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Related: About this forumI'm having trougle understanding why this latest Wikileaks info is bad for Hillary.
http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/first-read/hacked-memo-reinforces-worst-perception-clintons-n673806[/uHacked Memo Reinforces Worst Perception of the Clintons
]It's possible that this Clinton Foundation memo -- uncovered by the WikiLeaks dump of hacked emails -- is already baked into the cake of this presidential race. But it certainly doesn't help the Clinton campaign, downballot Democrats, or the future of the Clinton Foundation itself. Per the Washington Post, "When top Bill Clinton aide Douglas Band wrote the memo, he was a central player at the Clinton Foundation and president of his own corporate consulting firm. Over the course of 13 pages, he made a case that his multiple roles had served the interests of the Clinton family and its charity. In doing so, Band also detailed a circle of enrichment in which he raised money for the Clinton Foundation from top-tier corporations such as Dow Chemical and Coca-Cola that were clients of his firm, Teneo, while pressing many of those same donors to provide personal income to the former president." More: "The memo lays out the aggressive strategy behind lining up the consulting contracts and paid speaking engagements for Bill Clinton that added tens of millions of dollars to the family's fortune, including during the years that Hillary Clinton led the State Department. It describes how Band helped run what he called 'Bill Clinton Inc.,' obtaining 'in-kind services for the President and his family for personal travel, hospitality, vacation and the like.'"
What the memo makes clear is how inseparable the Clinton Foundation was to business interests. And while the Clinton campaign has refused to acknowledge the authenticity of the previous WikiLeaks emails, the company that Band co-founded -- Teneo -- did confirm the memo. And that puts extra pressure on Clinton and her campaign to speak out.
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I'm having trougle understanding why this latest Wikileaks info is bad for Hillary. (Original Post)
napi21
Oct 2016
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Cosmocat
(14,565 posts)1. Because the media wants it too
Nm
still_one
(92,213 posts)4. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)2. It's not. On the other hand, t-rump's foundation have
illegal doings but corporate media won't bring that up again, as of late.
beachbum bob
(10,437 posts)3. It's not....and twist it still won't make it so
upaloopa
(11,417 posts)5. The MSM want to make it a problem for her. And her detractors
will use it to justify their feelings about her.
napi21
(45,806 posts)6. I have to admit, Im a bit surprised that NBC is playing in that gutter.
I THOUGHT they were one of the few that didn't try to slant things either way.
Panich52
(5,829 posts)7. It furthers RW meme that Clintons are "corrupt" & out f/ selves
I'm sure it'll be used to further the bogus pay-for-play crap about Foundation & her as SoS.
MFM008
(19,814 posts)8. the old horse race
running for dollars............................
what else are they going to talk about? Climate change?
sarae
(3,284 posts)9. This means Ron Fournier is going to start writing "concern" articles about the Clintons again...
I can't stand him.
Avalux
(35,015 posts)10. It's not bad news but the media wants us to believe it is.
I think the Clinton campaign is correct in not addressing these leaks and I seriously doubt that they'll make any difference whatsoever. Doesn't matter to me and I was very critical of Hillary in the primary.