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Here’s How Hillary Clinton Works

PERSPECTIVE FROM THE 19TH HOLE: This is the title I chose for my personal blog, which is meant to give me an outlet for one of my favorite crafts – writing – plus to use an image from my favorite sport, golf. Out of college, my first job was a reporter for the Daily Astorian in Astoria, Oregon and I went on from there to practice writing in all of my professional positions, including as a Congressional press secretary in Washington, D.C., an Oregon state government manager in Salem and Portland, and a private sector lobbyist. This blog also allows me to link another favorite pastime – politics and the art of developing public policy – to what I write.

If you ask me, I don’t believe Hillary Clinton is qualified to run for or be president, given her checkered past.

I have been criticized on occasion for labeling her a “crook,” and, I agree, I probably should have used the word “alleged” as a modifier. For me, though, in the court of public opinion, she is guilty. Not in a criminal court yet, though at some point, she may end up there.

I reach the view on Hillary based on questions about her record as an attorney, as a First Lady, as a U.S. Senator, as U.S. Secretary of State and now as a presidential candidate. But, mainly, I rely on the ethical and leadership failures in relation to the Clinton Foundation, which she still runs with her husband, Bill.

For the following litany of what I’ll call “crookdom,” I rely on Washington Post columnist Charles Krauthammer, who has chronicled Hillary Clinton’s misdeeds in material for that newspaper.

Recently Krauthammer said he had no doubt some of the 30,000 e-mails Hillary deleted from her private e-mail server very likely had references to the Clinton Foundation.

Here, according to Krauthammer is a concise summary of how the Clinton Foundation works as a tax-free international money-laundering scheme. It may eventually prove to be one of the largest political criminal enterprises in U.S. history as it hides foreign money and re-packages it to be used for the Clintons’ purposes. And, what’s more, it’s all tax free.

  1. You create a separate foreign “charity.” In this case, one in Canada.
  1. Foreign oligarchs and governments then donate to this Canadian charity. In this case, over 1,000 did — contributing mega millions.
  1. The Canadian charity then bundles these separate donations and makes a massive donation to the Clinton Foundation.
  1. The Clinton Foundation and the cooperating Canadian charity claim Canadian law prohibits the identification of individual donors.
  1. The Clinton Foundation then “spends” some of this money for legitimate good works programs. Unfortunately, experts believe this is on the order of 10 per cent. Much of the balance goes to enrich the Clintons, pay salaries to untold numbers of hangers on, and fund lavish travel, Again, virtually all tax free, which means you and I are subsidizing it.
  1. The Clinton Foundation, with access to the world’s best accountants, somehow fails to report much of this on their tax filings. It discovers these “clerical errors” and begins the process of re-filing five years of tax returns.
  1. Net result — foreign money, much of it from other countries, goes into the Clinton’s pockets tax free and untraceable back to the original donor. This is the textbook definition of money laundering.

By the way, the Canadian “charity” includes as a principal one Frank Giustra. Google him. He is the guy who was central to the formation of Uranium One, the Canadian company that somehow acquired massive U.S. uranium interests and then sold them to an organization controlled by Russia.

This transaction required U.S. State Department approval, and guess who was Secretary of State when the approval was granted.

Sarcasm aside, if you’re still not persuaded this was a cleverly structured way to get unidentified foreign money to the Clintons, ask yourself this:

Why did these foreign interests funnel money through a Canadian charity? Why not donate directly to the Clinton Foundation? Better yet, why not donate money directly to the people, organizations and countries in need?

This is the essence of money laundering and influence peddling.

It is what should disqualify Hillary Clinton from running for or being president.

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