Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe Invited Chinese Donor to Hillary Clinton’s Home
Source: Time
A donation to the Clinton Foundation followed weeks later
Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe invited the Chinese businessman whose donations to him have been named as a focus of Justice Department investigators to a 2013 fundraiser at Hillary Clintons personal Washington, D.C., residence.
Wang Wenliang, a Chinese national with U.S. permanent residency, briefly shook Clintons hand at the Sept. 30 event, a representative for Wang told TIME. An American company controlled by Wang made a $60,000 contribution to McAuliffes campaign three weeks before the fundraiser. Less than a month later, a separate Wang company pledged $500,000 to the Clinton Foundation, the first of several donations that eventually totaled $2 million.
The fundraiser was one of at least three interactions between Wang and McAuliffe, according to the businessmans representative. McAuliffe initially told reporters this week he could not remember ever meeting Wang, though he later clarified that his staff had informed him of several likely meetings. I did no deals, McAuliffe said Wednesday in a radio interview. I would not know the man if he sat in the chair next to me.
Read more: http://time.com/4348675/terry-mcauliffe-hillary-clinton-china-investigation/?xid=homepage
Looks like clear case of pay to play.
Nyan
(1,192 posts)Even some of the most corrupt nations use at least the correct term for something like this.
tomm2thumbs
(13,297 posts)(audio goes to left-speaker only midway)
IdaBriggs
(10,559 posts)This is all about distraction and smear- compliments of the Republican Party. There really isn't anything here.
kcjohn1
(751 posts)If I'm not mistaken this is Obama's FBI & Justice Dept, no?
pmorlan1
(2,096 posts)Thanks for posting.
Wangs representative also said that Wang met twice with former President Bill Clinton to discuss the Clinton foundation, once in the United States and once when Clinton was visiting China.
The Clinton campaign did not respond to requests for comment. A spokesman for McAuliffe confirmed both the fundraising meeting and a subsequent meeting in Richmond to discuss soybean exports.
Angel Martin
(942 posts)to the Clinton Foundation.
Including "Consultant A" of Panama Papers fame
http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/panama-papers-victor-dahdaleh-alcoa-bribery-case-1.3598527
brooklynite
(94,703 posts)...is there another issue?
kcjohn1
(751 posts)But the issue is
foreign sources of personal income and whether the governor lobbied on behalf of foreign interests without registering as a foreign agent
Looks like the governor did lobbying for this gentleman and his foreign interests without registering. Due to weak public corruption laws, we have to get these crooks on technicality instead of the actual crime (lobbying for people paying them).
TwilightZone
(25,473 posts)Are you having difficulty with that phrase?
You could maybe read the article before posting about it.
kcjohn1
(751 posts)This is not about the political contributions/donations. The article says what the investigation is about.
1) Sources of foreign income (by the governor)
2) Lobbying by the Governor on behalf foreign agent (ala chinese company).
This all took place before he became governor. If he is caught, what they will catch him is doing lobbying for foreign company without registering. This is like how they caught Al Capone for tax evasion vs the actual crime.
IMO the political contributions are the problem, but if they can catch them on technicalities I'm all for that as well.
elehhhhna
(32,076 posts)Drip drip drip
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reddread
(6,896 posts)wouldnt it be great to fail THIS big?
for decades, "a Hillary" will be a thing.
Jester Messiah
(4,711 posts)pnwmom
(108,990 posts)and to which they donate significant sums every year.
And which is a top rated charity according to CharityWatch.
https://www.charitywatch.org/ratings-and-metrics/bill-hillary-chelsea-clinton-foundation/478
SusanLarson
(284 posts)You didn't just try that.
"It seems like the Clinton Foundation operates as a slush fund for the Clintons, said Bill Allison, a senior fellow at the Sunlight Foundation, a government watchdog group where progressive Democrat and Fordham Law professor Zephyr Teachout was once an organizing director."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/the-inside-story-of-how-the-clintons-built-a-2-billion-global-empire/2015/06/02/b6eab638-0957-11e5-a7ad-b430fc1d3f5c_story.html
http://www.nypost.com/2015/04/26/charity-watchdog-clinton-foundation-a-slush-fund/
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/14/us/politics/unease-at-clinton-foundation-over-finances-and-ambitions.html?pagewanted=3&_r=0&hp&
http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-clinton-charity-begins-at-home-1433459849
https://theintercept.com/2016/02/22/saudi-christmas-present/
https://theintercept.com/2016/03/10/hillary-clinton-stalwart-friend-of-worlds-worst-despots-attacks-sanders-latin-american-activism/
https://theintercept.com/2015/04/22/inside-morocco-clinton-influence-campaign/
https://theintercept.com/2016/01/26/ha-ha-hillary-clintons-top-financial-supporter-now-controls-the-onion/
http://www.ibtimes.com/clinton-foundation-donors-got-weapons-deals-hillary-clintons-state-department-1934187
http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/09/hillary-clinton-email-213110
But, I am sure you will find something to attack every one of these publications with, without addressing any of the facts.
pnwmom
(108,990 posts)numerous links.
SusanLarson
(284 posts)Enjoy those Clinton blinders...
pnwmom
(108,990 posts)elehhhhna
(32,076 posts)pnwmom
(108,990 posts)it does its charitable work directly, rather than simply by making grants to other organizations. And the Charity Navigator isn't set up to evaluate a charity that functions directly.
asiliveandbreathe
(8,203 posts)Is this a troll DU? - why bother even trying to educate those who simply choose to incite and push a scandal - WHERE THERE IS NONE!
elehhhhna
(32,076 posts)asiliveandbreathe
(8,203 posts)The FBI inv. alberto Gonzalez for taking docs home..no charges....this is nothing compared to that...smoke and mirrors...for 30 years Clinton this and Clinton that - nada merit!!!