2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumThe Latest Clinton Email ‘Scandal’ Is Still…No Scandal
Joe Conason
It is now officially scandalous to recommend a capable young person for a job in the State Department, or to connect a potentially useful source of information about a Mideast trouble spot with an American diplomat.
According to Judicial Watch, the ultra-right organization that has devoted the past few decades to legal harassment of the Clintons, and its enablers in the mainstream media, a new batch of emails released by the State Department reveals a scandal (or multiple scandals!) because they show Douglas Band, former counselor to President Bill Clinton, engaged in those nefarious activities.
Evidently Band urged State to consider the resume of Brock Johnson, who had worked advance in Hillary Clintons 2008 campaign and then went on to toil under very difficult conditions in earthquake-wracked Haiti. Johnson had proved his value and mettle, so Band thought he might prove useful to our diplomatic service. Obviously, its very, very bad to help a youthful idealist find a way to serve his country, and of course nobody from any other campaign or foundation has ever done such an awful thing, right? (Wrong.)
Then there is the matter of Gilbert Chagoury, a very wealthy gentleman of Lebanese ancestry and mixed reputation, who asked Band to put him in touch with someone at the State Department dealing with issues of substance that pertained to his homeland which was then in the midst of an election campaign. Active in Lebanese affairs, Chagoury wished to impart his perspective to American officials. He was pursuing no pecuniary interest as his spokesman, former Republican Justice Department flack Mark Corallo, confirmed to the New York Times. Nothing came of Chagourys request and he did not press his requst any further. He has given generously to the Clinton Foundation, among many other charities, although stories suggesting that he gave a billion dollars to the Clinton Global Initiative are wrong. (Chagoury made a substantial CGI commitment in 2009 to repair coastal erosion in Nigeria but money spent to fulfill that pledge would not benefit the Clintons or their foundation.)
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http://www.nationalmemo.com/latest-clinton-email-scandal-still-no-scandal/
riversedge
(70,299 posts)prison time for Hillary and thought it was an old tweet (Rand Paul is still relevant??). anyway, I clicked on the link and it was from only 2 days ago. I did not listen to the video but the link showed the imagery of Rand Paul and a photo--not a flattering one-of Hillary in and orange top she was wearing. RW media is filling their viewers with vile crap (as you know)
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Rand Paul calls for indictment of Hillary Clinton
Aug. 11, 2016 - 6:59 - Republican Senator joins 'The O'Reilly Factor' to elaborate on prison time demand for Democratic presidential nominee