Time For An Independent Audit Of The Clinton Foundation, Says
Common Cause
Apr 26, 2015 01:48:44 #
Time for an independent audit of the Clinton Foundation, says
Common Cause
POSTED AT 2:31 PM ON APRIL 25, 2015 BY ED MORRISSEY
Will the Left circle its wagons around the Clintons, or ride off into the sunset without them? The Clinton Foundation announced this week that they would conduct a voluntary internal audit after the exposure of their failure to properly declare millions of dollars from foreign governments to the IRS. A leading progressive group, Common Cause, says thats not good enough; (via Instapundit and the Washington Examiner):
Citing concerns about potential conflicts of interest and the influence of hidden overseas donors, Common Cause called on p**********l candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton and the Clinton Foundation today to commission an independent and thorough review of all large donations to the foundation and to release the results.
As Mrs. Clinton herself observed earlier this week, voluntary disclosure is not enough, said Common Cause President Miles Rapoport. A report in Thursdays New York Times indicates that the Clinton Foundation violated an agreement to identify all of its donors. The foundations omissions create significant gaps in the information that v**ers need to make informed decisions at the polls.
To ensure that the audit is complete, Rapoport said the foundation should enter into a contractual agreement with auditors to open its books fully and to make public the complete report of their review.
In the meantime, Common Cause wants the Clintons to stop taking cash from foreign governments and corporations, which would mean shutting down entirely:
And to further guard against potential conflicts of interest, the foundation should stop accepting donations from foreign governments and ​foreign corporations, he said.
That puts Common Cause on the same side as Ted Cruz. Cruz went a little farther and demanded that the Clinton Foundation return all of the cash theyve received from foreign governments:
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) is calling for his potential 2016 foe Hillary Clinton to return all donations made to the Clinton Foundation by foreign governments, as criticism stemming from a new book continues to mount.
The Clinton Foundation collected tens of millions of dollars from foreign governments including donors who had business interests with the State Department while Clinton was Secretary. She made decisions in that capacity that likely benefited the same people who were giving large donations to the foundation, Cruz said Friday in a statement.
At the very least, these revelations present a clear conflict of interest. I call on Hillary Clinton to return the donations from foreign governments. Until she does, how can the American people trust her with another position of power?
Talk about strange bedfellows, eh?
This goes somewhat outside Common Causes usual political portfolio. As of this morning, the top featured stories on their banner carousel were:
Granted, the groups animus toward corporations plays into the demand for the Clinton audit, and it also highlights a problem Hillary will have if she remains in the race. Progressive populism now fuels the base of the Democratic Party, and her Wall Street connections will make it very difficult for the base to get excited about her candidacy. Progressives wont suddenly turn Republican, but theyll be less inclined to volunteer or turn out on E******n Day. Hillary may well become the Mitt Romney of 2016.
Still, when you have groups that normally use their time stoking paranoia about ALEC and the crusades of the religious right (to end Byzantine campaign-finance reforms? Really?) making the Clintons their targets, thats a fairly interesting development. When they end up on the same side as Ted Cruz, thats a consensus worth noting.
My comments;
Hillary is getting deeper and deeper in the "do-do" with each passing day! Here we have "Common Cause", ( a far left-wing outfit ), badgering the Clintons to essentially "open the books" of their "slush funr" / "Foundation" to the public ! Why do they think she risked an OOJ rap to destroy everything on her server? Hillary needs to be a "juggler"......right now, she has about 9 balls "up",,,,,,any day now, she's going to "drop a ball"; when it happens, she'll drop all 9 of them!
POSTED AT 2:31 PM ON APRIL 25, 2015 BY ED MORRISSEY
Will the Left circle its wagons around the Clintons, or ride off into the sunset without them? The Clinton Foundation announced this week that they would conduct a voluntary internal audit after the exposure of their failure to properly declare millions of dollars from foreign governments to the IRS. A leading progressive group, Common Cause, says thats not good enough; (via Instapundit and the Washington Examiner):
Citing concerns about potential conflicts of interest and the influence of hidden overseas donors, Common Cause called on p**********l candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton and the Clinton Foundation today to commission an independent and thorough review of all large donations to the foundation and to release the results.
As Mrs. Clinton herself observed earlier this week, voluntary disclosure is not enough, said Common Cause President Miles Rapoport. A report in Thursdays New York Times indicates that the Clinton Foundation violated an agreement to identify all of its donors. The foundations omissions create significant gaps in the information that v**ers need to make informed decisions at the polls.
To ensure that the audit is complete, Rapoport said the foundation should enter into a contractual agreement with auditors to open its books fully and to make public the complete report of their review.
In the meantime, Common Cause wants the Clintons to stop taking cash from foreign governments and corporations, which would mean shutting down entirely:
And to further guard against potential conflicts of interest, the foundation should stop accepting donations from foreign governments and ​foreign corporations, he said.
That puts Common Cause on the same side as Ted Cruz. Cruz went a little farther and demanded that the Clinton Foundation return all of the cash theyve received from foreign governments:
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) is calling for his potential 2016 foe Hillary Clinton to return all donations made to the Clinton Foundation by foreign governments, as criticism stemming from a new book continues to mount.
The Clinton Foundation collected tens of millions of dollars from foreign governments including donors who had business interests with the State Department while Clinton was Secretary. She made decisions in that capacity that likely benefited the same people who were giving large donations to the foundation, Cruz said Friday in a statement.
At the very least, these revelations present a clear conflict of interest. I call on Hillary Clinton to return the donations from foreign governments. Until she does, how can the American people trust her with another position of power?
Talk about strange bedfellows, eh?
This goes somewhat outside Common Causes usual political portfolio. As of this morning, the top featured stories on their banner carousel were:
Granted, the groups animus toward corporations plays into the demand for the Clinton audit, and it also highlights a problem Hillary will have if she remains in the race. Progressive populism now fuels the base of the Democratic Party, and her Wall Street connections will make it very difficult for the base to get excited about her candidacy. Progressives wont suddenly turn Republican, but theyll be less inclined to volunteer or turn out on E******n Day. Hillary may well become the Mitt Romney of 2016.
Still, when you have groups that normally use their time stoking paranoia about ALEC and the crusades of the religious right (to end Byzantine campaign-finance reforms? Really?) making the Clintons their targets, thats a fairly interesting development. When they end up on the same side as Ted Cruz, thats a consensus worth noting.
My comments;
Hillary is getting deeper and deeper in the "do-do" with each passing day! Here we have "Common Cause", ( a far left-wing outfit ), badgering the Clintons to essentially "open the books" of their "slush funr" / "Foundation" to the public ! Why do they think she risked an OOJ rap to destroy everything on her server? Hillary needs to be a "juggler"......right now, she has about 9 balls "up",,,,,,any day now, she's going to "drop a ball"; when it happens, she'll drop all 9 of them!
Damn That Prick, Rapoport! Telling ME That I Should Stop Taking Foreign Cash! AFAIC, "Cash Is Cash"! Who Gives A Shit Where It Comes From?
We Have To Get Rid Of All of These Damned Religions! They're Screwing Everything Up!
Apr 26, 2015 13:09:48 #
Gitzo wrote:
Time for an independent audit of the Clinton Found... (show quote)
Now that would stir up things. It would be interesting to see what "personal" stuff is charged to that foundation. I bet all their travel for one. :hunf: :XD: :XD:
Apr 26, 2015 13:30:38 #
NeilL
Loc: British-born Canadian
It looks worse and worse for that grand old dame, HRC. Someone here (you, Brian?) suggested that she erased her emails - after the subpoena - to cover up wrongdoings with her charity. That is coming to fruition. Brett Baier is doing a piece on this at 10:00pm tonight on Fox News.
Apr 26, 2015 15:11:20 #
Apr 26, 2015 16:00:37 #
bvm wrote:
Watch them flee to Switzerland to be with that Riche guy.
I hope they go to Katmandu! (Maybe an earthquake will get 'em? )
Apr 26, 2015 17:32:11 #
Gitzo wrote:
I hope they go to Katmandu! (Maybe an earthquake will get 'em? )
Why do you constantly wish bad on other people? That could come back to haunt you. What a horrible mind to want something terrible to happen to somebody you don't even know, somebody in the news. You have to live with yourself...Karma, and all that...
Apr 26, 2015 19:07:42 #
bvm
Loc: Glendale, Arizona
dljen wrote:
Why do you constantly wish bad on other people? That could come back to haunt you. What a horrible mind to want something terrible to happen to somebody you don't even know, somebody in the news. You have to live with yourself...Karma, and all that...
Miss bad wisher herself has spoken. She will have her coven put a hex on you.
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