>" The Washington Post reported last week that the tax-exempt foundation run by Bill and Hillary Clinton accepted money from seven foreign governments while Hillary served as U.S. Secretary of State (its unclear how much foreign money the organization accepted while Hillary was a U.S. Senator). Super shady, right? Its worse than that, though, because Article I, Section 9 of the U.S. Constitution actually bans foreign payola for U.S. officials. The constitutional ban on foreign cash payments to U.S. officials is known as the Emoluments Clause and originated from Article VI of the Articles of Confederation. The purpose of the clause was to prevent foreign governments from buying influence in the U.S. by paying off U.S. government officials. Heres the text of the clause: No Title of Nobility shall be granted by the United States: And no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State. Various statutes and rules have been promulgated to effect the constitutional ban on foreign cash. The U.S. House of Representatives bans cash payments from foreign governments. The U.S. Senate, of which Hillary was a member from 2001 to 2009, bans cash payments from foreign governments. And the U.S. State Department bans cash payments from foreign governments. Lets take a look at the specific language from the State Dept.: Executive branch employees are subject to restrictions on the gifts that they may accept from sources outside the Government. Unless an exception applies, executive branch employees may not accept gifts that are given because of their official positions or that come from certain interested sources (prohibited sources). A prohibited source is a person (or an organization made up of such persons) who: is seeking official action by, is doing business or seeking to do business with, or is regulated by the employees agency, or has interests that may be substantially affected by performance or nonperformance of the employees official duties. Does a foreign government have business with the U.S. State Department? Is a foreign government generally seeking official action by the U.S. State Department? You better believe it. Oman, Qatar (which owns the Al-Jazeera network), Kuwait, and Algeria all funneled clash to the Clinton Foundation while Hillary was Secretary of State. Each country had business pending before the U.S. government. And it turns out that Hillary even met with the Algerian prime minister after her foundation cashed a $500,000 check from the Algerian government:..."< Continue, it gets better. -> http://thefederalist.com/2015/03/02...ally-bans-hillarys-foreign-government-payola/
The Left does not set its self up as Jesus-like. That would be hypocritical. Liberalism is a political ideology...not a theology. It is funny that when a moralist gets caught in a men's restroom reaching around...conservatives always caveat and say...Liberals do too.
Whether they step down or are applauded both did the same thing. I don't expect my representative to be Jesus. I can separate politics and religion.
Hillary Clinton says she's asked State Department to make emails public Hillary Clinton said late Wednesday that she had asked the State Department to make thousands of her emails available to the public, her first public response to a furor that followed the revelation that she used a private email account for her correspondence while secretary of state.http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/03/05/hillary-clinton-says-asked-state-department-to-make-emails-public/ Hillary is waiting on the State Dept! It's her personal email account, she can and should release ALL emails herself, not just thousands.
Yeah, not just the ones she released to the State Department after her minions sifted through them 23 months after she left office. Hows that for ignoring archiving?
Nor does the Right. I've never heard this. Liberals are quite known for it though. What I see happen when a Conservative is caught is that they tend to apologize and resign. They aren't celebrated, excused, and voted into office. - - - Updated - - - Scapegoating. She know they won't and she will act like she can't without their permission. If they say "ok"... they will suddenly be lost in a "hard drive crash".
I had forgotten that part of the constitution, Hillary is pretty done. What a relief! The democrat's second bench is full of nobodies.
http://thefederalist.com/2015/03/05...on-of-an-ambassador-for-using-private-e-mail/ -- Godzillary's state department forced an ambassador to resign for using private email. It's like a soap opera now. Hillary didn't intend for the public to know this email address existed, we only found out about it because of a Romanian hacker.
This is one dirty corrupt woman. I am beginning to believe her husband was a amateur. Which makes me wonder if they can use the Clinton foundation funds for upcoming legal fees? When anyone contributes to the Clinton Foundation, it actually goes toward fat salaries, administrative bloat, and lavish travel. Between 2009 and 2012, the Clinton Foundation raised over $500 million dollars according to a review of IRS documents by The Federalist (2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 200. A measly 15 percent of that, or $75 million, went towards programmatic grants. More than $25 million went to fund travel expenses. Nearly $110 million went toward employee salaries and benefits. And a whopping $290 million during that period nearly 60 percent of all money raised was classified merely as other expenses. Official IRS forms do not list cigar or dry-cleaning expenses as a specific line item. The Clinton Foundation may well be saving lives, but it seems odd that the costs of so many life-saving activities would be classified by the organization itself as just random, miscellaneous expenses.
flash back, republicans defended them then.... they only became illegal after 2014, after Hillary was no longer in that position.... .
By law all Federal communications are to be archived, 2009 describe the requirements for backing up Federal email communications. 2014 required all business done on Federal email. Hillary did not back anything up until 23 months after leaving office and only because it was discovered that she had everything on a private server. That means all the previous FOIA requests in court came up with nothing and now obstruction of justice lawsuits will be filed.
I do not believe she has been found guilty of not archiving her emails, in fact, the fact she released them says she was in fact archiving them
Only after finding out that she had not archived any of them as required 23 months after she left office, thwarting all the previous FOIA requests.
This is the Federal Government definition of alienation of records. It's from the FAA's glossery, however I doubt any other agency has a different one. In my opinion the Blumenthal hack cause the loss of custody of a sensitive email to an unauthorized organization or person. I already said, I doubt the "big donors" to the Democrat party will want this mess on their hands or checkbooks. Figuratively speaking, when one messes up in the liberal party, they grab ya by the ankles and over the gunwale ya go.
Coming from someone that belongs to the group KNOWN for throwing each other under the bus this is hilarious.
General Petraeus pleaded guilty of unauthorized removal and retention of classified material he received two years probation and let me guess next you going to try to tell us all of the 4 years the H. Clinton was secretary of state not one e-mail was sent by her or to her that didn't obtain classified martial? Next question can you run for president while you are on probation?
You have to convict her of something before she can be on probation, so far that question is pure fantasy on your part.
no your the one living in a fantasy to believe she didn't have one email that didn't contain classified martial your desperation is pathetic it is like saying catching a bank robber out side the bank he just robbed with a bag of the banks money and proclaim he isn't a bank robber till he is found guilty of it
I'm thinking he left is very weak in its support for the good lady. They all figure she is inevitable. After all, she is a Clinton, has access to a lot of money, and has the media carrying her water and covering her mistakes. The public also sees her as the inevitable candidate though they also know, deep in their hears, that she is no Bill, is a tad crooked, and has all the qualifications of a hack. No, no enthusiasm at all. I figure any real crack in that Potemkin Village of inevitability and the entire political train goes off the rails. No one really wants her as President. - - - Updated - - - I read today that she used her illegal E-mail service to fire an ambassador, for using unauthorized E-mail services....If true it is a delicious irony.