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amborin

(16,631 posts)
Tue Apr 5, 2016, 01:06 PM Apr 2016

Clinton Lying, yet again:

Not only did they obscure those 1100 donors, but they openly lied about why:

Clinton Foundation’s misleading claim about Canadian laws on donor info


https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2015/04/29/clinton-foundations-misleading-claim-about-canadian-laws-on-donor-info/

The Clinton's have a habit about lying about Giustra as well...

New York Times story claimed Bill Clinton tried to deny meeting linked to 'Clinton Cash' scandals


A Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times reporter claims that former President Bill Clinton falsely denied hosting a meeting with Kazakh officials when she tried to write a story that involved his foundation several years ago.

Jo Becker, who works on the newspaper's investigative desk, said Clinton only confirmed the meeting took place after she informed him there were photographs.



That article revisited some of her earlier reporting and included information from the upcoming book "Clinton Cash," which is generating widespread headlines amid a flurry of reports suggesting it will raise serious questions about Clinton's family foundation.

The donor in question is Canadian mining executive Frank Giustra, a longtime friend of the former president who has given tens of millions to the Clinton Foundation in the past few years. (A couple of hours after the NYT story was published, Giustra issued a defiant statement. We've included that below.)

Becker initially wrote about the February 2007 meeting between Clinton, Giustra, and executives from the state-owned nuclear company Kazatomprom in 2008. The gathering took place at Clinton's home in Chappaqua, New York.

"When I first contacted both the Clinton foundation — Mr. Clinton's spokesman — and Mr. Giustra, they denied any such meeting ever took place," Becker recalled in footage aired by Fox News on Thursday.

However, Becker said Clinton and Giustra both changed their stories after she confronted them with evidence to the contrary.

"And then when we told them, 'Well we already talked to the head of Kazatomprom, who not only told us all about the meeting, but actually has a picture of him and Bill at the home in Chappaqua, and that he proudly displayed on his office wall.' They then acknowledged that yes, the meeting had taken place," Becker continued in the television interview.



http://uk.businessinsider.com/nyt-reporter-clinton-lied-about-meeting-2015-4?r=US&IR=T


Thanks to DUer EdwardBernays for this info and links!
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Clinton Lying, yet again: (Original Post) amborin Apr 2016 OP
This smear is a year old... DanTex Apr 2016 #1
I wonder if clintons name will be in the next release of info from the panama papers? peacebird Apr 2016 #2
If not them.. Else You Are Mad Apr 2016 #3
Already have foundation donors from middle east in first dump.... peacebird Apr 2016 #4
Clinton Foundation + email scandal + Panama Papers = Autumn Colors Apr 2016 #5
Don't forget... Else You Are Mad Apr 2016 #6
If she's breathing, she's lying Politicalboi Apr 2016 #7
+10000 amborin Apr 2016 #9
Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Apr 2016 #8
If her lips are moving, they're lying. bigwillq Apr 2016 #10
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