Bill Clinton profits from company tied to felon, China

[MadAndy]

Source: Washington Times

The spring before his wife began her White House campaign, former President Bill Clinton earned $700,000 for his foundation by selling stock that he had been given from an Internet search company that was co-founded by a convicted felon and backed by the Chinese government, public records show.



Read more: http://washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080307/NATION/15653289/1001

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This may explain the Hillery's reluctance to release tax records.

[tekisui]

1. We may find out even more.

Perhaps they benefit from wars and weapons.

[Oleladylib]

2. Shall we talk about Rezko in this conversation or is it a closed conversation.

[superconnected]

6. So true.

Let's not turn a blind eye to dem corruption. Obama has big backers and he's going to pay them back just like bush did. Just like hillary and Mccain will if they get elected.

Lets hope it all comes out.

[Oleladylib]

12. 55,000,000 is mighty suspicious..not you average donation.

[tabatha]

7. Obama/Rezko has been vetted by Patrick Fitzgerald.

No there there.

[Oleladylib]

11. That's like Disney vetting Mickey/Minnie..

[tabatha]

13. that makes no sense

Patrick Fitzgerald is a tenacious prosecutor - goes after Republicans and Democrats alike.

[Alexander]

22. You don't trust Patrick Fitzgerald?

He's pretty incorruptible.

[EFerrari]

9. It would probably be a losing strategy, given the Clintons greater "experience".

[roguevalley]

16. she said she was vetted. The THREW down the gauntlet and people

have picked it up. She should have figured out another way than negative. no way people were just going to let her babble about
herself without checking her out.

[Fredda Weinberg]

3. So you'll attack Clinton's foundation? Why not ... all's fair in this silly season n/t

[papau]

4. Fee for a speech paid in company stock - Accoona Corp - now that is evil -right

[CountAllVotes]

5. the Clintons have been war profiteering too ....

and yes, that is the reason we will see no tax returns any time soon.

CROOKS!!

:kick:

[Just-plain-Kathy]

17. I don't know why the Clintons are making such a big deal...

...It came out last year that they dumped all their "conflict of interests" stocks.

Clintons Sell Possibly Troublesome Stock
Clintons Sold Drug, Oil Assets to Head Off Any Possible Conflicts of Interest, Campaign Says

The Associated Press
WASHINGTON Jun 15, 2007 (AP)

Hoping to avoid any possible conflict of interest, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and her husband, the former president, liquidated a blind trust valued at $5 million to $25 million in April after learning that it included such investments as oil and drug companies and military contractors, her presidential campaign confirmed.

"As a presidential candidate, Senator Clinton was required to make her assets public. As a result, she had to dissolve her blind trust," Howard Wolfson, a senior Clinton adviser, said late Thursday. "Upon its dissolution, she and the president chose to go above and beyond what was required of them and liquidate their assets in order to avoid even the hint of a conflict of interest."

Those investments included several pharmaceutical companies, including Abbott Labs, Amgen, Genentech, Novartis, Pfizer and Wyeth, with assets in each company ranging from $100,001 to $250,000, The New York Times reported in Friday editions. Other assets included BP Amoco, Chevron Corp., Exxon Mobil Corp., Raytheon and Wal-Mart Stores Inc.

The Clintons sold the stock in April as they prepared to disclose their holdings under government ethics rules for presidential candidates, the Times said, adding that until getting ready to release the holdings in the blind trust, the Clintons did not know what stocks and other financial assets it contained.

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http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=3281511

...Not for a minute do I believe the Clintons didn't know what kinds of stock they had. Hillary has been dreaming of going down in history books as the first female president for what seems like forever.

If she didn't know what kind of stocks she had, she's careless. If she did, she's a war profiteer who profited from advising our senate to vote "yes" to the IWR.

[phantom power]

8. I heard they killed Vince Foster, too.

:eyes:

[uberblonde]

10. Yeah? I heard they offer human sacrifices...

In the Hellmouth! And spit on the baby Jesus...

[phantom power]

14. It's remarkable how much this all reminds me of the "Monica years,"

except back then it was all coming from Ken Star and Matt Drudge, funded by Richard Mellon Scaife.

[ksquire]

15. be sure to thank Hillary for starting it off! kitchen sink ftl

[KittyWampus]

25. if you think this Clinton filth is comparable to the bogus wingnut crap, you're a fool

this isn't about Vincent Foster.

It's about the actual, recent filthy money the Clintons have reaped.

[MasonJar]

18. You are putting Bill Clinton down due to a report in the Washington Times?

[creeksneakers2]

19. The headline is a lie

It says Bill Clinton profited. He didn't get any profit. He gave all the stock to charity.

There is nothing to indicate the company did anything illegal. The founder has a criminal record but I don't see how that amounts to anything. The founder did his time and went straight.

The Chinese indirectly own a share of the company but they also directly own a big share of our national debt. Is it illegal to do business with Chinese people? Somebody better tell George Bush that. The Washington Times is passing off racist innuendo.

There is no evidence at all that the Clintons did anything unethical to get the stock.

Only in the world of Clinton hatred can somebody donate $700,000 to charity and receive scandal coverage for it. Clinton ought to get a medal for giving his money away like that.

[Up2Late]

20. Oh PLEASE! The Washington Times is a RW-Slander Rag!

It's about as reliable a source as the Weekly World News or the current UPI, which they almost always use.:grr:

[TransitJohn]

21. Before this campaign

a post directly attacking Big Dog would've never received even one recommend...and now its got 10?????
:wtf: is wrong with you people? Can I have my DU back, yet??? Pretty please??

[Psephos]

23. What exactly do the Clintons have to do before you would call them out?

For many of us, they've already reached that line some time ago.

A D after someone's name is not a magic shield preventing them from being held accountable for questionable actions.

[Riverman]

24. "COMMUNIST CHINA FUNDS CLINTON FOUNDATION" Where

are the headlines, "Breaking News" break-ins on CNN, MSNBC, FOX. Oh I forgot: commies are the old enemy - the new boogey man is a turban wearing Muslim. But, what about the $10 million that Randy Rhodes said was given to the Clinton Foundation by the Saudi Royalty! - Oh yeah they are the good Islamic Fundamentalist! JEEZ can't keep-up with these corporatists and whom they support.

[Trajan]

26. With 'Friends' like you, who needs enemies ?

Short timer ? ... Check ...

RW media link ? ... Check ...

Attack one of our fine candidates like you're Rush Limbaugh ? ...

Check, Check, Check ...

It's all there : DU attracting the worst, most negative 'democrats' among the populace .....

It is tiring, so tiring ....

[Razorblade01]

27. I can remember a Time Before this election..

where the Clintons were respected by everyone in the Democratic party. Since a new face came along it's time to turn your backs on them? Don't any of you ever bring up what Bush did to Mccain in 2000 when all of you ahve done the same thing to the Clinton's.