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| Bill Clinton's foundation cashed in as Sweden lobbied Hillary on sanctions |
| 2015-06-03 |
| [Washington Times] Bill Clinton's foundation set up a fundraising arm in Sweden that collected $26 million in donations at the same time that country was lobbying Hillary Rodham Clinton's State Department to forgo sanctions that threatened its thriving business with Iran, according to interviews and documents obtained by The Washington Times. The Swedish entity, called the William J. Clinton Foundation Insamlingsstiftelse, was never disclosed to or cleared by State Department ethics officials, even though one of its largest sources of donations was a Swedish government-sanctioned lottery. As the money flowed to the foundation from Sweden, Mrs. Clinton's team in Washington declined to blacklist any Swedish firms despite warnings from career officials at the U.S. Embassy in Stockholm that Sweden was growing its economic ties with Iran and potentially undercutting Western efforts to end Tehran's rogue nuclear program, diplomatic cables show. "Sweden does not support implementing tighter financial sanctions on Iran" and believes "more stringent financial standards could hurt Swedish exports," one such cable from 2009 alerted Mrs. Clinton's office in Washington. Separately, U.S. intelligence was reporting that Sweden's second-largest employer, telecommunications giant Ericsson AB, was pitching cellphone tracking technology to Iran that could be used by the country's security services, officials told The Times. By the time Mrs. Clinton left office in 2013, the Clinton Foundation Insamlingsstiftelse had collected millions of dollars inside Sweden for his global charitable efforts and Mr. Clinton personally pocketed a record $750,000 speech fee from Ericsson, one of the firms at the center of the sanctions debate. Classic 'Pay for Play'. I believe it's time for the Attorney General to act. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #7 Classic 'Pay for Play'. I believe it's time for the Attorney General to act. B, you know better than that. It ain't gonna happen. |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2015-06-03 11:32 |
| #6 ...those rumors about the Swedish Women's Volleyball team are untrue. Well, mostly. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2015-06-03 09:42 |
| #5 Since you mentioned feathering beds, what else did the Swedes do for Bill? |
| Posted by: Steve White 2015-06-03 08:23 |
| #4 I'm shocked I tell you. Slick and Hildabeest had a quid pro quo arrangement to feather his and her beds. Shocking revelation. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2015-06-03 08:10 |
| #3 Poor Stephanopoulos. All that dead air time is getting uncomfortable. |
| Posted by: Daffy Brown4464 2015-06-03 03:07 |
| #2 This sure is getting a lot of play on ABC's Good Morning America! |
| Posted by: Raj 2015-06-03 01:49 |
| #1 Related: Breitbart: ‘Clinton Cash’ Revelations Evidence of ‘An Unbelievable Shakedown’ |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2015-06-03 00:32 |
