Hillary's Secret Unrecorded Meetings while Secretary of State

We know that Hillary Clinton arranged a secret email server scheme to hide her communications and operatives from the public while she was serving in a position of great public trust. And, we now also know that Hillary held dozens of secret meetings with Clinton Foundation contributors, and corporate and other interests, while she was Secretary of State -- meetings left off her official schedule, or altered afterward, likely illegally, according to a new Associated Press report. The State Department recently refused to defend Clinton, when at a daily press briefing, Department spokesman John Kirby said : "I am not in a position -- nor should I be expected to -- to speak of the scheduling habits of a previous Secretary of State. I’m not able to do that.” But, Kirby added that Secretary Kerry's calendars "are being properly preserved and maintained, and that includes who he’s meeting with.” ~~~~~ Documents obtained by the AP in a lawsuit against the Obama administration showed at least 75 meetings with longtime political backers, the Clinton Foundation or other interests that were either not included on her official calendar or whose names were not disclosed. At least 114 non-governmental officials attended these Clinton meetings and meals. AP found the secret meetings by "comparing a 1,500-page official calendar with separate planners kept by Clinton’s aides each day," after a federal court ordered State to turn them over. Only seven meetings in Clinton aide planners were replaced by substitute events on her official calendar, while over 60 events listed in Clinton aide planners were omitted entirely in her official calendar, or briefly noted or described as “private meetings” -- all without names. ~~~~~ But, thanks to the AP, we now know many of those who attended Secretary Hillary's secret meetings. For example, her State Department calendar did not name major Wall Street and business leaders who attended a private breakfast with her at the New York Stock Exchange in September 2009. But, Clinton aide planners from that day listed the names of all her guests -- CEOs of firms that lobbied the government and donated to the Clinton Foundation. The event was closed to the press and got just a brief mention in her calendar, without names. Attendees included the CEOs of PepsiCo, New York Bank of Mellon, Estee Lauder Companies Inc., Starbucks Corp., Dupont, Honeywell International Inc. and Onnicom Group, as well as the Chairmen of Blackstone Group, McGraw Hill Companies, Coach Inc., and American Tower Corp., and the Loews Corp. President. Four of these companies later donated to Clinton’s then-pet project, the US pavilion at the 2010 Shanghai Expo. AP reports that every firm except Coach lobbied the government in 2009. Blackstone, Honeywell, Omnicom and DuPont lobbied the State Department that year. Two of them personally donated to the Clinton Foundation. All the other firms -- except American Tower and New York Bank of Mellon -- also contributed to the Clinton Foundation. ~~~~~ Clinton’s calendar also repeatedly omitted dinners and meetings with political donors, policy meetings with corporate leaders, and visits by Clinton campaign operatives, such as longtime advisor Sidney Blumenthal, consultant and former Clinton White House chief of staff Thomas “Mack” McLarty, former energy lobbyist Joseph Wilson and entertainment magnate and Clinton campaign bundler Haim Saban. ~~~~~ Dear readers, this is the latest example of Hillary's stubborn refusal to separate public service, political interests and the Clinton Foundation. Her team fell back on her usual excuse -- prior Secretaries did the same thing. But, former State officials say omitted meetings of prior Secretaries typically were for medical or other personal reasons, not illegal secret fundraising. Hillary has no sense of 'public trust' or 'honest dealing.' And, as we brace for a whitewash by the FBI and DOJ of her illegal email scheme, we may now be sure that Secretary Hillary was in the pockets of big business -- what did she promise??? Nobody knows...except possibly Bill.