More Clinton Deceit

Who reviewed the Clinton Foundation’s taxes? A Clinton Foundation donor, of course

Posted on November 18, 2015 by Ben Bullard

When the Clinton Foundation wanted to clear the air swirling around all the omissions and errors it made in reporting its cash flow, it did what any stand-up organization would do: it sought a disinterested third party to review its tax returns.

But, like so many other interwoven threads linking the Clinton Foundation’s many conflicts of interest, that third party turns out not to be so disinterested: DLA Piper, the firm that did the work, also happens to be a Clinton Foundation donor.

Not only has the firm itself donated to the foundation; its employees tend to prefer Hillary as our next president.

“Employees of the firm have…contributed $171,200 to Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign, making it the fifth largest contributor thus far, according to the Center for Responsive Politics,” The Washington Free Beacon reported Tuesday.

“Additionally, DLA Piper contributed $496,700 to Clinton’s 2008 presidential campaign, making it the second biggest contributor. Over the course of Clinton’s two Senate campaigns she received $700,530 from DLA Piper, putting the firm third behind only Goldman Sachs and Citigroup in total contributions to Clinton.”

Just to be sure any accusation of a conflict of interest is rock solid, WFB notes that “two registered lobbyists at DLA Piper are currently serving as bundlers for her [Hillary Clinton’s presidential] campaign.”

In its review of the foundation’s taxes, DLA Piper found a number of errors –  but “none of them were substantive,” according to Reuters.

That same Reuters report goes on to note that the Clinton Foundation had to amend its report to reflect “receiving nearly $20 million in funds from governments, mostly foreign governments, between 2010 and 2013.”

Doing business overseas, in fact, is a lucrative financial strategy for the Clinton Foundation. The foundation has sunk $20 million into Fondo Acceso, a private equity firm based in Colombia.

Who created that firm? Bill Clinton, along with his millionaire pals Carlos Slim and Frank Giustra.

Here’s another taste of how the Clintons and Giustra like to help each other out.

The Wall Street Money Machine RUNNING Away From Hillary

Wall Street Donors Turning Away From Clinton

By Sandy Fitzgerald   |   Saturday, 31 Oct 2015 10:27 AM

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Hillary Clinton funded her New York Senate campaigns with Wall Street dollars, but the same can't be said of her presidential bid. Those donors are giving far more money to Republican presidential hopefuls than they are to Clinton.

In her White House bid, Clinton has gotten about $5.9 million from Wall Street for her  campaign and super PAC, an analysis of Federal Election Commission data, compiled by the Center for Responsive Politics shows.

But  former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, whose poll numbers have tanked, has raised some $30 million from Wall Street, the analysis shows.

Bush isn't the only one pulling in money from Wall Street. Texas Sen. Ted Cruz has gotten $12.5 million, mostly from hedge fund magnate Robert Mercer. And New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has taken in $5.2 million.

Part of the problem with the donors lies with President Barack Obama, who collected millions for his first presidential election. Once he was in office, he angered the financial sector first by passing the Dodd-Frank legislation, which put further rules on the financial industry, and then by saying he didn't seek office to help "a bunch of fat cat bankers on Wall Street.”

New York financier Anthony Scaramucci told The Hill he helped Obama in his first term because they had a law school connection, but backed Mitt Romney in 2012 because of Obama's anti-business stance.

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And by the time Romney challenged Obama, the difference was huge. When Obama first ran, he collected twice as much from Wall Street donors as Republican nominee Sen. John McCain. But in the 2012 campaign, Romney pulled in $64.3 million from Wall Street, compared to $19.3 million for Obama.

Up until recently, contributions from Wall Street were almost evenly divided, according to the CRP report, although slightly biased toward Republicans.

Meanwhile, several of Romney's donors for 2012 said they will not return to Democrats, with one donor saying in 2008 he got "swept up" by Obama becoming the first African-American president, but now, he knows many such donors will return to supporting Republicans.

Obama doesn't bear full responsibility, though, as the Democratic Party as a whole is leaning more toward economic populism, and Clinton's chief rival, Sen. Bernie Sanders, hs drawing attention with his anti-Wall Street calls, including placing taxes on "Wall Street speculation."

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Sullivan Will Be The Next Senator From Alaska. Republicans Pick Up Another Seat In Senate. Landrieu Will Be The Next To Fall!

Former Clevelander Dan Sullivan will be Alaska's next U.S. senator, A.P. declares

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Dan Sullivan, shown greeting supporters on election night, Nov. 4, in Anchorage, Alaska, as his daughter Meghan looks on at right.Ted S. Warren / Associated Press 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Call him the new senator from Alaska.  Or ALASKA, if that's not clear enough.
Alaska's voters have decided that former Clevelander Dan Sullivan will legitimately represent their interests in the U.S. Senate come January, the Associated Press has determined. Thus ends the "Outsider" (always with a capital "O') trash talk.
This comes a week after Election Day, and Sullivan's opponent, single-term Senate incumbent Mark Begich, has not conceded. Only 7,911 votes separated Sullivan, a Republican, and Begich, a Democrat, as of Tuesday night.
But the Associated Press, which tends to be cautious in these matters, reported that it sees no way for Begich to close the lead that Sullivan has.
Sullivan, a former Marine and longtime Marine reservist, grew up in the Cleveland area and his family heads RPM International, the Medina-based company that makes paint primer and sealers.  His wife is Alaskan, and Sullivan calls Alaska home. Sarah Palin appointed him to be Alaska's attorney general when she was governor, and Palin's successor made Sullivan the state's natural resources commissioner.
But Sullivan also spent time in Washington, D.C., and owned a home in suburban Maryland while working for President George W. Bush's administration – as a White House fellow, a staff director for the National Security Council, and ultimately an assistant secretary of state for economic, energy and business affairs.
Democrats tried to use that as part of their campaign to cast Sullivan as a Clevelander, a Washingtonian, a man from cities that cannot understand a place where caribou outnumber people.
And while Sullivan didn't brag to Alaskans about his love for Cleveland, he relied upon his Cleveland ties for fundraising, getting more campaign money from Northeast Ohio than anywhere else, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. When he'd come to Cleveland to raise cash, Democrats or their allies would try to publicize it as a Sullivan homecoming.
But the attacks failed. Unless the A.P. is wrong, Sullivan will take a seat in the Senate in January, the next and legitimate senator from the Last Frontier.
Sullivan said on Facebook, "I am deeply humbled and honored to be chosen by my fellow Alaskans to serve them in the United States Senate. From day one we told our supporters that we would run a campaign that Alaskans could be proud of and that's what we did. But we couldn't do it alone and Julie and I are so grateful for the incredible support and encouragement we received from Alaskans in every corner of our state."