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nonprofit with ties to Senator John McCain received a $1 million donation from the government of Saudi Arabia in 2014, according to documents filed with the U.S. Internal Revenue Service.
The Arizona Republican has strictly honorary roles with the McCain Institute for International Leadership, a program at Arizona State University, and its fundraising arm, the McCain Institute Foundation, according to his office. But McCain has appeared at fundraising events for the institute and his Senate campaigns fundraiser is listed in its tax returns as the contact person for the foundation.
Though federal law strictly bans foreign contributions to electoral campaigns, the restriction doesnt apply to nonprofits engaged in policy, even those connected to a sitting lawmaker.
Holman said that the Clinton Foundation, whose top donors include Australia, Norway, Saudi Arabia and Sweden, may have started the trend of foreign governments donating to nonprofits connected to political figures.
Founded in 1998 to raise money for then-President Bill Clintons presidential library, the Clinton Foundation accepted millions of dollars from foreign governments over the years, including while Hillary Clinton, now running for president, served as secretary of State during President Barack Obamas first term. The foundation says that Clinton was not involved in its work when she worked for the Obama administration.
The Saudi donation to the McCain Institute Foundation may be the first congressional instance of that trend coming to light.
Peace Patriot
(24,010 posts)...getting a big salary at the Clinton Foundation, after he was banned from serving in the State Dept. by President Obama. Blumenthal had no security clearance yet sent Clinton top secret NSA intelligence over Clinton's insecure, private server. He was also apparently looking for U.S. government private contracts in Libya, post-destablization. This is likely one of the matters that the FBI is looking at in its current investigation of Clinton's unprecedented private server during her Sec of State tenure, along with obstruction of justice (deleting work emails from her private server), deliberately attempting to evade FOIA laws, and pay-to-play corruption.
The Clinton Foundation was raking in filthy lucre from the Saudis and other foreign governments who had matters pending before Sec Clinton, including a Saudi arms deal.
It's my guess that this mind-bogglingly corrupt setup is the main focus of the FBI investigation, not the sloppy security of Clinton and her staff.
benld74
(9,909 posts)Bomb, bomb, bomb
Bomb, bomb Iran,,,,nt
Amishman
(5,559 posts)I bet we could find a lot of other examples of this with other prominent career politicians. The system is bought and broken.