Travelgate
After the inauguration in 1993, the Clintons fired the White House travel office employees, allowing their wealthy Hollywood friends to take over the lucrative travel business. This led to investigations by the FBI, DOJ, GAO Oversight Committee, and the Whitewater Independent Counsel. The Clintons claim the firings were due to financial misdeeds, but the employees were cleared on all counts. Hillary Clinton allegedly played a central role in the firings, yet in her sworn testimony she claimed she was not involved. The Independent Counsel found this to be factually inaccurate, and that she made factually false statements. The Clintons were forced to remove their friends and reinstate the previous employees.
Vince Foster’s death
Vince Foster, the longtime friend and companion of Hillary Clinton, was significantly involved in several Clinton scandals. Due to the strange circumstances surrounding his death in 1993, an investigation ensued. Before the police arrived Clinton staffers illegally removed boxes of documents on Whitewater and presumably Travelgate and other sensitive issues.
Hillarycare
President Clinton put his wife in charge of the most expensive program in the country. It was a national outrage that the unelected, unqualified first lady was going to design America's health care system. In a 1993 interview Hillary Clinton admitted, “I am not an expert on health care. I'm not somebody who has studied it.” Hillary Clinton kept the Presidential Task Force on National Health Care Reform shrouded in such secrecy that a federal judge threatened to hold the administration in contempt. Two years later the health care plan was a 1,342 page nightmare, including gatekeepers, health alliances, purchasing cooperatives, new and higher taxes, and restrictions on choosing doctors. Physicians, hospitals, large and small businesses, insurance companies, Democrats, Republicans, and the general public rejected the program, and it failed disastrously. The General Accounting Office put a price tag of 32 million dollars on Hillary Clinton's healthcare fiasco. For dishonesty, Hillary Clinton and others were fined four hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Court costs to taxpayers were seven hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars. In 1996, with Hillarycare fresh in their minds, Americans voted both the Senate and the House in to Republican hands for the first time in over four decades.
Whitewater
In 1994, President Clinton's Attorney General, Janet Reno, initiated an investigation focusing on fraud accusations against the Clintons regarding their real estate venture, White Water Development Corporation, co-owned with their friends Jim and Susan McDougal. Hillary Clinton was the central figure, and the probe revealed pervasive conflicts of interests between the Rose Law Firm, where Hillary Clinton was partner, and its client Madison Guarantee, owned by Clinton business partner Jim McDougal. Hillary Clinton claimed billing records subpoenaed and critical to the investigation were lost. It is presumed they were stolen from Vince Foster’s office the night he died. 19 months later, following the Clintons’ acquittal, many of the ‘missing’ records reappeared in the Clintons’ residence. As they were covered with Hillary Clinton's fingerprints, she fell under suspicion of obstruction of justice. Their business partner, Susan McDougal, refused to testify against the Clintons assuring they were not charged. Susan McDougal went to prison for her silence but was pardoned by President Clinton. 15 Clinton associates were convicted of 40 federal crimes related to Whitewater. The independent counsel’s report highlighted the president abundant and calculating lies under oath, obstruction of justice, and abuse of power during this case. Many other alleged abuses were uncovered. The four and a half year expanded investigation cost taxpayers 145 million dollars.
Cattlegate
Hillary Clinton's trades and cattle futures raise suspicions of improprieties, as her very first trade of five thousand dollars quickly turned into over four hundred and ninety thousand dollars. She refused to release her tax returns for the years in question. Hillary Clinton insisted that she made all the investment decisions herself. The investigation proved her trades were actually placed by her friend, James Blair, through the brokerage firm, Refco. James Blair was outside counsel for Tyson Foods, the largest employer in Arkansas, which is state-regulated. The perception was Mrs. Clinton received preferential treatment and incredible financial returns as a way to garner favor with her husband, then Governor of Arkansas. Refco was investigated and paid the largest fines in the history of the exchange.
Filegate
The Clinton administration improperly requested and received FBI background reports on 900 Republican officials. Hillary Clinton allegedly initiated the request to add data to her ‘enemies list’ leading to three separate investigations. In 1996 in testimony, the White House personnel security director refused to name Hillary Clinton as the source of the request, and he was forced to resign. Hillary Clinton claims she was guiltless and was called a ‘congenital liar’ in the New York Times.
Clinton Legal Defense Fund
The fund was established so individuals or companies hoping to garner favor with the President could help pay the Clinton endless legal bills.
Chinagate
In 1996, the Justice Department investigated campaign fundraising abuses and cover-ups by the Clintons in connection with an effort by China to influence administration policies, in violation of US law. Agents for the Chinese government and military funneled millions into President Clinton's re-election campaign, the Clinton Legal Defense Fund, and the DNC. The DOJ’s report stated, “A pattern of events suggest a level of knowledge within the White House, including the President’s and First Lady’s offices concerning the injection of foreign funds into the re-election effort.”
IRS Abuses
The Clintons were accused of using the IRS to harass their enemies, including Republican politicians, the White House travel office, the NRA, Judicial Watch, the Heritage Foundation, and other conservative organizations. A senior IRS official admitted that Clinton opponents were singled out for tax audits. Also audited were Bill Clinton's female accusers, including Gennifer Flowers, Paula Jones, Juanita Broaddrick, and Elizabeth Ward Gracen.
Pardongate
As he was leaving office in January, 2001, President Clinton pardoned 450 people for crimes ranging from cocaine trafficking, kidnapping, and terrorism. Several pardons personally benefited Hillary Clinton and were investigated for direct ties to her New York Senate bid. Marc Rich, a billionaire fugitive owed the government over 160 million dollars and was charged with tax evasion, wire fraud, racketeering, and trading with Iran. Rich's ex-wife, Denise Rich, a close friend of the Clintons, donated over six hundred thousand dollars to the Clinton Presidential Library just prior to the pardon. Mrs. Rich also gave fourteen thousand dollars to the Clinton Legal Defense Fund and 135 thousand dollars to Hillary Clinton's Senate campaign. The ‘New Square Four’ were elders of a Republican voting Hasidic community convicted of defrauding the government of millions of dollars. Candidate Clinton met with their grand rabbi. Hillary Clinton received their votes and the New Square Four received their pardons. Hillary Clinton claimed, “I did not play any role whatsoever in the pardons.” Hillary Clinton's brother, lawyer Hugh Rodham, charged high fees to use his family influence to obtain presidential pardons. Carlos Vignali, a Los Angeles drug lord, paid Rodham over five hundred thousand dollars, and his sentence for cocaine trafficking was commuted. Almon Braswell, a scam artist, paid Rodham over 250 thousand dollars and was pardoned for defrauding senior citizens of millions of dollars.
FALN Terrorists
Fighting for Puerto Rican independence, the FALN exploded 138 bombs in New York City, Chicago, and Puerto Rico during a 10 year reign of terror. 13 innocent people were killed and over 80 maimed. New York City Councilman Jose Rivera met with Hillary Clinton proposing pardons for FALN members in return for Puerto Rican support in her Senate race. Two days later, President Clinton pardoned 16 FALN terrorists. These pardons were condemned by Democrats and Republicans, the house and senate, the FBI, the US Attorney, the Federal Bureau of Prisons, and the Fraternal Order of Police. Another probe into Clinton wrongdoing ensued when Congress requested additional information; President Clinton claimed executive privilege preventing anyone involved with the pardons from testifying. Hillary Clinton claimed no involvement in or prior knowledge of the decision. Former Democratic President Jimmy Carter called these “shameless pardons disgraceful.”
Senate Candidate Clinton Campaign Finance Investigations
The largest political fundraiser in US history became the largest election fraud in history. In the year 2000, the fundraiser for Hillary Clinton's New York Senate race was attended by 1300 people, including the Hollywood elite and the Democratic leadership. In violation of federal election statutes, an individual, Peter Paul, financed the entire event. Peter Paul was also a convicted cocaine trafficker. In violation, Hillary Clinton was involved with the solicitation of funds and the coordination of the gala. In violation, Hillary Clinton requested in writing an additional 150 thousand dollars from Peter Paul in untraceable securities. The Clinton campaign’s filings with the federal elections committee stated the event only cost five hundred thousand dollars. The actual price tag was 1.5 million. Senator Clinton was fined over fifty thousand dollars for “purposely underreporting” the cost of the event. In another campaign finance fraud, Hillary Clinton ignored FBI warnings and accepted over nine hundred thousand dollars from scam artists and felon Norman Hsu.
Senator Clinton
Hillary Clinton Senate tenure was undistinguished. In seven years, she introduced only three minor bills which became law, including the naming of a post office. She helped secure millions in federal assistance for a New York developer. Ethics questions arose when the businessman donated over 120 thousand dollars to the Clinton Foundation. Senator Clinton did not support English as the official language of the United States government. And she enthusiastically voted for the Iraq War resolution.
Senate Rules Violations
Hillary Clinton ignored Senate rules and reporting requirements for the hiring of staff and not-paid fellows, breaking the Senate code of official conduct, and hiding multiple conflicts of interest. She was investigated by the Senate Select Committee on Ethics.
2008 Presidential Candidate Clinton
Hillary Clinton's long history of campaign finance abuses continued. Jeffrey Thompson and other fundraising bundlers for her failed 2008 presidential campaign pled guilty to conspiracy and campaign finance law violations. In the primaries, Democrats nominated the little-known Junior Senator Obama over the well-known scandal-ridden Hillary Clinton.
Madam Secretary
In 2009, President Obama nominated Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State. In 2014, the State Department spokesperson was asked to identify one tangible achievement from Hillary Clinton's four years as Secretary of State. She responded, “I am certain those who were here at the time, who worked hard on that effort, could point out one.” Secretary Clinton's tenure had no signature doctrine or diplomatic breakthrough. It was however four more years of scandals. The Clinton State Department wasted 80 million dollars on a US consulate in northern Afghanistan, which will never be completed. Under Clinton's name, the Foreign Service gathered details on foreign diplomats, our allies, and officials of the UN, including internet user names, email addresses, credit card numbers, fingerprints, frequent flyer account numbers, and work schedules. The Clinton State Department lost approximately six billion dollars due to improper filing of contracts. The FBI, CIA, and the DOJ requested that Boko Haram be designated as a terrorist group so the agencies could pursue them. Secretary Clinton declined, and the group continued its reign of terror, including the kidnapping of 300 schoolgirls in Nigeria.
State Department Scandals and Cover-ups
A special investigator for the state department claims probes into illegal acts by the Diplomatic Security Service and ambassadors were influenced, manipulated, or simply called off under Hillary Clinton. These include sexual assaults by State Department security officials in Beirut, ‘endemic’ engagement of prostitutes by Hillary Clinton's security detail, drug use by State Department contractors in Baghdad, and solicitation of child male prostitutes by US ambassador to Belgium. Secretary Clinton spokesperson claimed Hillary Clinton had no knowledge of any of the scandals in her State Department. “We learned a bit from the media and don't know anything beyond what's been reported.”
Benghazi Terrorist Attack Cover-up
The United States mission in Benghazi, Libya was attacked on September 11, 2012. As Hillary Clinton was Secretary of State at the time, she is at the heart of the cover-up investigation. When she finally testified to Congress four months after the attack, she famously stated, “The fact is we had four Dead Americans. Was it because of a protest, or was it because guys out for a walk one night who decided they'd go kill some Americans; what difference, at this point, does it make?” Hillary Clinton testified that she submitted all documents requested by Congress. 20 months later, and only through a Freedom of Information Act request, 41 new documents were released, including changes to Ambassador Susan Rice's talking points. More documents are still being withheld.
Clinton Secrets
The Presidential Records Act allows restricted access to documents for 12 years after leaving office. Now 14 years later, the Clintons are still withholding thousands of records from the public. Over 300 Freedom of Information Act requests have been ignored, suggesting more damaging revelations about the Clintons. It is difficult to separate the Clintons’ personal and political financial ventures from those of the Clinton Foundation. The New York Times expose on the Clinton Foundation details “moral and fiscal chaos, shameless fundraising”, and calls it “mired in conflict of interest.” Run by old Clinton friends, it has been grossly mismanaged and despite enormous donations ran multi-million dollar deficits. Already rife with conflict of interest, the Foundation's offices are now shared by the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign. Americans can give twenty three hundred dollars to presidential candidates, but there are no limits on donations to foundations. Hillary Clinton cannot legally accept campaign donations from foreigners, but no restrictions apply to foundations. Secretary of State Clinton traveled to Moscow and pressed the Russian government to purchase planes from Boeing. Two months later, contract in hand, Boeing donated nine hundred thousand dollars to the Clinton Foundation. The foundation support from foreign interests, hoping to influence us policy, is a grave concern. Foreign donations to the foundation increased by seventy percent when Hillary Clinton ran for president in 2008. Saudi Arabia has financed terrorists, has an abysmal women's rights record, and punishes homosexuality by death. And yet the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is one of the largest supporters of the Clinton Foundation. In a Clinton co-presidency, every large donation could raise suspicions of improprieties or influence peddling and lead to non-stop investigations.
Many qualified and deserving politicians, Democrat and Republican, women and men are waiting to lead this country.
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