The latest expose on the Clinton's fake charity c/o: Kimberley
A. Strassel writing for The Wall Street Journal.
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The scandal of the century at the IRS was that agency’s
secret targeting of conservative non-profits.
Perhaps a close second is the scandal of what the IRS
hasn’t been investigating, namely, the Clinton Foundation.
The media’s focus is on Hillary Clinton’s time as
secretary of state, and whether she took official actions to benefit her
family’s global charity. But the mistake is starting from the premise that the
Clinton Foundation is a “charity.”
What’s clear by now is that this family enterprise was
set up as a global shakedown operation, designed to finance and nurture the
Clintons’ continued political ambitions. It’s a Hillary super PAC that throws
in the occasional good deed.
That much is made obvious by looking at the foundation’s
employment rolls.
Most charities are staffed by folks who have spent a
lifetime in non-profits, writing grants or doing overseas field work. The
Clinton Foundation is staffed by political operatives. It has been basically a
parking lot for Clinton campaign workers — a comfy place to draw a big check as
they geared up for Hillary’s presidential run.
The revolving door is spinning quickly these days.
There’s Dennis Cheng, a finance director for Mrs. Clinton’s 2008 bid, who went
to the Clinton Foundation as its chief development officer. There he built a
giant donor file, which he earlier this year took with him to head up
fundraising for the Clinton 2016 campaign.
(*PURSED LIPS*)
There’s Katie Dowd, who raised $100 million as Mrs.
Clinton’s new media director in 2008, then went to a Clinton PAC, then to the
State Department, then to the foundation as a “tech adviser.” She’s now at
Clinton 2016 as digital director.
(*LIPS STILL PURSED*)
Some operatives don’t even bother feigning separation.
Longtime aide Cheryl Mills served as general counsel to Mrs. Clinton’s 2008
campaign, then worked at State. She then joined the board of directors of the
foundation and remains on it still, even as she works on Clinton 2016.
Nick Merrill, an aide to Mrs. Clinton at State, has
continued on as her press liaison. Last year his name popped up on a news
release as a contact person for the Clinton Foundation. Mr. Merrill will be a
campaign spokesman for Clinton 2016.
Maura Pally was until recently the acting CEO of the
Clinton Foundation. Her training for this important job was working as a lawyer
in the Clinton White House, as a counsel to Hillary 2008, and in cultural
affairs at the State Department.
(*GUFFAW*)
Valerie Alexander is the foundation’s chief marketing
officer, and the woman responsible for turning the outfit into a Clinton PR
machine. She worked as a senior communications adviser for Hillary 2008.
Amitabh Desai is the foundation’s foreign policy
director. He was a legislative aide to Sen. Hillary Clinton.
Craig Minassian is the foundation’s chief communications
officer. He worked on Hillary 2008.
Ira Magaziner is CEO of the Clinton Health Care Access
Initiative. He is one of the Clintons’ oldest advisers.
Bari Lurie, chief of staff to Chelsea Clinton...
* CHIEF OF STAFF TO... WHO..?!?!
(*JUST SHAKING MY HEAD*)
...worked on Hillary’s Senate campaign and her 2008 run,
and for her PAC.
Erika Gudmundson is the foundation’s deputy director of
communications initiatives. She was a press aide for Hillary 2008.
You get the point....
The question isn’t how or whether these folks will help
with Clinton 2016, but when and in what capacity. Ditto more than a dozen other
staffers at the foundation who lack long histories with Clinton but who came
straight out of politics — either working for the Democratic National
Committee, other politicians or super PACS.
(*SMIRK*)
The other question is how many more operatives are
cashing foundation checks that we don’t know about — as “consultants” for the
group.
We now know longtime Clinton pal Sid Blumenthal drew $10,000
a month.
For what...!?!?
Then there’s Mrs. Clinton’s longtime aide, Huma Abedin,
who worked as traveling chief of staff during the 2008 campaign, then went to
State. There she was granted a "special arrangement" to continue
earning money as a private-sector consultant. Among those she consulted for?
The Clinton Foundation.
* FOLKS... YOU CAN'T MAKE THIS $HIT UP!
Ms. Abedin has transitioned back as vice chairman of Mrs.
Clinton 2016 campaign.
(*SILENCE*)
This is typically Clinton, which means it is typically on
the edge of legal. The foundation operates as a non-profit, raising hundreds of
millions as a “charity.” We know from foundation tax filings that it spends an
extraordinary portion of its funds on travel and staff. How many donors are
unaware that their money is going to keep Clinton friends in full employment?
(*CONTINUED SILENCE*)
How many are aware and give precisely for that reason — to
help elect a new president, one who will gratefully remember their help?
(*SMIRK*)
* THING IS... IT'S NOT FUNNY, FOLKS; IT'S REPREHENSIBLE.
(IMAGINE A REPUBLICAN TRYING TO PULL THIS $HIT!)
Lucky for the Clintons, nobody looks.
* WELL... THAT'S NOT ENTIRELY FAIR. IT'S MORE ACCURATE TO
SAY MOST OF THE INFO - FACT-FILLED EXPOSES SUCH AS THIS ONE - ARE QUICKLY SWEPT
UNDER THE RUG BY MSM EDITORS/PUBLISHERS/PRODUCERS WHO WON'T GO AFTER CLINTON AS
THEY WOULD ALMOST ANY REPUBLICAN.
* AND, FOLKS... JUST TO REMIND YOU... WHAT COVERAGE THAT
DOES GET INTO THE MSM... HOW MUCH OF THIS IS "PUSHED" BY THE
"OBAMA MACHINE" AS IT BATTLES THE "CLINTON MACHINE?"
HMM...???
As a charity (and unlike a super PAC), the foundation is
subject to almost no oversight.
* WHAT A COINCIDENCE...
(*SNICKER*)
The IRS in the past has stripped charities of their
tax-exempt status when they are shown to be operating for a purpose other than
benevolence. The agency has shown no real interest in the Clinton Foundation.
Go figure...
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