New Book Details Payment To Clintons From Foreign Governments, Biz For Favorable U.S.

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Quid Pro Quo: New Book Details Payment To Clintons From Foreign Governments, Biz For Favorable U.S. Policy Decisions

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Via NY Times:

The book does not hit shelves until May 5, but already the Republican Rand Paul has called its findings “big news” that will “shock people” and make voters “question” the candidacy of Hillary Rodham Clinton.

“Clinton Cash: The Untold Story of How and Why Foreign Governments and Businesses Helped Make Bill and Hillary Rich,” by Peter Schweizer — a 186-page investigation of donations made to the Clinton Foundation by foreign entities — is proving the most anticipated and feared book of a presidential cycle still in its infancy.

The book, a copy of which was obtained by The New York Times, asserts that foreign entities who made payments to the Clinton Foundation and to Mr. Clinton through high speaking fees received favors from Mrs. Clinton’s State Department in return.

“We will see a pattern of financial transactions involving the Clintons that occurred contemporaneous with favorable U.S. policy decisions benefiting those providing the funds,” Mr. Schweizer writes.

 

[Busybody]

New Book, ‘Clinton Cash,’ Questions Foreign Donations to Foundation
By AMY CHOZICKAPRIL 19, 2015
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The book does not hit shelves until May 5, but already the Republican Rand Paul has called its findings “big news” that will “shock people” and make voters “question” the candidacy of Hillary Rodham Clinton.

“Clinton Cash: The Untold Story of How and Why Foreign Governments and Businesses Helped Make Bill and Hillary Rich,” by Peter Schweizer — a 186-page investigation of donations made to the Clinton Foundation by foreign entities — is proving the most anticipated and feared book of a presidential cycle still in its infancy.

The book, a copy of which was obtained by The New York Times, asserts that foreign entities who made payments to the Clinton Foundation and to Mr. Clinton through high speaking fees received favors from Mrs. Clinton’s State Department in return.

“We will see a pattern of financial transactions involving the Clintons that occurred contemporaneous with favorable U.S. policy decisions benefiting those providing the funds,” Mr. Schweizer writes.



His examples include a free-trade agreement in Colombia that benefited a major foundation donor’s natural resource investments in the South American nation, development projects in the aftermath of the Haitian earthquake in 2010, and more than $1 million in payments to Mr. Clinton by a Canadian bank and major shareholder in the Keystone XL oil pipeline around the time the project was being debated in the State Department.




In the long lead up to Mrs. Clinton’s campaign announcement, aides proved adept in swatting down critical books as conservative propaganda, including Edward Klein’s “Blood Feud,” about tensions between the Clintons and the Obamas, and Daniel Halper’s “Clinton Inc.: The Audacious Rebuilding of a Political Machine.”

But “Clinton Cash” is potentially more unsettling, both because of its focused reporting and because major news organizations including The Times, The Washington Post and Fox News have exclusive agreements with the author to pursue the story lines found in the book.

Members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, which includes Mr. Paul and Senator Marco Rubio of Florida, have been briefed on the book’s findings, and its contents have already made their way into several of the Republican presidential candidates’ campaigns.

Conservative “super PACs” plan to seize on “Clinton Cash,” and a pro-Democrat super PAC has already assembled a dossier on Mr. Schweizer, a speechwriting consultant to former President George W. Bush and a fellow at the conservative Hoover Institution who has contributed to the conservative website Breitbart.com, to make the case that he has a bias against Mrs. Clinton.



And the newly assembled Clinton campaign team is planning a full-court press to diminish the book as yet another conservative hit job.

A campaign spokesman, Brian Fallon, called the book part of the Republicans’ coordinated attack strategy on Mrs. Clinton “twisting previously known facts into absurd conspiracy theories,” and he said “it will not be the first work of partisan-fueled fiction about the Clintons’ record, and we know it will not be the last.”


Mr. Schweizer and a spokeswoman for HarperCollins, which is owned by News Corporation and is publishing the book, declined to comment.

The timing is problematic for Mrs. Clinton as she begins a campaign to position herself as a “champion for everyday Americans.”


From 2001 to 2012, the Clintons’ income was at least $136.5 million, Mr. Schweizer writes, using a figure previously reported in The Post. “During Hillary’s years of public service, the Clintons have conducted or facilitated hundreds of large transactions” with foreign governments and individuals, he writes. “Some of these transactions have put millions in their own pockets.”

The Clinton Foundation has come under scrutiny for accepting foreign donations while Mrs. Clinton served as secretary of state. Last week, the foundation revised its policy to allow donations from countries like Germany, Canada, the Netherlands and Britain but prohibit giving by other nations in the Middle East.

Mr. Schweizer’s book will be released the same day former President Bill Clinton and the Clintons’ daughter, Chelsea, will host the Clinton Global Initiative gathering with donors in Morocco, the culmination of a foundation trip to several African nations. (A chapter in the book is titled “Warlord Economics: The Clintons Do Africa.”)

There is a robust market for books critical of the Clintons. The thinly sourced “Blood Feud,” by Mr. Klein, at one point overtook Mrs. Clinton’s memoir “Hard Choices” on the best-seller list.

But whether Mr. Schweizer’s book can deliver the same sales is not clear. He writes mainly in the voice of a neutral journalist and meticulously documents his sources, including tax records and government documents, while leaving little doubt about his view of the Clintons.

His reporting largely focuses on payments made to Mr. Clinton for speeches, which increased while his wife served as secretary of state, writing that “of the 13 Clinton speeches that fetched $500,000 or more, only two occurred during the years his wife was not secretary of state.”

In 2011, Mr. Clinton made $13.3 million in speaking fees for 54 speeches, the majority of which were made overseas, the author writes.

 

[miles]

BFD.

The low information types - the same ones who put The Fraud in office - are going to vote for The Beast regardless of any scandals, books, or revelations. They just can't help themselves.

 

[BotanyBoy]

BFD.

The low information types - the same ones who put The Fraud in office - are going to vote for The Beast regardless of any scandals, books, or revelations. They just can't help themselves.

Because despite all that, she's still better than anything the republicans are offering.

 

[miles]

^^ See what I mean?

 

[Setanta84]

Because despite all that, she's still better than anything the republicans are offering.

She's really not that different. Clinton actually reminds me of Rand Paul. He has no ability to mask how crazy he is and she has no ability to mask the fact she's sleazy and devoid of light.

Only Paul is slightly to her left, politically.

 

[phrodeau]

Why the spam? Are you getting a percentage?

 

[Boxlicker101]

Obama was a first for America - the first black president. If Hillary is elected, she will be two firsts - The first woman and the biggest crook.

 

[Busybody]

She's really not that different. Clinton actually reminds me of Rand Paul. He has no ability to mask how crazy he is and she has no ability to mask the fact she's sleazy and devoid of light.

Only Paul is slightly to her left, politically.

 

[Busybody]

White House Wouldn’t Deny That Hillary Did Favors For Donors



Why should they bother? No one holds this criminal regime to account. And does the White House really want to support her?

Via Free Beacon:

White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest did not give a definite answer about whether Hillary Clinton gave special treatment to countries and organizations that donated to the Clinton Foundation during her time as Secretary of State.

An upcoming book called Clinton Cash: The Untold Story of How and Why Foreign Governments and Businesses Helped Make Bill and Hillary Rich by Peter Schweizer, is an investigation into donations to the Clinton Foundation from foreign governments.

This book has returned attention as to whether Clinton gave special treatment to foreign countries that made donations to the Clinton Foundation.

ABC NewsWhite House correspondent Jon Karl asked Earnest, “Can you assure us that there was absolutely no favorable treatment given to donors of the Clinton Foundation?”

Earnest did not give a definite answer and said there was no ‘tangible’ evidence to indicate Clinton provided special treatment to donors.

“I’m not going to be in a position here where every time someone raises a spurious claim that I’m going to be the one to sit down here and say its not true,” Earnest said.

 

[Busybody]

Menendez ‘Co-Conspirator’ Also Hosted Bill And Hillary Clinton At Vacation Getaway In The Dominican Republic

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Not to mention his connection to Harry Reid, as well. So why is Menendez the only one under indictment here? Because he came up on the wrong side of Obama over Iran and Cuba?

Via NY Post:

The horndog eye surgeon indicted on corruption charges with Sen. Bob Menendez has hosted Bill and Hillary Clinton at a plush vacation getaway in the Dominican Republic.

Dr. Salomon Melgen entertained the ex-president and ex-secretary of state, now running for president, an ex-Melgen employee said.
Melgen, 60, is accused of giving the New Jersey Democrat nearly $1 million in campaign cash and gifts in exchange for favors that included visas for a bevy of girlfriends.

On Sunday, The Post revealed the married doctor’s gal pals included Juliana Lopes Leite, who appeared nude in a magazine in her native Brazil, and Svitlana Buchyk, a Ukrainian model/actress from Spain

 

[Busybody]

Hillary Dismisses Questions About Foreign Donor Money As “Distractions”

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Baby: “Help, save me! This crazy lady is shaking me for the change out of my pockets!”

Via The Blaze:

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on Monday sidestepped questions about whether foreign country donations to the Clinton Foundation gave them political benefits when she was secretary of State, and her decision to delete thousands of personal emails from the private server she used while she was in the government.

Instead, she summed up those questions with one word, calling them “distractions.”

Clinton spoke in New Hampshire with a pre-screened group of people, and then spent two minutes with reporters and took just three quick questions. The first was about whether countries that donated to the Clinton Foundation received any special benefit, but Clinton dodged that question altogether.

 

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