitzgerald in September, Obama reportedly took home $400,000.

In addition to raking in millions on these ventures, the former first couple has been involved in fundraising for the Obama (cough) Foundation, which is developing a $500 million presidential center and library in Chicago. The Obama (cough) Foundation took in more than $13 million in 2016, an exponential increase from just under $2 million the previous year, federal filings show.

[rdcbn]

Very seriously doubt President Trump is going to need to worry about that in 2024