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Hillary Clinton personally took money from companies that sought to influence her

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During Clinton's tenure as Secretary of State, Corning lobbied the department on a variety of trade issues, including the Trans-Pacific Partnership. The company has donated between $100,000 and $250,000 to her family's foundation. And, last July, when it was clear that Clinton would again seek the presidency in 2016, Corning coughed up a $225,500 honorarium for Clinton to speak.
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There's a reason government officials can't accept gifts: They tend to have a corrupting effect. True, Hillary Clinton wasn't a government official at the time the money was given. But it is very, very, very hard to see six-figure speaking fees paid by longtime political boosters with interests before the government — to a woman who has been running for president since the last time she lost — as anything but a gift.
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Hillary Clinton personally took money from companies that sought to influence her - Vox

So to be fair it's not just the Clinton Foundation that smells so bad.
If anyone keeps insisting there's no quid pro quo maybe they should focus on a quid pro laxus quo ... there's a pantsuitload of that smell around that woman.
Has the Media Matters Watchdog covered this yet?
 
This kind of thing has been going on forever and it's not likely to stop anytime soon.
 
bubbabgone said:
Hillary Clinton personally took money from companies that sought to influence her - Vox

So to be fair it's not just the Clinton Foundation that smells so bad.
If anyone keeps insisting there's no quid pro quo maybe they should focus on a quid pro laxus quo ... there's a pantsuitload of that smell around that woman.
Has the Media Matters Watchdog covered this yet?
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Heya B. :2wave: Coughed up eh.....is that a Sweet Leaf gift?
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Allow me to get this out of the way: You have any proof? Old news. :roll: Lot's of politicians make money this way. Did you know Bush has earned $15 million in speaking fees? Just another opportunity for the political right extremists to bash Hillary. If there was anything to this, I'm sure MediaMatters would be looking into it - they aren't so there's just nothing to it. It's not enough for the right to unfairly tar the Clinton Foundation - now they have to tar an innocent WOMAN too. Let's just take a look at who on the right received money from the Koch brothers. Vox? Really?

Certainly not comprehensive, but it should be a good start.
 
humbolt said:
Allow me to get this out of the way: You have any proof? Old news. :roll: Lot's of politicians make money this way. Did you know Bush has earned $15 million in speaking fees? Just another opportunity for the political right extremists to bash Hillary. If there was anything to this, I'm sure MediaMatters would be looking into it - they aren't so there's just nothing to it. It's not enough for the right to unfairly tar the Clinton Foundation - now they have to tar an innocent WOMAN too. Let's just take a look at who on the right received money from the Koch brothers. Vox? Really?

Certainly not comprehensive, but it should be a good start.
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Let's watch ...
 
humbolt said:
Allow me to get this out of the way: You have any proof? Old news. :roll: Lot's of politicians make money this way. Did you know Bush has earned $15 million in speaking fees? Just another opportunity for the political right extremists to bash Hillary. If there was anything to this, I'm sure MediaMatters would be looking into it - they aren't so there's just nothing to it. It's not enough for the right to unfairly tar the Clinton Foundation - now they have to tar an innocent WOMAN too. Let's just take a look at who on the right received money from the Koch brothers. Vox? Really?

Certainly not comprehensive, but it should be a good start.
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Cmon now, the National Journal and Fournier did put it out there in simple to read, easy instructions. Even Progressives can figure it out. :shock: Just sayin. :mrgreen:



What we know so far is that she violated White House ethics rules on government email and foreign donations to the Clinton Foundation. She deleted emails, disabled her rogue email server, and allowed the brazen comingling of government business and the family business.

Integrity. Transparency. Accountability. These are attributes that people, particularly younger Americans, expect to see from leaders in an era of radical connectivity, social change, and institutional decline. So far, they're not seeing such qualities in Candidate Clinton.

I think she needs to come clean to win the public's trust: Allow an independent review of the email and return foreign donations, because anything less fails to recognize how much media and information has been democratized since the 1990s, when the tactics she's now using were effective.....snip~

Clinton Conundrum: What If 2016 Isn?t Just About Winning? - NationalJournal.com
 
MMC said:
Cmon now, the National Journal and Fournier did put it out there in simple to read, easy instructions. Even Progressives can figure it out. :shock: Just sayin. :mrgreen:



What we know so far is that she violated White House ethics rules on government email and foreign donations to the Clinton Foundation. She deleted emails, disabled her rogue email server, and allowed the brazen comingling of government business and the family business.

Integrity. Transparency. Accountability. These are attributes that people, particularly younger Americans, expect to see from leaders in an era of radical connectivity, social change, and institutional decline. So far, they're not seeing such qualities in Candidate Clinton.

I think she needs to come clean to win the public's trust: Allow an independent review of the email and return foreign donations, because anything less fails to recognize how much media and information has been democratized since the 1990s, when the tactics she's now using were effective.....snip~

Clinton Conundrum: What If 2016 Isn?t Just About Winning? - NationalJournal.com
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It's bad news when Allen and Fournier are on Hillary's case. I get the feeling there's another shoe ready to drop on Hillary. If there is, I hope it doesn't drop until next Fall, right in the middle of one of her yoga routines.
 
bubbabgone said:
Let's watch ...
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Foreigners or Domesticized? :confused:




Inside Morocco’s Campaign To Influence Hillary Clinton and Other U.S. Leaders.....

Morocco’s team of American lobbyists regularly communicated with State Department officials during Hillary Rodham Clinton’s four-year tenure and several are supporting her candidacy for the 2016 presidential election, according to disclosures filed with the Justice Department. Meanwhile, a controversial cache of what appear to be Moroccan diplomatic documents show how the Moroccan government courted Clinton, built a cooperative relationship with the Secretary of State, and orchestrated the use of consultants, think tanks and other “third-party validators” to advance the North African nation’s goals within elite U.S. political circles.

The DOJ filings and Moroccan leaks help flesh out the story of how a strategically important Arab nation — one that’s been widely denounced for holding one of the last remaining colonial territories in the world — has sought to influence U.S. politics in general and Clinton in particular. Clinton, who has called Morocco “a leader and a model,” saw her and her family’s relationship with the nation burst into the national consciousness earlier this month when Politico reported that the Bill, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton Foundation would accept more than $1 million in funding from a company controlled by Moroccan King Mohammed VI to host a foundation event in Marrakech on May 5-7. Other foreign contributions to the foundation have also generated controversy, but none as intensely as the Morocco gift.

Documents suggest that the Moroccan government has long sought to influence the Clinton family over U.S.-Morocco relations. Mandatory disclosures filed by Morocco’s many American lobbyists provide one window into these efforts. Another side of the story can be seen through the cache of apparent Moroccan diplomatic documents believed to have been hacked by critics of the government. The diplomatic cables began to appear online seven months ago but are receiving fresh scrutiny given news of the donation to the foundation......snip~

https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2015/04/22/inside-morocco-clinton-influence-campaign/
 
humbolt said:
It's bad news when Allen and Fournier are on Hillary's case. I get the feeling there's another shoe ready to drop on Hillary. If there is, I hope it doesn't drop until next Fall, right in the middle of one of her yoga routines.
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It's going to, once we find out who else was breached and they start making some noise about it. Then there is that whole Sidney Blumenthal issue for her to deal with.

Then the 2 IG investigations.

Her trying to make it appear that she was working with the Benghazi Committees has failed. Now Gowdy isn't going to accept her request to testify just one time.

I would tell her.....you will testify as many times as we decide to call your treasonous ass. Make that loud and clear.....let it ring in her ears.
 
MMC said:
It's going to, once we find out who else was breached and they start making some noise about it. Then there is that whole Sidney Blumenthal issue for her to deal with.

Then the 2 IG investigations.

Her trying to make it appear that she was working with the Benghazi Committees has failed. Now Gowdy isn't going to accept her request to testify just one time.

I would tell her.....you will testify as many times as we decide to call your treasonous ass. Make that loud and clear.....let it ring in her ears.
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I expect her to ignore it all. That'll just make it worse in the end.
 
humbolt said:
It's bad news when Allen and Fournier are on Hillary's case. I get the feeling there's another shoe ready to drop on Hillary. If there is, I hope it doesn't drop until next Fall, right in the middle of one of her yoga routines.
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Whenever anyone mentions Hillary and yoga I can't stop these mental images of Hillary in yoga pants in a lotus position with sound effects you'd expect would accompany it ... so please don't do it again.
 
humbolt said:
Allow me to get this out of the way: You have any proof? Old news. :roll: Lot's of politicians make money this way. Did you know Bush has earned $15 million in speaking fees? Just another opportunity for the political right extremists to bash Hillary. If there was anything to this, I'm sure MediaMatters would be looking into it - they aren't so there's just nothing to it. It's not enough for the right to unfairly tar the Clinton Foundation - now they have to tar an innocent WOMAN too. Let's just take a look at who on the right received money from the Koch brothers. Vox? Really?

Certainly not comprehensive, but it should be a good start.
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VanceMack said:
You know the drill. Deny. Deny. Others do it too. Bush.
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Vance, you know that if Hum hadn't already fired that flare, a certain Media Matters waterboy would have done that very thing by now.
 
bubbabgone said:
Whenever anyone mentions Hillary and yoga I can't stop these mental images of Hillary in yoga pants in a lotus position with sound effects you'd expect would accompany it ... so please don't do it again.
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Maybe she is doing a yoga routine now while in campaign mode. I'll bet its called Crawl Under your Rock. :lamo
 
"Hillary Clinton personally took money from companies that sought to influence her"

Like every other politician in the U.S. and around the world.
 
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