Sanders assails Clinton over Foundation

[portlander23]

Conflict of interest: Sanders assails Clinton over Foundation
KYLE CHENEY 06/05/16 10:31 AM EDT
Politico

“If you asked me about the Clinton Foundation, do I have a problem when a sitting secretary of state and a foundation run by her husband collects many millions of dollars from foreign governments, governments which are dictatorships … yeah I do,” Sanders said in an interview Sunday morning on CNN’s “State of the Union.”

Sanders cited Saudi Arabia, a contributor to the foundation, which he notes restricts civil liberties. “You don’t have a lot of respect there for opposition points of view for gay rights or women’s rights,” he said.

Asked by host Jake Tapper whether that presents a conflict of interest for Clinton, he responded, “I do.”

Yep.

Also, see Thomas Frank's piece on the Clinton Foundation and microloans.

[findrskeep]

1. K & R nt

[All in it together]

2. This is a huge concern of mine about the Clintons with foreign countries.

How did it affect what she did as Secretary of State and why go around the world promoting fracking? Money I'd guess.

[jonmac511]

6. and

How will it effect her presidency? It takes some serious mental gymnastics to see what happened during her time as SoS as above board and it makes me wonder what will the foundation do over the next four years if she becomes president. Chinese walls don't stand a chance around there.

[All in it together]

11. Oh yeah!

That's why it should be reported on in the media, so Americans can know it's not RW sniping. It's important information.

[CorporatistNation]

3. The "Foundation" Is NOT An Enviable Association For The Would Be First Woman President...

It is a pay to play operation that affords the Clinton Cabal First Class accommodation and travel to perform glad-handing operations around the world... It is difficult to imagine that there were not emails mixing State Dept. business with Foundation "support."

The whole thing only gives us more of THIS... You really want it?

e.g., MSNBC To the deniers... Watch THIS Video... It is not comforting to think that she may well be the Democratic Nominee...

Hillary really betrayed Andrea Mitchell... The entire context of this report was of a solemn nature... A Funeral so to speak...

Andrea Mitchell "I do not see this report as ...ANYTHING BUT... DEVASTATING!"

Chuck Todd "After this I don't think that she could get confirmed for Attorney General!"

Lots of FIBBING by Hillary here.. for more than a year!

[Barack_America]

4. Oh my. This doesn't sound like an endorsement is on the horizon.

Wow, we're really taking this to July.

[randome]

5. It is a PUBLIC charity. If Sanders doesn't like it, he needs to take it up with the CF Board.

Maybe it should never have been named the 'Clinton' Foundation because the myopic among us think that means it's the Clintons' personal slush fund.
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[panader0]

9. It's been dropped by Charity Navigator for it's "unusual business model".

Not a real charity. Why did they pay Sid Blumenthal 10 grand a month? Does he need charity?
The CF is under investigation too, and in my opinion, will be much more serious trouble for HRC.

[randome]

13. So what? It previously had an A rating.

'Unusual' does not mean 'deceptive', no matter what one may want to see. It has a Board of Directors that decides these things. https://www.clintonfoundation.org/about/board-directors

And Blumenthal? http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/243287-clinton-foundation-paid-blumenthal-10000-monthly-salary

Emails from Hillary Clinton’s private server released last week by the State Department showed that Blumenthal sent about 25 memos to Clinton about Libya, including one that initially blamed the 2012 Benghazi attacks on a “sacrilegious internet video.” A follow-up email attributed it to a terrorist attack.

Clinton regularly forwarded those memos to her aides, sometimes asking for them to be printed. But on at least one occasion, she questioned Blumenthal's information, emailing aides to say that memo “strains credulity.”

Jesus Christ, she was smart enough to question Blumenthal's info!
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[Waiting For Everyman]

7. This and the email should've been covered months ago.

I'm glad he's doing it now though. People need to be informed, and the major media certainly isn't doing much.

[Skink]

8. So far we don't know how bad it gets

[CrispyQ]

10. I just finished Thomas Frank's piece.

It was vomit inducing, but thanks for sharing. I posted earlier that I would probably vote for her if she gets the nom, but I just don't know . . .

[All in it together]

12. Now I understand why Goldman Sachs is pushing this so hard.

Their PR and profits. We're doing something but not really. It does make me sick to see those commercials, especially on PBS.

[2banon]

14. Frank unpacks the underpinnings of the Microloan Industry

Very interesting read.. I have not finished it at this juncture, but will later if i can remember the link. I think his article needs it's own OP!

Thank you for bringing it to our attention!