FBI launches new Clinton Foundation investigation

[highplainsdem]

Source: The Hill

The Justice Department has launched a new inquiry into whether the Clinton Foundation engaged in any pay-to-play politics or other illegal activities while Hillary Clinton served as Secretary of State, law enforcement officials and a witness tells The Hill.

FBI agents from Little Rock, Ark., where the Foundation was started, have taken the lead in the investigation and have interviewed at least one witness in the last month, and law enforcement officials said additional activities are expected in coming weeks.

The officials, who spoke only on condition of anonymity, said the probe is examining whether the Clintons promised or performed any policy favors in return for largesse to their charitable efforts or whether donors made commitments of donations in hopes of securing government outcomes.

The probe may also examine whether any tax-exempt assets were converted for personal or political use and whether the Foundation complied with applicable tax laws, the officials said.

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Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/367541-fbi-launches-new-clinton-foundation-investigation

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Solomon's a right wing journalist, and I hope he's wrong about this.

If he's correct, the DOJ has now opened two separate investigations of the Clintons, this one and the reopening of the email investigation.


Some background on John Solomon here:

https://upload.democraticunderground.com/10029723589

[George II]

1. My bet is that the Clintons did everything by the book. They're too smart to screw up.....

....and they don't have trump-like egos telling them "we can do anything and get away with it". This is another smoke screen to get attention away from Mueller's closing net around trump. But it isn't going to work.

[jmowreader]

2. And not one investigation of the Trump Foundation

Donald the Post Turtle just can't accept the fact he won the election!

[melm00se]

3. i always worry

when a report comes from only one source.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

4. It's all distraction & diversion like Benghazi & Pizzagate & Benghazi & emails & Benghazi . . . . nt

[calimary]

5. DAYUM. Leave her the fuck ALONE!!!!!

Haven't they persecuted her enough by now?

Once again, they'll waste a lot of our tax money and find a whole lotta nothing.

[Iliyah]

6. This is gonna backfire big time.

All of them are going down.

[TomCADem]

7. Of Course, The Resources of the Federal Govt Are Being Used for Political Cover...

...how long before they start re-opening White Water?

[exboyfil]

8. Did the Clinton foundation happen to pay a state Attorney General

after getting a favorable ruling in a lawsuit.

Did the Clinton foundation pay an activist to produce a political advocacy video.

No but Trump's foundation did.

[onecaliberal]

18. It is ok if you are a piece of shit republican.

[Botany]

9. The Clinton Foundation is an A+ rated charity and Bill, Hill, or Chelsea don't get one dime from it.

This kind of crap is what 3rd world dictatorships do.

[Wwcd]

12. They are desperately clinging to their pathetic base

I read today that Trump may either fire Sessions or he will voluntarily step down.

With that AG spot open, it is Trey Gowdy that will be appointed in Sessions place.

AG Gowdy then brings on the Clinton investigation.

S.o.b's.

[Botany]

14. The Clinton Foundation has kept 10 million or more HIV + people from getting full blown AIDS ....

.... they have done wonderful work.

[Wwcd]

15. They assisted Puerto Rico on a massive scale. They called their friends who offered

..time, supplies & the transport cargo planes to get it all where it needed to be.

Heres the story & link to read more:
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1561491193972316&id=389051904549590&__tn__=%2As%2As-R

They do everything the GOP hates.

[Cha]

24. Oh wow.. thank you for that, Wwcd

[Wwcd]

36. 😎🇺🇸🌐

[Hekate]

43. Thank You

[StevieM]

22. The attacks on the Clinton Foundation are truly evil. (eom)

[pangaia]

21. " This kind of crap is what 3rd world dictatorships do."

Yes, well.............

[Wwcd]

10. The Clinton's could teach Trump a few things about CHARITY

Unlike the Trump money laundering charity, this is a few of the things the Clinton Foundation does:

https://www.clintonfoundation.org/our-work

The Clinton Foundation builds partnerships of great purpose between businesses, governments, NGOs, and individuals to work faster, better, and leaner; to find solutions that last; and to transform lives and communities from what they are today to what they can be, tomorrow.

MUCH MORE at LINK.

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AND their FB Page
(You may read the page without being logged in)

This is Who They Are
https://m.facebook.com/ClintonFoundation/


Love trumps Hate,
because Patriotism is Love but Nationalism is Hate

[bitterross]

11. All I can say is - Have at it assholes!

I believe in Hillary and the type of people she hires. I believe they do things honestly and above board.

There is a reason the Clinton Foundation gets an A+ rating and the Trump Family Foundation has warnings associated with it.

They are not going to find anything.

[Wwcd]

13. The work they have done around the world is stellar.

It represents everything the GOP hates.
Charity, compassion & humanity

[BootinUp]

16. The Clinton Foundation did too much good and

It must be smeared/stopped

[JenniferJuniper]

17. It's give Fox something to talk about while

Trump et al continue to implode.

[marybourg]

29. Yep. They're on it now.

Report from the gym. Just came home.

[sinkingfeeling]

19. When does the FBI/DOJ investigate the Trump Foundation diverting

money given for juvenile cancer patients to the Trumps?

[pangaia]

20. "The Justice Department '' has launched.

You know who is head of the Justice Department, dotncha???

Right...

[Lil Missy]

23. *yawn*

[StevieM]

25. This is what it looks like when democracies are falling. (eom)

[pangaia]

26. DEFLECT, and accuse your enemy of that of which YOU are guilty.

Psychological projection.

[applegrove]

27. GOP just digging for more details that could sound like they could

be coincidentally tied to the Bashit narrative running through the fevered brains of the GOP base's brains that 'prove' that democrats are somehow evil when they are not.

[Freethinker65]

28. Trump is an expert at knowing how to launder money through foundations

He will instruct “his” justice department to accuse the Clinton Foundation of every illegal and shady thing Trump’s own foundation was guilty of.

[Sancho]

30. I think the Clintons just burned all the records and emails today...

[kimbutgar]

31. Something tells me this will become a talking point for twitler to deflect from his treason

Do you really think the FBI will waste time and resources for a bogus investigation? This is Wray’s treat for twitler to use. Nothing will come of it. It’s a candy talking point for twitler. They all know he is insane.

[AKing]

32. Get ready for.."You look at the Clinton Foundation"

[SunSeeker]

33. Has an adminstration ever gone after its political opponent like this?

I mean, Obama didn't go after Sarah Palin, even though she abused her power as Alaska's governor and violated state ethics law by trying to get her ex-brother-in-law fired and even though she created the $386k "Alaska Fund Trust," which she used as a private “legal defense fund” while governor.

Aside from the fact that the FBI will not find any wrongdoing, Trump is setting a dangerous precedent---for himself, when he is out of office.

[dlk]

34. The Republicans Must Be Absolutely Terrified of Hillary

The just can't stop going after her, no matter how many times they fail to find any evidence whatsoever of wrongdoing --the very definition of insanity.

[Wwcd]

37. They are, and Putin too.

Its an armageddon of good vs evil at this point.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

35. Looky there

[Wwcd]

38. Yup. That's it. Chatter is that Sessions will step down & Gowdy will be the AG.

Mueller better hurry up.

[Initech]

39. Will they ever let this shit go???

They won! They are in charge now! This is fucking insanity!!!

[TeamPooka]

40. What are we going to do when Trump & Sessions actually try to throw the Clintons in jail?

All bets in America are off then.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

41. Trump can't let obsession with Hiliary (and Obama) go, can he?

It kind of fits in with how he feels about women and blacks.

[videohead5]

42. The hotter things get for Trump

The more they go after Hillary...this is a diversion.