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2016 Postmortem

AzDar

(14,023 posts) Tue May 3, 2016, 02:50 PM May 2016

The "L" Word Again: MN DFL Party LAUNDERS Money For Clinton Campaign...

from the link:

Back in late 2015, the Sanders campaign was convinced the Democratic National Committee, and its chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, were helping Clinton, the frontrunner, by limiting the number of candidate debates.

Then Sanders supporters started wondering: What's up with all these superdelegates? How is it that Clinton got virtually every single free agent delegate before people in primary states even Googled their polling place? Add another suspicious occurrence to the list, as of a Politico story released yesterday. Though, this one's got something those others didn't: A paper trail.

Hillary Clinton has raised $61 million through a joint fundraising committee, which connects the Clinton campaign and 32 state-level parties, including the Minnesota Democratic Farmer-Labor Party. That money was supposed to use Clinton's big name and moneyed connections to spread the wealth around to those parties. (In one case last month, the campaign was advertising the chance to sit with George Clooney, his wife Amal, and Hillary during a San Francisco fundraiser — so long as the poor, wealthy saps could donate or help raise at least $353,400.

Through the end of March, state parties have received less than 1 percent of that $61 million. The joint fund has in fact, transferred about $3.8 million to state parties... but almost none of that money stayed put. Nearly all of it has gone right through those parties' accounts and cycled right back to the Democratic National Committee.

Hillary's scam has made Clooney look like a fool - guessing he's not happy about that...

More @ Link...

http://www.citypages.com/news/report-minnesota-dfl-party-launders-money-for-clinton-campaign-dnc-8248719

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The "L" Word Again: MN DFL Party LAUNDERS Money For Clinton Campaign... (Original Post) AzDar May 2016 OP

Charging the campaign with a felony? Very ballsy. Buzz Clik May 2016 #1

If they aren't already ( Clintons, after all)... they should probs get USED to it. AzDar May 2016 #4

Odd that you bring up that Clooney fundraiser tonyt53 May 2016 #2

Well Bernie and CLinton both came up with enhanced models for funding Ferd Berfel May 2016 #3

+1 dchill May 2016 #7

amazing how she can get state parties to give up money to someone and not get any MisterP May 2016 #5

Well proably have to ask who is person in charge of sending the money? TimPlo May 2016 #12

in the MDFLP or in the DNC? the DNC's treasurer is Clinton's COO, last I heard MisterP May 2016 #16

Meanwhile in hillaryfanland vintx May 2016 #6

K&R. dchill May 2016 #8

Thank you for the link to the MN story. When I first read jwirr May 2016 #9

It is shocking... AzDar May 2016 #10

No surprise that I was told a couple weeks back that Keith Ellison would not see a $ from the DNC azurnoir May 2016 #11

I donate to him even if he does not need it. He was one of jwirr May 2016 #13

It's my state too and I agree with what you said azurnoir May 2016 #14

Not surprised that they are trying to slam him also. I first jwirr May 2016 #15

It has to be laundered. How else are they going to get the stench of the Wal*Mart Waltons off of it! TheBlackAdder May 2016 #17

Excellent point. AzDar May 2016 #18

Buzz Clik

(38,437 posts)

1. Charging the campaign with a felony? Very ballsy.

Reply to AzDar (Original post)

Tue May 3, 2016, 02:57 PM

May 2016

AzDar

(14,023 posts)

4. If they aren't already ( Clintons, after all)... they should probs get USED to it.

Reply to Buzz Clik (Reply #1)

Tue May 3, 2016, 03:00 PM

May 2016

" Don't Do The Crime", And All...

tonyt53

(5,737 posts)

2. Odd that you bring up that Clooney fundraiser

Reply to AzDar (Original post)

Tue May 3, 2016, 02:59 PM

May 2016

All of the money raised at that Clooney fundraiser was supposed to go for candidates for the US House and mostly US Senate. HRC received none of it. Very, very peculiar as to how you want to bring this up because Bernie has done nothing to help raise funds for any other candidate except three running for House seats. Evidently Bernie and his followers do not understand that for anything to happen the Senate has to be switched to a Democrat majority at the very least. You have just chosen to deride the very act that may well provide a Democrat majority in the Senate. Odd, very odd.

Ferd Berfel

(3,687 posts)

3. Well Bernie and CLinton both came up with enhanced models for funding

Reply to AzDar (Original post)

Tue May 3, 2016, 03:00 PM

May 2016

I support Bernie's Model.

dchill

(38,505 posts)

7. +1

Reply to Ferd Berfel (Reply #3)

Tue May 3, 2016, 03:13 PM

May 2016

MisterP

(23,730 posts)

5. amazing how she can get state parties to give up money to someone and not get any

Reply to AzDar (Original post)

Tue May 3, 2016, 03:01 PM

May 2016

benefit for their efforts in exchange--pure armtwisting

TimPlo

(443 posts)

12. Well proably have to ask who is person in charge of sending the money?

Reply to MisterP (Reply #5)

Tue May 3, 2016, 03:26 PM

May 2016

Is it someone who would benefit from it. Probably not people who need money to run a campign but someone else.

MisterP

(23,730 posts)

16. in the MDFLP or in the DNC? the DNC's treasurer is Clinton's COO, last I heard

Reply to TimPlo (Reply #12)

Tue May 3, 2016, 03:54 PM

May 2016

vintx

(1,748 posts)

6. Meanwhile in hillaryfanland

Reply to AzDar (Original post)

Tue May 3, 2016, 03:01 PM

May 2016

dchill

(38,505 posts)

8. K&R.

Reply to AzDar (Original post)

Tue May 3, 2016, 03:14 PM

May 2016

jwirr

(39,215 posts)

9. Thank you for the link to the MN story. When I first read

Reply to AzDar (Original post)

Tue May 3, 2016, 03:16 PM

May 2016

about the meeting in Minneapolis that ended in this deal I wrote to Ken Martin the head of our party in MN that I wanted the full details of this from the treasure. I would also like to know who was in that meeting and signed us all onto that deal. Like DWS they have to go.

This is a betrayal of all that we stand for and it is time the full story comes out. We say we want big money out of politics but I even want dirty money out more.