Clinton

National Review: Clinton Foundation Asked State Department to Approve Corrupt, Putin-Allied Oligarch’s Attendance at 2012 Meeting

September 22, 2015

Bill Clinton sought State Department approval to invite a powerful, Putin-backed Russian oligarch with an expansive history of corruption to the Clinton Global Initiative’s 2012 meeting while Clinton’s wife was secretary of state, according to an e-mail newly obtained by National Review. The June 4, 2012 message was sent by Amitabh Desai, Bill Clinton’s foreign-policy […]

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Washington Examiner: Court grows frustrated with State Dept. in Clinton email case

State Department attorneys argued the “ambitious” plan to publish all of Hillary Clinton’s private emails by the beginning of next year is preventing the agency from releasing related records in other cases. In a hearing Tuesday for a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit filed by Citizens United, Judge Emmet Sullivan of the U.S. District Court […]

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New York Post: Clinton Foundation looked to fly CEO of sanctioned oil company to US

September 3, 2015

Bill Clinton’s foundation, which sought but failed to receive State Department approval for him to give speeches tied to North Korea and the Congo, also asked that the head of a Malaysian oil company doing business with Iran be let into the United States, unsealed emails reveal. The Clinton Foundation sought the go-ahead for Shamsul […]

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ABC: Bill Clinton Sought State Department OK For Paid Speeches Related to North Korea, Congo, New E-mails Show

August 28, 2015

ABC News has obtained State Department e-mails that shed light on Bill Clinton’s lucrative speaking engagements and show he and the Clinton Foundation tried to get approval for invitations related to two of the most repressive countries in the world — North Korea and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. While Hillary Clinton served as […]

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The New York Times: Emails Draw Huma Abedin, a Clinton Aide, Back Into the Spotlight

August 25, 2015

Among the trove of emails released from Hillary Rodham Clinton’s tenure as secretary of state was this instruction to a trusted aide who needed to brief her on a matter that could not wait: “Just knock on the door to the bedroom if it’s closed,” Mrs. Clinton wrote in November 2009 to Huma Abedin, then […]

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National Review: Teflon Tony Rodham, the Clintons’ Shady Id

May 28, 2015

Sitting in a courtroom three years ago, after skipping out on a sizable legal bill, Hillary Rodham Clinton’s youngest brother struck a reassuring tone: Don’t worry, the money is coming. “I deal through the Clinton Foundation,” Tony Rodham said, according to court transcripts uncovered by the New York Times. He gave his word that Hillary […]