| − | Gillibrand's father, Doug Rutnik, was the attorney for the NXIVM sex cult.<ref>https://nypost.com/2018/03/27/gillibrand-rival-slams-her-fathers-ties-to-alleged-sex-slave-cult/</ref><ref>https://artvoice.com/2018/06/23/nxivm-love-story-kirsten-gillibrands-father-and-stepmother-fell-in-love-because-of-sex-slaver-cult/</ref><ref>https://bigleaguepolitics.com/kirsten-gillibrands-stepmother-was-in-child-trafficking-sex-cult-says-former-cult-employee/</ref> According to court documents reported in the ''Albany Times Union'', Seagram's heiress [[Clare Bronfman]], a NXIVM cultist, attached a key logger virus to her father, Edgar Bronfman's email account. Edgar Bronfman was in email contact Hillary Clinton. Through the key logger, NXIVM officials were able to hack into Hillary Clinton's email account.<ref>https://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Records-NXIVM-hacked-billionaire-s-emails-with-6576310.php</ref> It is said Rutnik blackmailed Clinton, with information garnered from the hacked emails, to turn her Senate seat over to Gillibrand when Clinton resigned from the Senate in 2009 to become Secretary of State.<ref>https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/03/kirsten-gillibrand-alleged-sex-slavery-and-the-2020-primary.html</ref> In March 2019, NXIVM co-founder Nancy Salzman plead guilty to sex slavery charges,<ref>https://www.courthousenews.com/co-founder-of-group-tied-to-sex-slavery-pleads-guilty/</ref><ref>https://frankreport.com/2019/01/21/forget-dad-stepmom-gillibrand-has-her-own-ties-to-nxivm/</ref> and NXIVM founder Keith Raniere was charged with manufacturing child [[pornography]].<ref>https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-crime-cult/self-help-guru-raniere-faces-u-s-child-porn-charges-associate-pleads-guilty-idUSKCN1QU2Z2</ref>XVIM/Hillary Clinton controversy=== | + | Gillibrand's father, Doug Rutnik, was the attorney for the NXIVM sex cult.<ref>https://nypost.com/2018/03/27/gillibrand-rival-slams-her-fathers-ties-to-alleged-sex-slave-cult/</ref><ref>https://artvoice.com/2018/06/23/nxivm-love-story-kirsten-gillibrands-father-and-stepmother-fell-in-love-because-of-sex-slaver-cult/</ref><ref>https://bigleaguepolitics.com/kirsten-gillibrands-stepmother-was-in-child-trafficking-sex-cult-says-former-cult-employee/</ref> According to court documents reported in the ''Albany Times Union'', Seagram's heiress [[Clare Bronfman]], a NXIVM cultist, attached a key logger virus to her father, Edgar Bronfman's email account. Edgar Bronfman was in email contact Hillary Clinton. Through the key logger, NXIVM officials were able to hack into Hillary Clinton's email account.<ref>https://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Records-NXIVM-hacked-billionaire-s-emails-with-6576310.php</ref> It is said Rutnik blackmailed Clinton, with information garnered from the hacked emails, to turn her Senate seat over to Gillibrand when Clinton resigned from the Senate in 2009 to become Secretary of State.<ref>https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/03/kirsten-gillibrand-alleged-sex-slavery-and-the-2020-primary.html</ref> In March 2019, NXIVM co-founder Nancy Salzman plead guilty to sex slavery charges,<ref>https://www.courthousenews.com/co-founder-of-group-tied-to-sex-slavery-pleads-guilty/</ref><ref>https://frankreport.com/2019/01/21/forget-dad-stepmom-gillibrand-has-her-own-ties-to-nxivm/</ref> and NXIVM founder Keith Raniere was charged with manufacturing child [[pornography]].<ref>https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-crime-cult/self-help-guru-raniere-faces-u-s-child-porn-charges-associate-pleads-guilty-idUSKCN1QU2Z2</ref> |