Morphine Prince 109,655 Posted May 13, 2016 Share Posted May 13, 2016 HASTINGS, Neb.—The Clinton Global Initiative, which arranges donations to help solve the world’s problems, set up a financial commitment that benefited a for-profit company part-owned by people with ties to the Clintons, including a current and a former Democratic official and a close friend of former President Bill Clinton. The $2 million commitment was placed on the agenda for a September 2010 conference of the Clinton Global Initiative at Mr. Clinton’s urging, according to a document from the period and people familiar with the matter. Mr. Clinton also personally endorsed the company, Energy Pioneer Solutions Inc., to then-Energy Secretary Steven Chu for a federal grant that year, said people with knowledge of the endorsement. The company, whose business plan was to insulate people’s homes and let them pay via their utility bills, received an $812,000 Energy Department grant. Mr. Chu, now a professor at Stanford University, said he didn’t remember the conversation. The Clinton Global Initiative is a program of the Bill, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton Foundation. The foundation has been a focus of criticism this political season over donations received from governments and corporations that had business before Mrs. Clinton when she was secretary of state and that could be affected by decisions she would make as president. The foundation has said it “has strong donor integrity and transparency practices.” The Clinton Global Initiative’s help for a for-profit company part-owned by Clinton friends poses a different issue. Under federal law, tax-exempt charitable organizations aren’t supposed to act in anyone’s private interest but instead in the public interest, on broad issues such as education or poverty. “The organization must not be organized or operated for the benefit of private interests,” the Internal Revenue Service says on its website. Energy Pioneer Solutions was founded in 2009 by Scott Kleeb, a Democrat who twice ran for Congress from Nebraska. An internal document from that year showed it as owned 29% by Mr. Kleeb; 29% by Jane Eckert, the owner of an art gallery in Pine Plains, N.Y.; and 29% by Julie Tauber McMahon of Chappaqua, N.Y., a close friend of Mr. Clinton, who also lives in Chappaqua. Owning 5% each were Democratic National Committee treasurer Andrew Tobias and Mark Weiner, a supplier to political campaigns and former Rhode Island Democratic chairman, both longtime friends of the Clintons. The Clinton Global Initiative holds an annual conference at which it announces monetary commitments from corporations, individuals or nonprofit organizations to address global challenges—commitments on which it has acted in a matchmaking role. Typically, the commitments go to charities and nongovernmental organizations. The commitment to Energy Pioneer Solutions was atypical because it originated from a private individual who was making a personal financial investment in a for-profit company. Read more: http://www.wsj.com/articles/clinton-charity-aided-clinton-friends-1463086383#livefyre-comment Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JevyDuty 2,961 Posted May 13, 2016 Share Posted May 13, 2016 I don't get what's the issue here. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TiphEret 1,320 Posted May 13, 2016 Share Posted May 13, 2016 Sorry but that line made me laugh "The Clinton Global Initiative, which arranges donations to help solve the world’s problems" How grand of them! Sur le sable sur la neige, Sur les images dorées,Sur le front de mes amis, J’écris ton nom Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FATCAT 60,888 Posted May 13, 2016 Share Posted May 13, 2016 Not surprising. Trump is going to easily use her corruption against her. This kitten over here (meow) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LebaneseDude 6,146 Posted May 13, 2016 Share Posted May 13, 2016 1 minute ago, FATCAT said: Not surprising. Trump is going to easily use her corruption against her. Not you only commenting on negative posts regarding Hillary The blatant hatred lmao Edited just now by LebaneseDude. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FATCAT 60,888 Posted May 13, 2016 Share Posted May 13, 2016 Just now, LebaneseDude said: Not you only commenting on negative posts regarding Hillary The blatant hatred lmao ???????????????????????? Are you stalking my post history? I've stood up for Hillary on this site too. Get a life. This kitten over here (meow) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
En_Sabah_Nur 9,366 Posted May 13, 2016 Share Posted May 13, 2016 5 minutes ago, FATCAT said: ???????????????????????? Are you stalking my post history? I've stood up for Hillary on this site too. Get a life. Like once! #SideEye Egypt. W Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FATCAT 60,888 Posted May 13, 2016 Share Posted May 13, 2016 Just now, En_Sabah_Nur said: Like once! #SideEye Apparently I have some shitty fans, can't even keep up with the correct numbers. smh. This kitten over here (meow) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LebaneseDude 6,146 Posted May 13, 2016 Share Posted May 13, 2016 Kinda misleading title really. She didn't aid them by giving them money like the title is implying. That's what I thought when I first clicked on this thread. The friends own 10% of the company, not all of it. Also I see how this can be an issue, but it looks like a gray area to me. Also this happened before the policy change: https://www.devex.com/news/clinton-global-initiative-to-make-all-commitments-public-88097 Edited just now by LebaneseDude. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
En_Sabah_Nur 9,366 Posted May 13, 2016 Share Posted May 13, 2016 8 minutes ago, FATCAT said: Apparently I have some shitty fans, can't even keep up with the correct numbers. smh. Egypt. W Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JusKeepBreathin 19,311 Posted May 13, 2016 Share Posted May 13, 2016 Rupert Murdoch starting to make the rounds. Bernie supports buying into any negative Hillary press. I thinks it's funny anti establishment people post articles owned by the Republican establishment. Any other contradictions you guys want to show us. "Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity." -Martin Luther King Jr. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redstreak 6,653 Posted May 13, 2016 Share Posted May 13, 2016 Um why are trying to distract us from the obviously more scandalous Sanders campaign violations where someone something something somewhere someone happened?? The corruption of Hillary's global backdoor deals disguised as charity is obviously not even really that relevant. Take a moment to think of just flexibility, love, and trust~ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LebaneseDude 6,146 Posted May 13, 2016 Share Posted May 13, 2016 6 minutes ago, just4fun said: Rupert Murdoch starting to make the rounds. Bernie supports buying into any negative Hillary press. I thinks it's funny anti establishment people post articles owned by the Republican establishment. Any other contradictions you guys want to show us. This process is quickly becoming a great source of kiis as rabid Bernie supporters are exposing themselves. Edited just now by LebaneseDude. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JusKeepBreathin 19,311 Posted May 13, 2016 Share Posted May 13, 2016 7 minutes ago, LebaneseDude said: This process is quickly becoming a great source of kiis as rabid Bernie supporters are exposing themselves. Next they'll be quoting Fox News... One of the other news outlets that Rupert Murdoch owns. Lol "Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity." -Martin Luther King Jr. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LebaneseDude 6,146 Posted May 13, 2016 Share Posted May 13, 2016 1 minute ago, just4fun said: Next they'll be quoting Fox News... One of the other news outlet that Rupert Murdoch owns. Lol They already have. Look a the thread regarding the hacker Edited just now by LebaneseDude. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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