Allegations of a quid pro quo deal giving russia ownership of onefifth of u. Below are as series of tweets they recently released on the clinton foundation. The first factual element of the your news wire story is the death of a surgeon named dean lorich, who was found dead from a selfinflicted knife wound in his manhattan home on 10 december 2017. The chinagate fundraising scandal plagued the 1996 bill clintonal gore campaign and hillary was very much involved. Blumenthal worked with the clinton foundation and was an informal adviser to clinton.
Lest we forget chinagate, the most serious scandal in us. Is the fbis latest probe of the clinton foundation a. Inside hillary clinton s secret takeover of the dnc. When i was asked to run the democratic party after the russians hacked our emails, i stumbled onto a shocking truth about the. Doyle and moynihan are still pursuing justice and have now set up a twitter account. Expect to see the book back in the news soon, he says. As the clinton foundation scandal deepens, the media yawn. What you need to know about clinton and the uranium one deal.
The untold story of how and why foreign governments and businesses helped make bill and hillary rich. Unpacking the latest clinton scandal the boston globe. Clinton cash author responds to clintons reaction to book. Peter schweizer book clinton cash, which investigates the clintons decisions to take millions of dollars from foreign governments like saudi. Clinton cash is an astonishing book and im only sorry i didnt read it before the 2016 presidential election. Clinton foundation caught in irs crosshairs fox business. Even the george sorosfunded center for responsive politics admits in a news story that the clinton foundation s backers seem to have lost. The untold story of how and why foreign governments and businesses helped make bill and hillary rich 9780062369291. By now, you may have heard about peter schweizers book, clinton cash.
Read the latest news about the clinton foundation scandal and other news and commentary about the 2016 election and hillary clinton. Whats more, many independent investigations like stories in the new york times by jo becker have upheld the key findings in the book surrounding the clinton foundation and the uranium one scandal. And i want to tell you, they hate the clintons, because whats happened in haiti with the clinton foundation is a disgrace. The truth behind the scandals in the clinton white house kindle edition by stewart, james b download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Trump made this allegation during the 2016 campaign and. The attorney general and fbi will reportedly investigate claims hillary clinton engaged in socalled paytoplay politics for donations.
Author and filmmaker dinesh dsouza on the clinton foundation scandal. The inner workings of a mysterious offthebooks arm of the clinton foundation were partially revealed in the hacked emails of hillary clinton campaign chairman john podesta. The clinton foundation is a conspiracy that hillary and. In 2011, the clinton foundation brokered a deal with digicel, a cellphoneservice provider seeking to gain access to the haitian market. Bloomberg businessweek columnist joshua green says trump fell for a media campaign on ukraine designed to help him. New book, clinton cash, questions foreign donations to. The book focuses on the scandal that began late july 2016 with the start of the fbis counterintelligence.
Barely two weeks after launching her presidential campaign, hillary clinton is embroiled in a major new scandal involving money, influence, and the clinton foundation and her work as secretary of. After being the subject of a spate of negative newspaper accounts about potential conflicts of. The foundation initially seemed wellsuited for cleaning up bill clintons legacy after the monica lewinsky scandals ugliness. Author peter schweizer documents well how the clinton foundation, particularly as headed by bill clinton while his wife hillary clinton was secretary of. Peter schweizers clinton cash for not only hurting hillary clintons poll numbers but also for helping frame and renew the distrust of the clintons as money predators and remains indirectly in the back of the mind of many voters. The great clinton ratfcking comes to a predictable conclusion. It involves the transfer of americas most sensitive technology, including but not limited to nuclear missile and satellite technology, possibly in exchange for millions of dollars in. Sternberg also warns that the book s impact is not done. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading blood sport.
The clinton foundation, founded in 1997 by former us president bill clinton is a 501c3 nonprofit organization that describes its mission as to strengthen the capacity of people in the united states and throughout the world to meet the challenges of global interdependence. State department judicial watch, a plaintiff in ongoing lawsuits pertaining to clinton, alleged that email communications, obtained via foia requests. While some of the boldest claims about the clintons finances have been shown to be unsubstantiated, it could still damage hillary clintons. So far, questions about the foundations financial dealings have yet to become a fullfledged scandal, but clinton cash is said to allege that foreign entities regularly made donations to the. Democrats nervous as profiles in corruption book looms. Hillary clinton, and her large coterie of friends and advisers, have once again found themselves in the familiar position of trying to contain a scandal ahead of the publication of a new book. Dinesh dsouza on clinton foundation documentary youtube. New revelations in the book clinton cash about the clinton foundation accepting billions from foreign governments and people doing business.
Us house oversight and government reform congressional hearing december, 2018 on notforprofits wspecific case study on clinton foundation. Will the clintoncash scandal doom hillarys white house. Its all politics from questions surrounding the clinton family foundation to a. On thursday morning, the mediafest and politicalfest around hillary clintons email scandal continued, as the head of the fbi, james comey, spoke at a congressional house oversight committee. The scandal that republicans hoped would take down hillary clinton has already sputtered and fizzled as the media has largely debunked the book clinton cash as strong on allegations, but weak on. Clinton foundationstate department controversy wikipedia. This is the first book to shed light on the couples deeply personal violations of the people they crushed in their obsessive quest for power. After using an ethics expert from the sunlight foundation an organization funded by leftwing billionaire george soros to dismiss the clinton foundation scandal on thursdays nbc nightly news, correspondent andrea mitchell appeared on fridays today using the same socalled expert and a statement from airplane manufacturer boeing to reject corruption allegations against. The list of clinton associates whove died mysteriously. Clinton foundation scandal news hillary clinton election. Controversy surrounding the deal largely pertains to 2016 democratic presidential nominee hillary clinton, who was secretary of state in 2010. More troubling is that businessmen have been able to expand the profile of their companies by working generously alongside the clinton foundation. An ap story found that more than half the private visitors clinton received at state were donors to her family foundation. The internal revenue service is investigating claims of paytoplay practices at the clinton foundation.
Charity watchdog group charity navigator, which has an ongoing relationship with the. Opinion this uranium deal was no scandal the new york. That the clinton global initiative is alleged to have bought natalie portman a firstclass ticket for her and her dog to attend an event in 2009 is the tip of the iceberg. Inside hillary clintons secret takeover of the dnc. The untold story of how and why foreign governments and businesses helped make bill and hillary rich is a 2015 new york times bestselling. Along the way, stone and morrow reveal the familys darkest secrets, including a clinton family members drug rehab treatment that was never reported by the press, hillary clinton s unusually. Is the clinton foundation the greater scandal surrounding. Nbc keeps trying to dismiss clinton foundation scandal. The inner workings of a mysterious offthe books arm of the clinton foundation were partially revealed in the hacked emails of hillary clinton campaign chairman john podesta. Its possible the foundation has boosted the clintons public image since bill clinton left office, and this has helped them command such large speaking fees and book advances, and its also. The truth behind the scandals in the clinton white house. Clinton faces bad headlines and more questions of scandal. The clinton foundations behindthescenes battle with a. A mudslinging, murdochapproved bestsellerinthemaking is ready to provide conservatives with their most potent fodder yet to cast the clinton family foundation as a.
Trump justice departments clinton foundation inquiry ends with. Clinton ally sidney blumenthal reportedly tried to kill. Even the george sorosfunded center for responsive politics admits in a news story that the clinton foundations backers seem to have lost. Chinagate aka commercegate is the most serious scandal in u.
The clinton foundation scandal cycle is already spinning off new complications. It was established by former president of the united states bill clinton with the stated mission to strengthen the capacity of people in the united states. Huge scandal at clinton foundation the new york times. Mrs clinton retorted that she was proud of the foundations work, and. Former prosecutor katie phang says an investigation such as this is usually serious.
Working with partners across the united states and around the world to create economic opportunity, improve public health, and inspire. The clinton foundation is a philanthropic foundation the clintons appear to use as a personal piggy bank, writes corsi, a political commentator and author known for his two new york times. Clinton foundation scandals show america cant trust. The book, a 186page 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.
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