It is time for the Clintons to sever all ties with the Clinton Foundation

Governor Rod is spending 14 years in jail wanting to sell a senate seat, being stupid enough to actually say the same, but not one dollar traded hands. It is pretty obvious that the Clinton Foundation does good things and has a clear track record of doing the same. An independent board which does not have any Clinton on the board still can do good things. There just is too much appearance that when Hillary becomes President which is pretty obvious now, that no matter how good the deeds of this foundation it is the appearance of a conflict of interest or quid pro quo which cannot continue.

The Foundation must continue doing good things, and the Presidency cannot have the appearance that somehow donors to a good thing are seeking access to the government. As long as their daughter is running the foundation it is on the face a conflict. It is time to cut all ties with the foundation.

The correlation while sos is clear by any objective measure.

My problem is that there may be no reason for them to sever ties with the foundation other than perception. It is a very high threshold of ethics when talking about a Foundation which does such wonderful things for humanity, but cannot the mission of this wonderful foundation be carried out in the Clinton's names without their involvement? Of course it can, and when she becomes President she should sever all ties as should Bill and their daughter.

In regard to the idea that the Clintons became wealthy off of the foundation is a kindergarten level misconception, but once the water has been muddied by idiocy, there is only one solution. Sever all ties. We can talk about Trump being unstable and not having the temper or disposition to lead, but if the Clintons go into the Oval office with any connection to the Clinton Foundation, they are showing the same kind of egotistical behavior of Trump.

http://lawnewz.com/high-profile/new-emails-appear-to-show-clinton-foundation-donors-called-in-favors-to-state-department/

New Emails Appear to Show Clinton Foundation Donors Called In Favors to State Dept
by Chris White | 3:34 pm, August 9th, 2016 290

Hillary Clinton via newly released State Department records, including previously unreleased emails from Huma Abedin, appear to show Clinton Foundation donors calling in favors from then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

The new documents released on Tuesday were obtained by the legal watchdog group Judicial Watch as part of their Freedom of Information Act lawsuit that seeks information about Abedin’s unique employment arrangement with the State Department. Judicial Watch claims some the documents paint a troubling portrait of then-Secretary of State Clinton possibly giving preferential treatment to top campaign bundlers and Clinton Foundation donors.

For example, an April 2009 email exchange with the subject line “[a] favor…” appears to show longtime Clinton associate Doug Band reaching out to Abedin and Cheryl Mills, writing, “Important to take care of [name redacted].”

Abedin responds almost immediately, writing, “We have all had him on our radar. Personnel has been sending him options.”

In a separate exchange a few days later, Band emails Abedin and Mills again, this time urgently requesting help putting Gilbert Chagoury in contact with the State Department’s “substance person” on Lebanon. Abedin replies a few hours later, promising to speak with the “substance person” about the request. Band then responds again, informing Abedin that she should contact the person now, writing, “This is very important.”

It is unclear from the emails exactly why Chagoury needed to speak with anyone at the State Department. Although, according to records obtained by Judicial Watch, Chagoury is reportedly a very wealthy Nigerian-Lebanese businessman and friend of former President Bill Clinton. He is a mega-donor who, according to the Wall Street Journal, pledged between $1 million and $5 million to the Clinton Foundation. ABC News reported that he made another $1 billion pledge to the Clinton Global Initiative.

According to a 2010 PBS Frontline/World investigation, Chagoury also has somewhat of a checkered past. He was previously convicted in a money laundering scheme that allegedly helped a former Nigerian dictator stash stolen money in various bank accounts in Switzerland, Liechtenstein and elsewhere. However, his conviction was expunged in 2000 after he agreed to a plea deal that required him to return approximately $66 million to the Nigerian government.

“Clinton’s top aides’ favors for and interactions with the Clinton Foundation seem in violation of the ethics agreements that Hillary Clinton agreed to in order to be appointed and confirmed as Secretary of State,” Judicial Watch wrote in a statement accompanying the release of the documents.

The statement goes on to cite a letter from Clinton to State Department Designated Agency Ethics Official James H. Thessin from January 2009. The letter states, in part:

“For the duration of my appointment as Secretary if I am confirmed, I will not participate personally and substantially in any particular matter involving specific parties in which The William J. Clinton Foundation (or the Clinton Global Initiative) is a party or represents a party….”

In addition to contact with individuals connected to the Clinton Foundation, the newly released emails also show Clinton was contacted by a fundraiser/bundler connected with her 2008 presidential campaign. In April 2009, fundraiser Lara Moresky contacted Clinton directly through email to request help getting someone a position at the State Department.

Moresky wrote that she understood the hiring process was moving slowly, but she “was hoping you (Clinton) might intervene to make sure [name redacted] was taken seriously and considered for a proper responsible position.”

Clinton forwarded the email request to Abedin, telling her to please help the unidentified individual. Clinton also appeared to request that Abedin keep her in the loop, writing, “Let me know.”

“No wonder Hillary Clinton and Huma Abedin hid emails from the American people, the courts and Congress,” Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton said in a statement. “They show the Clinton Foundation, Clinton donors, and operatives worked with Hillary Clinton in potential violation of the law.”

If they severed all ties, how would they live?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/foreign-governments-gave-millions-to-foundation-while-clinton-was-at-state-dept/2015/02/25/31937c1e-bc3f-11e4-8668-4e7ba8439ca6_story.html

The Clinton Foundation accepted millions of dollars from seven foreign governments during Hillary Rodham Clinton’s tenure as secretary of state, including one donation that violated its ethics agreement with the Obama administration, foundation officials disclosed Wednesday.

Most of the contributions were possible because of exceptions written into the foundation’s 2008 agreement, which included limits on foreign-government donations.

The agreement, reached before Clinton’s nomination amid concerns that countries could use foundation donations to gain favor with a Clinton-led State Department, allowed governments that had previously donated money to continue making contributions at similar levels.

The new disclosures, provided in response to questions from The Washington Post, make clear that the 2008 agreement did not prohibit foreign countries with interests before the U.S. government from giving money to the charity closely linked to the secretary of state.

In one instance, foundation officials acknowledged they should have sought approval in 2010 from the State Department ethics office, as required by the agreement for new government donors, before accepting a $500,000 donation from the Algerian government.

The money was given to assist with earthquake relief in Haiti, the foundation said. At the time, Algeria, which has sought a closer relationship with Washington, was spending heavily to lobby the State Department on human rights issues.

While the foundation has disclosed foreign-government donors for years, it has not previously detailed the donations that were accepted during Clinton’s four-year stint at the State Department.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/24/us/cash-flowed-to-clinton-foundation-as-russians-pressed-for-control-of-uranium-company.html

The headline on the website Pravda trumpeted President Vladimir V. Putin’s latest coup, its nationalistic fervor recalling an era when its precursor served as the official mouthpiece of the Kremlin: “Russian Nuclear Energy Conquers the World.”

The article, in January 2013, detailed how the Russian atomic energy agency, Rosatom, had taken over a Canadian company with uranium-mining stakes stretching from Central Asia to the American West. The deal made Rosatom one of the world’s largest uranium producers and brought Mr. Putin closer to his goal of controlling much of the global uranium supply chain.

But the untold story behind that story is one that involves not just the Russian president, but also a former American president and a woman who would like to be the next one.

At the heart of the tale are several men, leaders of the Canadian mining industry, who have been major donors to the charitable endeavors of former President Bill Clinton and his family. Members of that group built, financed and eventually sold off to the Russians a company that would become known as Uranium One.

Beyond mines in Kazakhstan that are among the most lucrative in the world, the sale gave the Russians control of one-fifth of all uranium production capacity in the United States. Since uranium is considered a strategic asset, with implications for national security, the deal had to be approved by a committee composed of representatives from a number of United States government agencies. Among the agencies that eventually signed off was the State Department, then headed by Mr. Clinton’s wife, Hillary Rodham Clinton.

As the Russians gradually assumed control of Uranium One in three separate transactions from 2009 to 2013, Canadian records show, a flow of cash made its way to the Clinton Foundation. Uranium One’s chairman used his family foundation to make four donations totaling $2.35 million. Those contributions were not publicly disclosed by the Clintons, despite an agreement Mrs. Clinton had struck with the Obama White House to publicly identify all donors. Other people with ties to the company made donations as well.

And shortly after the Russians announced their intention to acquire a majority stake in Uranium One, Mr. Clinton received $500,000 for a Moscow speech from a Russian investment bank with links to the Kremlin that was promoting Uranium One stock.


Frank Giustra, right, a mining financier, has donated $31.3 million to the foundation run by former President Bill Clinton, left.
JOAQUIN SARMIENTO / AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE — GETTY IMAGES
At the time, both Rosatom and the United States government made promises intended to ease concerns about ceding control of the company’s assets to the Russians. Those promises have been repeatedly broken, records show.

The New York Times’s examination of the Uranium One deal is based on dozens of interviews, as well as a review of public records and securities filings in Canada, Russia and the United States. Some of the connections between Uranium One and the Clinton Foundation were unearthed by Peter Schweizer, a former fellow at the right-leaning Hoover Institution and author of the forthcoming book “Clinton Cash.” Mr. Schweizer provided a preview of material in the book to The Times, which scrutinized his information and built upon it with its own reporting.

Whether the donations played any role in the approval of the uranium deal is unknown. But the episode underscores the special ethical challenges presented by the Clinton Foundation, headed by a former president who relied heavily on foreign cash to accumulate $250 million in assets even as his wife helped steer American foreign policy as secretary of state, presiding over decisions with the potential to benefit the foundation’s donors.

If they severed all ties, how would they live?


This is the kind of kindergarten conceptualization which idiots fall for.....Please show me the compensation received from the foundation to Bill Clinton or Hillary Clinton? I will wait all day, and that is exactly why they need to sever all control of the foundation. Idiots will appeal to other idiots.

There is nothing Hillary did wrong with her staff members coordinating contact. That is what the State Department does. All this innuendo and complete nonsense can be solved. Sever all ties and appoint a board before they leave which can implement their charitable goals.....done.

2seaoat wrote:If they severed all ties, how would they live?


This is the kind of kindergarten conceptualization which idiots fall for.....Please show me the compensation received from the foundation to Bill Clinton or Hillary Clinton? I will wait all day, and that is exactly why they need to sever all control of the foundation. Idiots will appeal to other idiots.

There is nothing Hillary did wrong with her staff members coordinating contact. That is what the State Department does. All this innuendo and complete nonsense can be solved. Sever all ties and appoint a board before they leave which can implement their charitable goals.....done.

Cute try!

The foundation pays for all Clinton's travel, hotels and whatever they can charge to the account.

If you're watching the news, most anywhere, all this is based on more new emails pried out of the hands the State Department.

Just an out and out lie. If a member of the Clinton Foundation is reimbursed for travel expenses, it is reported. Please show me where one trip was paid for wrongfully..........you remember the travel gate investigation.....number 12 out 200 investigations of HIllary.....just face it Mr. Markle a little girl is kicking your boyz asz and all you women haters just cannot wait to try again........I know for whatever reason you do not like women politicians, but Hillary is going to be your president and she is in fact a women........month after month of making chit up......and we think Trump is bad......these stringers for the Koch brothers have been filling the internet with this crap for years....

Show me the specific travel charge which broke the law and was improperly taken.........idiot.

What does her gender have to do with her sordid ethics?

What does her gender have to do with her sordid ethics?


What sordid ethics. For twenty five years the attempts to create that illusion has failed. She is probably more squeaky clean than anybody on this forum. However, the hateful spewing of crooked Hillary can simply end if the Clintons used their brain and turned the board over to others. Bill Clinton can get 500k a speech and will never do without. They will be making close to 700k a year with free room and board from his presidential pension and her government pensions plus her salary as president.

Now if they want to do their daughter a favor......let her find her way on her own, or the Clintons will be just as guilty as trump creating one more silver spooned weak child. Turn the foundation to an independent board. The Foundation is doing great work and it can continue to do the same for the eight years Hillary in the White House and Bill if he needs something to do can still work for the foundation, but not sitting on the board.