Hillary Intrrpts Campaign, Flies to CA Fundraisrer: $353K for spot the table w/ HRC, Elites Only!

[amborin]

By Alexei Koseff

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Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton has friends in high places, and she’ll draw on them this weekend for a fundraising swing through California with George Clooney.

The movie star and his wife, human rights lawyer Amal Clooney, will accompany Clinton at a pair of high-dollar private events to raise money for the Hillary Victory Fund.

The first, tonight at the Bay Area home of venture capitalist Shervin Pishevar, will require couples to contribute or raise more than $353,000 for a spot at the main table with Clinton and the Clooneys.

They will reunite tomorrow at Chez Clooney in Los Angeles for a dinner that starts at $33,400 per person, including a photo with Clinton.

Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article71956532.html#storylink=cpy


Info on Shervin Pishevar:

Shervin Pishevar started Sherpa Capital with Goldman Sachs banker Scott Stanford two years ago after spending a couple of years at Menlo Ventures focusing on seed investments in the consumer Internet.

While at Menlo, Pishevar led the series B in car-hailing service Uber Technologies and made a personal investment in February 2013, also becoming a strategic advisor to the company. He also led its investment in Machine Zone, which has become one of the largest mobile gaming companies in the world

[Cali_Democrat]

1. This is excellent news!

More money for down-ballot Democrats.

Let's take back Congress from the Republicans!!!

[LisaM]

2. Yep! It's a joint fundraising committee.

They raise money for a lot of state parties.

[Loudestlib]

5. Nope, it's for the Hillary Victory Fund.

[LisaM]

10. Which is a joint fundraising committee.

You can keep saying it's not, but it actually is and they've donated quite a bit to the state parties and to the DNC.

Maybe you are thinking of Hillary for America.

[mhatrw]

13. Really? It thought it was a shell corporation for laundering money for Clinton's campaign.

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Where is the evidence that money from this committee has been disbursed to other candidates?

[Loudestlib]

4. Try again

"The movie star and his wife, human rights lawyer Amal Clooney, will accompany Clinton at a pair of high-dollar private events to raise money for the Hillary Victory Fund."

[Cali_Democrat]

9. You try again

Both events raise money for the Hillary Victory Fund. While the maximum donation to a presidential campaign is $2,700 for the primary elections (plus another $2,700 for the general), the Hillary Victory Fund can accept much larger contributions because it is a so-called joint fundraising committee that is comprised of multiple committees.

In addition to Hillary for America, which is Clinton’s main campaign committee, the Hillary Victory Fund also includes the Democratic National Committee and 32 state party committees.

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/03/hillary-clinton-george-clooney-fundraiser-221207

Hillary's campaign can only accept a maximum of $2,700 for the primary and the general from each individual.

But the Hillary Victory Fund is a joint venture the DNC and 32 state party committees and they can accept maximum donations which go to down-ballot democrats.

[amborin]

12. hmmmm....the Hillary Victory Fund did some dodgy stuff:

According to Counterpunch and Cenk Uygur, the host of Young Turks, the DNC and different states' Democratic parties have long been funneling money into Hillary Clinton’s campaign, otherwise known as "laundering by the millions."

Counterpunch explains:


In August 2015, at the Democratic Party convention in Minneapolis, 33 democratic state parties made deals with the Hillary Clinton campaign and a joint fundraising entity called the Hillary Victory Fund. The deal allowed many of her core billionaire and inner circle individual donors to run the maximum amounts of money allowed through those state parties to the Hillary Victory Fund in New York and the DNC in Washington.

No one had cast a single vote yet in the Democratic primaries.....

snip

http://www.alternet.org/election-2016/how-scotus-decision-best-described-citizens-united-steroids-used-state-loopholes

[anigbrowl]

16. No it didn't

There's nothing dodgy about thinking you're going to win and setting up a fund that funnels money to down-ticket races. There's no legal or ethical rule that says we have to pick the nominee before s/he can raise any money for other races. Rather it shows that Clinton understands the Congressional races are just as important as the Presidential one and that she was putting the financial infrastructure in place to support both early. That's called being organized and having a plan, something that seems foreign to Sanders supporters who keep telling me Bernie doesn't need a plan because he'll be able to call on 'experts' to help him after he's elected.

How much has Bernie Sanders raised for down-ticket races?

[amborin]

19. shocking that anyone would defend this; it shows money launderning and anti-democracy in action

[mhatrw]

14. Where is the evidence that any of this money has been disbursed to other Democratic candidates?

Which Democratic candidates have received money from Clinton?

[Cali_Democrat]

17. The fundraiser hasn't taken place yet. nt

[mhatrw]

22. From any Clinton fundraiser.

Which Democratic candidates has Clinton raised money for?

Whose campaigns got the Clinton-raised money, and how much money did they receive?

[azmom]

3. Bernie and Jane make less in one year than the

Cost of those two seats. Couple that with the fact that on the same day, Bernie flew to the Vatican to speak on inequality, should make it clear who really cares for average Americans.

[arcane1]

6. Why is she leaving New York??? I thought that was a Bad Thing????

I certainly don't like having her here!

[Avalux]

7. Hey it's ok! She left Bill and Chelsea in NY to do her dirty work.

Bill is having a grand old time apparently.

[msongs]

8. meanwhile, sanders party of himself, is off in Rome on a campaign PR stunt. one helps raise $$ for

democrats across nation and the other does not nt

[CentralCoaster]

18. Yup. An endorsement from the Vatican and the Pope, unprecedented!

And Jane got to go with him! They, the Pope and the Vatican, asked them to come!!!

[amborin]

21. totally false; gotten many emails from Bernie wherein he is raising $$$ for other Dem candidates

[Sky Masterson]

11. Wouldn't it be funny if Bernie Crashed it

Or stood outside the window begging for a roll(Which he would probably hand off to hungry homeless guy).
That would make one hell of an SNL skit

[RedCappedBandit]

15. OMG! She left New York?!

[seabeyond]

20. Going up against Repugs in Ge and making up the difference of Sanders, Yea, she has a good head on

her shoulders and knows how to get things done.