Thursday, July 31, 2014

State inked a controversial $48 million deal with Bill Clinton while Hillary was Secty of State

For 215 (!) Speeches and "consulting". So that's how WJC ended up worth $200 million. Astounding corruption if it turns out to be true. The Clintons really are America's Lannisters and impunity really is the watchword at our enormous Federal Stupor State.

joint investigation by the Washington Examinerand the nonprofit watchdog group Judicial Watchfound that former President Clinton gave 215 speeches and earned $48 million while his wife presided over U.S. foreign policy, raising questions about whether the Clintons fulfilled ethics agreements related to the Clinton Foundation during Hillary Clinton's tenure as secretary of state.
According to documents obtained by Judicial Watch and released Wednesday in an ongoingFreedom of Information Act case, State Department officials charged with reviewing Bill Clinton's proposed speeches did not object to a single one.
Some of the speeches were delivered in global hotspots and were paid for by entities with business or policy interests in the U.S.
The documents also show that in June 2011, theState Department approved a consulting agreement between Bill Clinton and a controversial Clinton Foundation adviser, Doug Band.
The consultancy with Band's Teneo Strategy ended eight months later following an uproar over Teneo's ties to the failed investment firm MF Global.
State Department legal advisers, serving as "designated agency ethics officials," approved Bill Clinton's speeches in ChinaRussiaSaudi Arabia,Egypt, the United Arab EmiratesPanamaTurkey,TaiwanIndia, the Cayman Islands and other countries.
The memos approving Mr. Clinton's speeches were routinely copied to Cheryl Mills, Hillary Clinton's senior counsel and chief of staff.


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