The Fall of the House of Clinton...???

The Washington Times reported yesterday that a top Democratic fundraiser recruited by Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign has put his fundraising activities on hold, saying he can’t do it with a clear conscience because there are too many unanswered questions surrounding the former Secretary of State. New York businessman Jon Cooper, enlisted by Team Clinton for its elite corps of early fundraisers known as “HillStarters,” said that he decided not to tap his donor network for Mrs. Clinton because she hasn’t provided enough answers about foreign donations to the Clinton Foundation while she ran the State Department, her exclusive use of private email for official business as America’s top diplomat and her commitment to liberal priorities. ~~~~~ Meanwhile, the Guardian reported that the Clinton Foundation issued a statement on Sunday in which it admitted it “made mistakes” over the listing of donations from foreign governments on its tax returns. At the same time, the author of the "Clinton Cash" book, which alleges that donors to the Clinton family through its foundation or for personal appearances and speeches, says the donors may have received government favors, and he called for an immediate investigation. Maura Pally, acting chief executive of the Clinton Foundation - which is run by the former Secretary of State, her husband the former President Bil Clinton and their daughter, Chelsea - published the statement on its website. Pally says the foundation will probably have to re-file tax returns for “some” years, after a voluntary external review concluded that while total revenue for the charitable foundation had been properly reported, grants received from foreign governments had not been separated from other donations. According to Pally : “Our error was that government grants were mistakenly combined with other donations....So yes, we made mistakes, as many organizations of our size do, but we are acting quickly to remedy them, and have taken steps to ensure they do not happen in the future.” The Pally statement came as author Peter Schweizer was making appearances on Sunday political talk shows to call for investigations into donations to the Clinton Foundation while Hillary Clinton was Secretary of State. His book, "Clinton Cash," will be published on May 5th. Schweizer called attention to what he said was a “troubling pattern” of behavior in which donations to the Clinton Foundation from foreign interests coincided with US government decisions favoring them, including decisions made at the State Department when Clinton was Secretary of State. Schweizer compared the situation to insider trading or corruption, in which there may not be direct proof of a criminal quid pro quo, but where a pattern of behavior justifies investigation. “It’s a very extensive pattern,” he told Fox. On ABC, he said : “The smoking gun is the pattern. Whenever you have an issue of the flow of funds to political candidates, or their foundation, or their spouse, is there evidence of a pattern of favorable decisions being made for those individuals?” Schweizer said his book would show dozens of examples : “Some people, particularly the Clinton camp, would say that these are all coincidences. I think you are talking about a trend.” Asked if he thought a criminal investigation should be launched, Schweizer said he did not know, but he noted that in the cases of Governor Bob McDonnell of Virginia, who was convicted of corruption-related charges, and Senator Bob Menendez's criminal probe, the prosecutions were launched because of an observable pattern of behavior : “What you had was funds flowing to individuals, some of them gifts, some of them campaign contributions and actions that were being taken by those public officials that seemed to benefit the contributors. Certainly I think [the Clinton foundation] warrants investigation.” Schweizer said he wanted a probe into donations to the Clintons’ charitable interests from Canadian individuals linked to a US-approved mining deal that helped Russians corner a significant share of the uranium market. Talking more broadly about what his book may or may not prove, he said: “It’s not up to an author to prove crime. You need subpoena power, you need access to records and information, you need access to emails, you cannot leave it up to an author, to say that an author has to prove a criminal case.” ~~~~~ Concerning the uranium question, on April 24th, the National Review's Jim Geraghty pointed out an exchange on Fox News on the 23rd, in which Senator John Barrasso, a member of both the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources and the Foreign Relations Committee, seemed to allege that uranium mined in the United States has illegally been taken out of the country. Barrasso added that he is specifically concerned that the uranium may have been transported to Iran. The claim has political importance because it is obviously related a New York Times report last week that showed the Clinton Foundation had accepted millions of dollars from foreign donors, including some in Russia, who were seeking US government approval for a deal that would transfer the rights to about 20% of US uranium mines to a Russian-held company. The affair occurred while Hillary Clinton was Secretary of State, and her department, as well as a number of other US agencies, approved the deal. Multiple approvals were needed because uranium is considered an important national security asset. The deal was approved and Russian firm Rosatom took control of a Canadian company called Uranium One -- giving Rosatom control of many worldwide uranium production facilities, including about one-fifth of the capacity in the United States. Pravda called it a "coup" for Putin. As the Russians gradually assumed control of Uranium One from 2009 to 2013, Canadian records show a flow of cash to the Clinton Foundation. Uranium One’s chairman used his family foundation to make four donations totaling $2.35 million -- not publicly disclosed by the Clintons, despite an agreement Mrs. Clinton had with the Obama White House to publicly identify all donors. Other people with ties to the company made donations as well. And shortly after the Russians announced their intention to acquire a majority stake in Uranium One, Mr Clinton received $500,000 for a Moscow speech from a Russian investment bank with links to the Kremlin that was promoting Uranium One stock. Senator Barrasso told Fox News that he opposed the sale back in 2010, when it was first contemplated. And said, “Now you have [Russian President] Vladimir Putin owning 20% of American uranium - controlling that. And we know that Russia sends uranium to people who are not our friends, to our bitter enemies, including Iran.” Barrasso said that in 2010 he was assured by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission that the uranium would not leave the US. In fact, Barrasso asserts that uranium has left the United States, has gone overseas and under the direction of Vladimir Putin -- exported without the federal permissions required for tightly controlled strategic materials. Barrasso said that he had asked the NRC to alert him if a license request was submitted, but he received no alerts. Barrasso said : “When you talk to people on the ground, uranium has left the United States. It has gone to Canada, has gone overseas,” while the US still has to import uranium to satisfy nuclear power generation needs. “I think there’s an issue of national security as well as energy security, and I worry about Iran getting this uranium,” he said. ~~~~~ Dear readers, we have not even touched on the mismanagement and possible coverups and criminal acts that continue to swirl around Hillary Clinton -- Benghazi - the calls for increased diplomatic mission security she ignored, as well as the persistent allegations that she and the Obama White House allowed the attack to occur and then covered it up, the reset with Russia, her use of a private email server while at State and later destruction of likely government records, and her current refusal to make the server available to congressional investigators. These acts, combined with the Clinton Foundation sleaze that may involve criminal influence peddling, should disqualify Hillary Clinton from any office of public trust. Yet, she has never been formally investigated or charged with any wrongdoing. Instead, she is lionized by the Democratic Party as the savior of America worthy of being the President who bears its name and reflects its ideals. Shameful. And more. But. The power hunger that made Hillary and Bill Clinton promote her for US President may finally shine sufficient light on them to reveal their deplorable values and shady tactics and bring down the House of Clinton.