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The Clinton Foundation is an international criminal organization with ties to the Russian mafia. It is an elaborate global slush fund with sloppy accounting, poor public disclosure, and dubious mission relates activities.^[1] Originally founded in 1997 under the name the William J. Clinton Foundation^[2] for the purposes of building and maintaining the William J. Clinton Presidential Library, the organization has by some estimates handled as much as $100 Billion in cash inflows and outflows. The fund currently has an estimated $350 Million in assets.

According to two prominent charity watchdog organizagions the Clinton Foundation has engaged in questionable fund raising and reporting practices with less than 10% of the money raised going to its stated mission purposes such as AIDS treament, education, and healthcare in poverty stricken nations.^[3]

In 2013 the Clinton Foundation took in more than $140 million, but spent only $9 million on its mission purposes, far below the 75 percent rate a good charity should spend. The Clinton Foundation reported the bulk of its income spent on administration, travel, salaries and bonuses with the largest payouts going to family friends.^[4]

The Clinton Foundation Federal Tax ID number is 31-1580204.

In 2008 when Hillary Clinton was nominated to be Secretary of State, the Clinton Foundation disclosed for the first time its list of donors, many of whom were foreign entities and governments seeking to do business with the United States which the Secretary of State would have to approve. The foundation pledged not to receive any further foreign government contributions, which it abruptly violated. Former Secretary of State and Democratic Presidential nominee has now come under criminal investigation for influence peddling among other charges.

In 2015 Reuters News agency reported,

For three years in a row beginning in 2010, the Clinton Foundation reported to the IRS that it received zero in funds from foreign and U.S. governments, a dramatic fall-off from the tens of millions of dollars in foreign government contributions reported in preceding years. Those entries were errors, according to the foundation: several foreign governments continued to give tens of millions of dollars^[5]

Hillary Clinton's email scandal is considered an effort to cover up the fraudulent and illegal fundraising practices of the Foundation.

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-04-28/government-watchdog-calls-clinton-foundation-slush-fund

http://sunlightfoundation.com/search/?q=%22Clinton+Foundation%22&order_by=0

http://sunlightfoundation.com/blog/2016/04/28/today-in-opengov-scandal-boosts-clintons-political-career/

http://sunlightfoundation.com/blog/2008/12/19/real-times-clinton-foundation-donor-database/

In late 2008 Hillary Clinton entered into a memorandum of understanding with the Obama administration about the potential conflict of interest with her role as Secretary of State and Mr. Clinton actively soliciting political donations for Hillary's 2016 presidential bid on behalf of the Clinton Foundation.^[6] With the theft of government records and allegations the Clinton Chappaqua email server had been scrubbed by Clinton and underlings, the exact extent of a conflict of interest and violation of the memorandum of understanding at present is unclear.^[7][8]

Origins and model

One of the shocking Watergate revelations made by former White House Counsel John Dean was that President Nixon had intended to use the Nixon Presidential Library as a means to propel himself as a political force into the future beyond his presidency. Former presidents at that time - Truman, Eisenhower, and Johnson - were supposed to go quietly off into retirement. The 22nd Amendment had been passed as a safeguard to insure that no president, even if he held a mesmerizing affect over the people as FDR did, could amass too much power. John Dean's allegation gave further impetus to terminate Nixon's presidency early, either through impeachment or pressure on him to resign.^[9]

Nixon's ability to raise unlimited funds for his Presidential Library, as the law allowed, coupled with the abuses the country just witnessed through his Committee to Re-Elect the President (CREEP), were frightening. Funds raised by his campaign were rechanneled to private sleuths to harass opponents. Hillary Clinton^[10][11] served on the staff of the House Impeachment panel investigating Nixon's abuses.

She learned the rules from Nixon,^[12] gaining an unprecendented insight into a high government officials daily communication.^[13][14]

After Nixon's resignation several Watergate reform laws came into existence. Hillary Clinton, fresh out of law school played a part in the removal of Nixon from office and the creation of these reform laws:

• Amendments to the Federal Election Campaign Act limiting contributions and expenditures;
• creation of the Federal Election Commission (FEC) to regulate abuses;
• the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA); and
• the Presidential Records Act of 1978.

Bill and Hillary Clinton understood what Nixon's ambitions were. Today we see the realization of the combined two models - CREEP and the Nixon Library - in the Clinton Foundation.

The first red-flag went up in 1997 when the William J. Clinton Foundation was created as a public charity; the Clinton Presidential Library is unique among Presidential Libraries in that it was not founded as a private charity, which is subject to more stringent IRS oversite and regulation.^[15]

Meredith McGehee of the Campaign Legal Center has lobbied Congress to ban officeholders from getting involved with foundations and other tax-exempt groups. By operating outside disclosure rules, the foundation gives foreign donors an avenue to influence elections.^[16][17]

The Clinton Foundation has also been described as a parrallel government. Of course, a younger generation not schooled in the particulars of Nixon's crimes do not see what is galling about the Clinton Global Initiative to those of us who lived through the Nixon presidency.

Hill PAC & Hillary Victory Fund

https://theintercept.com/2016/06/10/hillary-clinton-used-leadership-pac-as-slush-fund-in-2008-09/

http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/04/01/how-hillary-clinton-bought-the-loyalty-of-33-state-democratic-parties/

https://www.opensecrets.org/jfc/summary.php?id=C00586537

2005-2006

http://amarillo.com/stories/1999/02/02/tex_LD0646.001.shtml#.V2iR_qLT9aV

http://www.armeniandiaspora.com/showthread.php?34349-Hastert-Helicopters-Textron-Turkey-Cash

Textron, Inc. is a Rhode Island-headquartered Fortune 500 conglomerate, from whose PAC Clinton took money in 2005 and 2006. Textron was fined by the SEC for bribing Saddam Hussein's government during the lead-up to the Iraq War,^[18] and is a major manufacturer of cluster bombs, which yield high rates of civilian casualties. ^[19]

Memorandum of understanding

In Hillary Clinton's confirmation hearings Senators Richard Lugar and John Kerry expressed concern for the potential of conflict of interest in exericising her role as Secretary of State while her husband, Mr. Bill Clinton, solicited funds from foreign entities and governments for the Clinton Foundation in anticipation of her inevitable 2016 presidential bid.^[20]

On 12 December 2008 Clinton Foundation’s chairman of the board, Bruce Lindsey, signed a Memorandum of Understanding^[21] with Valerie Jarrett, co-chair of President-elect Obama’s transition team. The document provided that “During any service by Senator Clinton as Secretary of State, the Foundation will publish annually the names of all new contributors.” ^[22]

For three years in a row beginning in 2010, the Clinton Foundation reported to the IRS that it received zero in funds from foreign and U.S. governments, a dramatic fall-off from the tens of millions of dollars in foreign government contributions reported in preceding years^[23]

Reuters news agency discovered that the Clinton Foundation filed incorrect disclosures with the IRS. As a result of Reuters reporting, the Foundation admitted that its IRS filings from 2010 through 2013 are not accurate. During her tenure the foundation operated in at least 29 countries such as Nigeria, Uganda, Ukraine, Haiti, Mozambique, China and South Africa.^[24]

Russian uranium deal

http://libertyblitzkrieg.com/2015/04/23/more-clinton-foundation-cronyism-the-deal-to-sell-uranium-interests-to-russia-while-hillary-was-secretary-of-state/

Secretary Hillary Clinton gave approval to a deal that allowed a Russian government enterprise to control one-fifth of all uranium producing capacity in the United States.^[25] Rosatom, the Russian company, acquired Uranium One, a Canadian firm controlled by Frank Giustra (pron. Ju-stra). Giustra is a Friend of Bill (FOB) and member of the Clinton Foundation Board. Giustra then donated over $130 million to the Clinton family non-profit enterprise.^[26]

Rosatom, the world’s leading builder of nuclear power plants, built Iran’s nuclear reactor in Bushehr. With the purchase of Uranium One, Rosatom also bought the with uranium exploration rights in Arizona, Colorado, and Utah. ^[27]

Syrian president Bashar al-Assad in May 2010 discussed with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev the possibility of Rosatom building nuclear power plants in Syria.^[28]

According to the New York Times,

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 ... The $500,000 fee — among Mr. Clinton’s highest — was paid by Renaissance Capital, a Russian investment bank with ties to the Kremlin ...Renaissance Capital analysts talked up Uranium One’s stock, assigning it a “buy” rating and saying in a July 2010 research report that it was “the best play” in the uranium markets.... Putin personally thanked Mr. Clinton for speaking.^[29]

Saudia Arabia and the Gulf States

• Saudi Arabia and Gulf States, human rights record. women's rights record, and donations to the Clinton Foundation

Saudi Arabia and rape victims

As Secretary of State, the Clinton Foundation accepted donations from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, where rape victims are regularly flogged.^{[30][31][32][33][34]} In 2015, a 19 year old woman who was the victim of a violent gang rape was sentenced to 200 lashes and six months in jail after being found guilty of being “indecent” at the time of the attack. Saudi law dictates a woman must have a male escort in public. She originally sentenced to 90 lashes, however on appeal the sentence was more than doubled to 200 lashes and six months in jail after being found guilty of indecency and talking to the media.

While homosexuality is punishable by death under certain circumstances, this particular active Clinton donor at the present time is seeking to increase the frequency at which executions of gays is carried out. Social media is blamed for causing an increase in "deliberate" acts of homosexuality. As of the first half of 2016, there currently are 35 people on death row in Saudi Arabia for sodomy.^[35]

The Clinton Foundation also received donations from countries that Secretary Hillary Clinton oversaw the transfer of weapons to.^{[36][37][38][39]}

While working in the State Department the Clinton Foundation received millions from an organization known as The Friends of Saudi Arabia.^[40]

The 'Hillary Clinton Doctrine' and presidential ambitions

Smart power

http://foreignpolicy.com/2015/11/06/hillary-clinton-doctrine-obama-interventionist-tough-minded-president/

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/28/us/politics/hillary-clinton-libya.html?_r=0

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/clinton-use-smart-power-in-diplomacy/

https://www.clintonfoundation.org/blog/authors/hillary-rodham-clinton-and-chelsea-clinton

Syria

The Combating Terrorism Center document concludes,

This set off a fierce debate in the Obama administration over the wisdom of arming terrorists.^[41] It is now known sometime prior to March 31, 2011,^[42] at urging of Hillary Clinton and over the objections of his National Security Council, Obama signed a Presidential Finding authorizing support for the rebel jihadis.^[43]

Kurds

https://news.vice.com/article/email-to-hillary-clinton-shows-effort-to-quash-story-about-wikileaks-and-turkey

http://usuncut.com/politics/clinton-busted-state-department-media-wikileaks/

Libyan Gold

Main article: Libyan War and the Bengazi attack

In an article posted on the Market Oracle, Eric Encina observed:

Ellen Brown adds,

These motivations were confirmed in an email from Sidney Blumenthal to Hillary Clinton on 1 April 2011:

Qaddafi's government holds 143 tons of gold, and a similar amount in silver. During late March, 2011 these stocks were moved to SABHA (south west in the direction of the Libyan border with Niger and Chad); taken from the vaults of the Libyan Central Bank in Tripoli. This gold was accumulated prior to the current rebellion and was intended to be used to establish a pan-African currency based on the Libyan golden Dinar. This plan was designed to provide the Francophone African Countries with an alternative to the French.franc (CFA). (Source Comment: According to knowledgeable individuals this quantity of gold and silver is valued at more than $7 billion. French intelligence officers discovered this plan shortly after the current rebellion began, and this was one of the factors that influenced President Nicolas Sarkozy's decision to commit France to the attack on Libya. According to these individuals Sarkozy's plans are driven by the following issues:

a. A desire to gain a greater share of Libya oil production,

b.Increase French influence in North Africa,

c. Improve his intemai political situation in France,

d. Provide the French military with an opportunity to reassert its position in the world,

e. Address the concern of his advisors over Qaddafi's long term plans to supplant France as the dominant power in Francophone Africa)^[46]

Hillary Clinton was the driving force behind military action in Libya. On 14 March 2011 she met in Paris with Libyan jihadis (given the euphemism, 'Libyan opposition') and Bernard Henri Levy.^[47]. Mrs. Clinton was arguing for intervention. Within hours, Mrs. Clinton convinced Obama that the United States had to act, and the president ordered up military plans.^[48]

Mrs. Clinton broke with Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, who, along with the national security adviser, Thomas E. Donilon, and the counterterrorism chief, John O. Brennan, urged caution. Libya was not vital to American national security interests and Brennan worried that the Libyan rebels remained largely unknown to American officials, and could have ties to Al Qaeda.^[48]

Hillary stated:

The president went on television offering the fig leaf for Hillary's plans: "Left unchecked... a humanitarian crisis would ensue.... The democratic values that we stand for would be overrun",^[50] later admitting her 'greatest moment' was his 'worst mistake'.^[51] After being captured on 20 October 2011 by jihadis backed by Hillary Clinton, Gaddafi was first publicly sodomized and murdered, and then his lifeless body dragged through the streets, a display to the whole world of the 'values that we stand for'.^[52] Kim Jong-un was watching closely how Gaddafi had been double-crossed and lied to by the Clinton consortium.^[53] Hillary laughed about the jihadi murderers.^[54]

On September 11, 2012, the anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks, jihadis attacked the American embassy and killed four people. In testimony before Congress on 23 January 2013 Hillary Clinton was asked why the Obama administration deliberately put out false information about the attack just prior to the Presidential Election of 2012, Clinton screamed, "WHAT DIFFERENCE AT THIS POINT DOES IT MAKE?".^[55]

In January 2016 North Korea cited Gaddafi's murder when it tested its nuclear device.^[56]

Ambassador Stevens dispatched

Giving in to Hillary's pressure, on Friday March 8, 2011, President Obama told reporters he would appoint an official to maintain contact with the "Libyan opposition". The number two official at the U.S. Embassy in Tripoli, Christopher Stevens^[58] was tasked with helping to coordinate assistance to the "rebels", whose top military commander, Abdelhakim Belhadj, was the leader of the Al Qaeda affiliate, the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group (LIFG).^[59] Hillary Clinton attended a meeting in Paris with Stevens and representatives of the "Libyan opposition", as did U.S. Ambassador Gene Cretz, who has also had contacts with the "opposition". Clinton discussed what she persuaded the Obama administration to do to help the jihadis, and that they would do more than just provide humanitarian aid.

Hillary's War

Sec. Clinton (left) in Tripoli October 18, 2011 in the moment of her greatest triumph. The 'Hillary Clinton Doctrine' of 'smart power' was supposed to pave the way to her presidential election. Gaddafi warned Tony Blair by phone the jihadists would attack in Europe if his regime was allowed to collapse.^[63] The disaster which has not reached its full apogee yet, evolved into what President Obama called a 'sh*t show' and her 'greatest moment' as his 'worst mistake'.

A March 29, 2011 article in the Washington Post included these paragraphs:

A document published by the U.S. West Point Military Academy's Combating Terrorism Center revealed that jihadi rebels between 2005 and 2007 exited Libya to join the Islamic insurgency in Iraq in greater numbers than any other country.^[66][67] Many of those jihadi rebels that came from Libya to Iraq to kill American soldiers came from among the very people Obama pledged to protect in the name of "humanitarianism". One group—the Libyan Fighting Group (jama'ah al-libiyah al-muqatilah)—claimed to have Afghan veterans in its ranks. The Combating Terrorism Center document concludes,

This set off a fierce debate in the Obama administration over the wisdom of arming terrorists.^[68] It is now known sometime prior to March 31, 2011,^[69] at the urging of Hillary Clinton and over the objections of his National Security Council, Obama signed a Presidential Finding authorizing support for the rebel jihadis.^[70] Abdel-Hakim al-Hasidi of the U.S. organized Libyan Fighting Group said jihadists who killed American troops in Iraq were now serving on the front lines in Libya. ^{[71] [72]}

NATO's Supreme Allied Commander James Stavridis told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee days before President Obama publicly admitted to intervention that U.S. intelligence knew of al Qaeda and Hezbollah elements among the Libyan insurgents.^[73]

The Charter of the United Nations, in Article 2(4), prohibits the “threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence” of a member state, and many observers have wondered whether the establishment of a no-fly zone would constitute a violation of this prohibition. The Congressional Research Services advised that a no-fly zone imposed against a state that has not carried out an attack on its neighbors may consider the imposition of a no-fly zone an “armed attack.” CRS warned that even if no-fly zone operations in a given state do not constitute an “armed attack",

Iran nuke deal

https://www.rt.com/usa/264793-clinton-foundation-sweden-iran/

Laureate International Universities

Between 2010 and 2014 while Hillary Clinton served as Secretary of State, Bill Clinton made $16.5 million for his role as honorary chancellor of Laureate Education, a for-profit college company.^[74] The State Department funneled $55 million in grants during Hillary Clinton’s tenure to groups associated with Laureate’s founder. The International Youth Federation, an organization connected to Laureate chairman Douglas Becker, received USAID funding.^[75] Becker is a major donor to the Clintons and the Clinton Foundation.^[76][77]

In her first year as Secretary of State, Hillary is quoted as directly asking that Laureate be included in a high-profile policy dinner — just months before the lucrative contract was given to Bill Clinton. Hillary Clinton later references “Laureate Universities, started by Doug Becker who Bill likes a lot".^[78] “It’s a for-profit model that should be represented,” she wrote in the August 2009 email.^[79][80][81]

2013

On its 2013 tax return the foundation claimed it spent $30 million on payroll and employee benefits; $8.7 million in rent and office expenses; $9.2 million on “conferences, conventions and meetings”; $8 million on fundraising; and nearly $8.5 million on travel. The Clintons enjoy first-class flights paid for by the foundation.

In all, the foundation reported $84.6 million in “functional expenses” on its 2013 tax return and had more than a $64 million remaining balance.

2016 revised filings

For tax year 2013, nearly 100 percent of the $4.4 million of the government donations came from foreign governments. Only $23,000 came from U.S. government entities, according to some of the foundations revised tax filings.^[82]

Disclosure and reform

http://historynewsnetwork.org/article/161804 https://www.opensecrets.org/action/issues/donors-to-presidential-libraries/

See also

• Tyler Drumheller^[83]
• Cody Shearer
• Cheryl Mills
• Betsy Wright
• Patrick F. Kennedy
• Jake Sullivan
• Mark Penn
• Maggie Williams
• Hillary Clinton Secretary of State
• Hillary Clinton's net worth
• Clinton Foundation conflicts of interest

References

External links

• 12,173 declassified stolen Clinton emails recovered by State Department
• 30,322 stolen Clinton emails recovered by State Department under the FOIA
• Stolen Clinton emails recovered by Russian Television