Hillary takes big $$$ from biggest Shadow Banker, FEC sanctioned

[cali]

Last edited Thu Feb 4, 2016, 05:09 PM - Edit history (1)

Blackstone Group.

Hillary postponed her Blackstone fundraising shindig. It was scheduled for this week. It was not her first of this election cycle. Bill is doing a Blackstone fundraiser Saturday.

Blackstone recently got fined by the SEC. Most commentators think they got off easy. Blackstone is involved in Shadow Banking. Hillary has been critical of Bernie's financial plan, particularly of what she claims is his lack of a plan to do anything about it.



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Meanwhile, two other finance industry fundraisers that were set to take place before the New Hampshire primary have been rescheduled for later dates. The campaign declined to say why.

Clinton was originally supposed to attend an event in Boston on Friday, organized by Jeannie and Jonathan Lavine, the managing partner of Sankaty Advisors, an affiliate of Bain Capital, according to details obtained by the Sunlight Foundation’s Political Party Time. The fundraiser has been rescheduled for a later date that the campaign would not reveal.

In addition, a New York fundraiser billed as a “Conversation with Hillary” co-hosted by Matt Mallow, chief legal officer for the asset management firm BlackRock, that was originally scheduled for Jan. 28 has been moved to Feb. 16.

The next day, Bill Clinton will headline a fundraiser in New York hosted by real estate investor Bal Das and Valérie Demont, a lawyer who heads the U.S.-India practice at Pepper Hamilton, specializing in international mergers and acquisitions.

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/clinton-blasts-wall-street-but-still-draws-millions-in-contributions/2016/02/04/05e1be00-c9c2-11e5-ae11-57b6aeab993f_story.html

Clinton Denounces Corporate Crime While Accepting Cash From Blackstone, Firm Sanctioned By SEC
http://www.ibtimes.com/political-capital/hillary-clinton-denounces-corporate-crime-while-accepting-cash-blackstone-firm

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Blackstone Group is the biggest shadow bank,” said Emanuel Friedman, CEO of hedge fund firm EJF Capital, who spoke on the panel Tuesday at the Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, Calif. “We are also a shadow bank.”

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http://www.pionline.com/article/20150429/ONLINE/150429836/milken-conference-private-capital-executives-embrace-shadow-banking

[UglyGreed]

1. When in doubt

follow the money.....

[cali]

3. Pretty interesting. I'm going to continue doing research

on her corporate benefactors.

[UglyGreed]

4. It may take some time

but I'm sure you are up to the task

[cali]

6. Well thanks.

[UglyGreed]

7. I admire

your persistence, I did not mean it as a dig or anything. Just wanted to make that clear.

[cali]

10. I took it as you intended. Again, thanks.

[Punkingal]

2. She is so corrupt it is obscene.

[KoKo]

5. You need to see this...in case you missed it:

A Great example of Hillary's duplicity. And, she thinks she can get away with it!

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[global1]

13. A Couple Of Things That Stand Out In Her Reply....

Initially she looked flummoxed. As she was responding she kept backing up. I wonder what that means in body language speak. And at the end she finished with saying something about women - which she knows anytime she mentions women - she gets applause. I think she's been told by her debate/town hall advisers - that that is her fall back line if she gets in trouble - she'll end in applause.

Again - if she has nothing to hide - she needs to release the transcripts of these speeches. We need to know that she is not telling us one thing and telling them something completely different being the chameleon she is. How else can she expect people to vote for her if she doesn't want to release those transcripts. It kind of reinforces those thoughts about her being untrustworthy.

[KoKo]

19. ...!

We shall see. I thought it revealed a side of her that has caused her problems before. Thanks for your observations of what you saw. I had the biggest problem with her answer to taking the GS Money and I saw what you did how she "stepped back." I felt she realized she'd given an answer that might cause her problems and she tried to cover that up.

But...I was glad the question was asked.

[global1]

20. Do You Know If Anyone In The Media Commented On....

her answer?

[KoKo]

21. Actuallly they did...

MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell reported it on her show and it was picked up later on through the day by Mark Halperin and John Heilemann on their Bloomberg Business Show and their MSNBC Show.

I was surprised it got as much play as it did. It was sort of "sneaked in" with only Andrea Mitchell doing a longer segment on it...yet it was mentioned in other snips with reporters throughout the day.

I am embarrassed to admit that I've been watching more MSM the last few weeks than I've done in years.

But...I figure its "Opposition Research?"

Anyway, there was more coverage of that Hillary Snip than I ever expected. Yet, today it seemed to be heavy on dissing Bernie as a Socialist..yadda, yadda. I guess they have to be careful not to go too far... to keep their jobs. But, then, don't we all...these days.

[ViseGrip]

8. She also canceled Bain! She needs to campaign...cuz she's losing.

[cali]

9. It's more about her brazen hypocrisy. I actually found this shocking

[nc4bo]

11. Yup. She certainly does work tirelessly. Both Clintons do.

But for WHO?

[Uncle Joe]

12. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, cali.

[cali]

15. This is damning

[Jefferson23]

16. This is not significant enough to vote for Sanders instead??

Incredible.

[cali]

17. Or just admit how bad it looks. No, they defend this ugly shit.

[ErisDiscordia]

18. Did anyone expect differently?

Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?