2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumVirginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe Invited Chinese Donor to Hillary Clinton’s Home
"Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe invited the Chinese businessman whose donations to him have been named as a focus of Justice Department investigators to a 2013 fundraiser at Hillary Clintons personal Washington, D.C., residence.
Wang Wenliang, a Chinese national with U.S. permanent residency, briefly shook Clintons hand at the Sept. 30 event, a representative for Wang told TIME. An American company controlled by Wang made a $60,000 contribution to McAuliffes campaign three weeks before the fundraiser. Less than a month later, a separate Wang company pledged $500,000 to the Clinton Foundation, the first of several donations that eventually totaled $2 million.
The fundraiser was one of at least three interactions between Wang and McAuliffe, according to the businessmans representative. McAuliffe initially told reporters this week he could not remember ever meeting Wang, though he later clarified that his staff had informed him of several likely meetings. I did no deals, McAuliffe said Wednesday in a radio interview. I would not know the man if he sat in the chair next to me.
The relationship between McAuliffe and Wang has been under scrutiny since CNN reported that the FBI and Justice Departments public integrity division were investigating McAuliffe. Among the donations that were of interest to investigators, according to CNN, were a total of $120,000 in contributions to McAuliffe from a company controlled by Wang. Foreigners with permanent residency in the U.S. are allowed to make donations to campaigns under U.S. election laws, and corporations are allowed to make direct donations in Virginia."
http://amp.timeinc.net/time/4348675/terry-mcauliffe-hillary-clinton-china-investigation/?source=dam
arcane1
(38,613 posts)A fine example of why we can't have nice things.
fun n serious
(4,451 posts)that is all this is. Friends can not donate to another friends campaign now? They have been in pulic life all their life. They know a lot of people.
NWCorona
(8,541 posts)But the fact of the matter is both Hillary and Terry are under FBI investigation and the news reports say that Wang is at the center of the governors.
Birds of the same feather...
panader0
(25,816 posts)Clinton Foundation donors gave $13 million to Terry McAuliffe
There are 120 donors who have contributed to both Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe and the Clinton Foundation, giving a total of $13.4 million to the governors campaigns, inauguration, state party and political action committee. That increases to nearly $18 million if donors to Hillary Rodham Clintons 2016 presidential campaign are included.
The overlap of contributions shows how tightly McAuliffes universe is intertwined with the Clintons. Their long, symbiotic relationship is shaping McAuliffes governorship and Hillary Clintons prospects for taking Virginia.
Yurovsky
(2,064 posts)frylock
(34,825 posts)Cannot wait for the Friday news dump.
NWCorona
(8,541 posts)Jester Messiah
(4,711 posts)I knew McAuliffe was slimy.