Washington Times: Bill Clinton's Foundation Cashed in as Sweden Lobbied Hillary on Sanctions

Bill Clinton’s foundation set up a fundraising arm in Sweden that collected $26 million in donations at the same time that country was lobbying Hillary Rodham Clinton’s State Department to forgo sanctions that threatened its thriving business with Iran, according to interviews and documents obtained by The Washington Times.

The Swedish entity, called the William J. Clinton Foundation Insamlingsstiftelse, was never disclosed to or cleared by State Department ethics officials, even though one of its largest sources of donations was a Swedish government-sanctioned lottery.

As the money flowed to the foundation from Sweden, Mrs. Clinton’s team in Washington declined to blacklist any Swedish firms despite warnings from career officials at the U.S. Embassy in Stockholm that Sweden was growing its economic ties with Iran and potentially undercutting Western efforts to end Tehran’s rogue nuclear program, diplomatic cables show.

“Sweden does not support implementing tighter financial sanctions on Iran” and believes “more stringent financial standards could hurt Swedish exports,” one such cable from 2009 alerted Mrs. Clinton’s office in Washington.

Via: Washington Post

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Chelsea’s difficult personality chasing out Clinton Foundation staffers, sources reveal

Chelsea’s chasing them out!

Sources near the Clinton Foundation are divulging inside secrets and attributing the organization’s high turnover rate to Chelsea Clinton’s difficult personality.

“A lot of people left because she was there. A lot of people left because she didn’t want them there,” a source told The New York Post’s Page Six.

“She is very difficult.”

Chelsea reportedly manipulates  top staffers like pieces on a checker board, prompting many to quit in disgust.

Previous CEO Bruce Lindsey was pushed to the position of chairman of the board two years ago so Chelsea could bring in an old colleague, Eric Braverman, according to the Post.

But even that didn’t last long.

“[Braverman] was her boy, but he tried to hire his own communications professional and actually tried to run the place,” an insider told the Post.

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“He didn’t understand that that wasn’t what he was supposed to be doing. He was pushed out.

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Chelsea has embraced living high-on-the-hog as a corporate CEO and employs a personal staff almost as big as her father’s, according to the Post.

Chelsea who once commanded a $600,000 per year salary from NBC for doing virtually nothing, was apparently no easier to work with while working there, and co-workers allegedly called her “unapproachable.”

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“If someone wanted to talk to Chelsea about something, they had to go through a producer,” an NBC source told the Post.

According to the Post, the high turnover rate at the Clinton Foundation also includes Matt McKenna, Chelsea’s ex-spokesman, and Ginny Ehrlich, founding CEO of the Clinton Health Matters Initiative, who now works for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

Amidst growing scandals revolving around allegations that the Clinton Foundation has become a giant slush fund for Bill, Hillary and Chelsea, foundation loyalists are disheartened.

“The operational planning has gone downhill,” a source told the Post.

“It’s sad to see what’s happening.”

Via: BIZPAC Review
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House GOPers demand IRS investigate Clinton Foundation

House Republicans on Tuesday demanded the IRS open an investigation into the Clinton Foundation’s tax-exempt status, questioning whether the organization has broken faith with its charitable mission by hiding some donations.

The foundation, associated with former President Bill Clinton, his wife, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton, and their daughter, has been in the news as Mrs. Clinton’s campaign ramps up.

Foundation officials have admitted they made an “error” in inaccurately reporting certain types of grants, and have had to correct their filings.

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“Media reports containing specific allegations have cast a cloud over the Clinton Foundation and call into question whether it is acting within the scope of its charitable mission for which it was originally granted tax-exempt status,” said Rep. Marsha Blackburn, Tennessee Republican, who led the letter, signed by 51 other House lawmakers.

The letter was to IRS Commissioner John Koskinen, and accused the foundation of using “the cloak of philanthropy” to facilitate major business deals for Clinton pals — including during the time Mrs. Clinton was secretary of state in the Obama administration.

The Clinton Foundation didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment Tuesday.

Via: Washington Times
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NURTURED BY CLINTON NETWORK, O'MALLEY NOW BECOMES 2016 RIVAL

WASHINGTON (AP) -- More than a decade ago, Bill Clinton spotted a political star in the making, someone he predicted would go from a big-city mayor to a national leader - maybe even to the White House. "I won't be surprised if you go all the way," Clinton wrote in a 2002 letter to Baltimore's mayor, Martin O'Malley.

In the years that followed, Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton showed up time and again as their young ally gained stature as governor of Maryland, hosting fundraisers, headlining rallies and connecting him to their sprawling network of political donors.

Now, O'Malley is just days away from walking down the path Clinton laid out for him more than a decade ago, as he prepares to announce his presidential campaign in Baltimore on May 30. And that means transforming himself from one of Hillary Clinton's most loyal supporters into her chief adversary for the Democratic nomination.

"It's certainly been a long and friendly relationship," said Steve Kearney, a former O'Malley aide. "Times change. He clearly thought she was the best candidate in 2008. We'll find out whether that remains true today."

Via: AP

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