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To: DoughtyOne

lets go with the oppositions post.

“Crooked Claims About Clinton
Four-time convicted felon falsely accuses Clinton in video viewed by millions.

By Viveca Novak

Posted on January 18, 2008 | Updated on February 8, 2008

Summary
In a video that has logged millions of views on the Internet since early October, Peter Paul, a felon who helped produce a gala fundraiser for the Democratic Party and Hillary Clinton’s 2000 Senate campaign, makes a number of false or misleading charges against the presidential contender and former First Lady. Among them:

The video gives the false impression that the Clintons somehow caused Paul to be investigated for securities fraud as retaliation for a lawsuit he filed against them. But the investigation – and Paul’s indictment – came first.

A lawyer appearing on the video claims that a telephone conversation between Paul, Hillary Clinton and others shows that she had knowledge of and perpetrated illegal campaign activities, when the conversation illustrates no such thing. It only shows Hillary thanking organizers of a fundraiser.

The same lawyer alleges that the actions of Clinton and those working for her amounted to “the largest fraud in election funding history,” a claim that is absurd. The campaign was fined for a reporting violation, not “fraud.” And the fine was relatively modest compared with other FEC fines.
The video makes deceptive use of an ABC “20/20” clip in an effort to prove that the Clintons pretended not to know who Paul was after his criminal past came to light.

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https://www.factcheck.org/2008/01/crooked-claims-about-clinton/


29 posted on 01/23/2020 2:23:15 PM PST by Pikachu_Dad ("the media are selling you a line of soap)
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To: Pikachu_Dad

Thanks for the mention of those things, and the link.


30 posted on 01/23/2020 5:46:15 PM PST by DoughtyOne (It's a New Year, and time to up our FR Monthlies by 5-10%. You'll hardly miss it and it will help.)
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