2016 Postmortem

Uncle Joe

(58,364 posts) Thu May 26, 2016, 08:32 AM May 2016

Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe Invited Chinese Donor to Hillary Clinton’s Home

A donation to the Clinton Foundation followed weeks later

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 Clinton’s personal Washington, D.C., residence.

Wang Wenliang, a Chinese national with U.S. permanent residency, briefly shook Clinton’s hand at the Sept. 30 event, a representative for Wang told TIME. An American company controlled by Wang made a $60,000 contribution to McAuliffe’s 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.

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The Wang representative said that all of his political and philanthropic donations in the U.S. were done at the recommendation of Mark Fung, his legal counsel. In 2012, Fung appeared with Hodges in a video news report for Chinese television from the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., discussing the strategies for winning political influence in the United States. “If you really want to influence, let’s say, U.S.-China policy it is almost worth it to have emphasis and influence on the state level,” he said in the report.

Wang’s representative also said that Wang met twice with former President Bill Clinton to discuss the Clinton foundation, once in the United States and once when Clinton was visiting China.

The Clinton campaign did not respond to requests for comment. A spokesman for McAuliffe confirmed both the fundraising meeting and a subsequent meeting in Richmond to discuss soybean exports.

http://time.com/4348675/terry-mcauliffe-hillary-clinton-china-investigation/

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Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe Invited Chinese Donor to Hillary Clinton’s Home (Original Post) Uncle Joe May 2016 OP

Just like the Bad Old Days of Ryaddi, Global Crossing stock gifts to Bush&Terr and Lorimar aerospace leveymg May 2016 #1

After saying he'd never met him. Moron. cali May 2016 #2

That is what happens when you get away with lying to often. It emboldens you and sooner or later you Skwmom May 2016 #4

Things that make you go hmmm. Uncle Joe May 2016 #5

This morning on Morning Joe was brutal. It became obvious that he was lying. Skwmom May 2016 #3

And that's how it's done neoliberal style. Baitball Blogger May 2016 #6

Middle Kingdom Rainmaker Team B Octafish May 2016 #7

leveymg

(36,418 posts)

1. Just like the Bad Old Days of Ryaddi, Global Crossing stock gifts to Bush&Terr and Lorimar aerospace

Reply to Uncle Joe (Original post)

Thu May 26, 2016, 08:51 AM

May 2016

All this stuff is going to be reexamined in public if Hillary doesn't make a deal and get the hell off the stage.

cali

(114,904 posts)

2. After saying he'd never met him. Moron.

Reply to Uncle Joe (Original post)

Thu May 26, 2016, 08:58 AM

May 2016

Skwmom

(12,685 posts)

4. That is what happens when you get away with lying to often. It emboldens you and sooner or later you

Reply to cali (Reply #2)

Thu May 26, 2016, 09:02 AM

May 2016

are exposed.

Uncle Joe

(58,364 posts)

5. Things that make you go hmmm.

Reply to cali (Reply #2)

Thu May 26, 2016, 09:04 AM

May 2016

The fundraiser was one of at least three interactions between Wang and McAuliffe, according to the businessman’s 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.”

http://time.com/4348675/terry-mcauliffe-hillary-clinton-china-investigation/

Skwmom

(12,685 posts)

3. This morning on Morning Joe was brutal. It became obvious that he was lying.

Reply to Uncle Joe (Original post)

Thu May 26, 2016, 09:01 AM

May 2016

Baitball Blogger

(46,720 posts)

6. And that's how it's done neoliberal style.

Reply to Uncle Joe (Original post)

Thu May 26, 2016, 10:13 AM

May 2016

Bulla!

Octafish

(55,745 posts)

7. Middle Kingdom Rainmaker Team B

Reply to Uncle Joe (Original post)

Thu May 26, 2016, 10:20 AM

May 2016

From last spring:

Chinese company pledged $2 million to Clinton Foundation in 2013

By JULIANNA GOLDMAN CBS NEWS March 16, 2015, 7:00 AM

A CBS News investigation has found that at least one foreign company with close ties to its government has been giving generously to the foundation run by Bill, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton.

SNIP...

The foundation has raised at least $42 million from foreign governments - and according to an analysis by CBS News - at least $170 million from foreign entities and individuals.

One donor - Rilin Enterprises- pledged $2 million in 2013 to the Clinton Foundation's endowment. The company is a privately-held Chinese construction and trade conglomerate and run by billionaire Wang Wenliang, who is also a delegate to the Chinese parliament. Public records show the firm has spent $1.4 million since 2012, lobbying Congress and the State Department. The firm owns a strategic port along the border with North Korea and was also one of the contractors that built the Chinese embassy in Washington.

That contract is a direct tie to the Chinese government, according to Jim Mann, who has written several books on China's relationship with the U.S.

With "embassy construction, one of the most important tasks is making sure that there are no bugs there," he said. "So you want to have the closest security and intelligence connections with and approval of the person or company that's going to build your embassy."

The Clinton Foundation largely stopped taking money from foreign governments when Hillary Clinton became secretary of state in 2009. It resumed the practice once she left in 2013, but never stopped taking money from foreign companies or individuals.

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http://www.cbsnews.com/news/chinese-company-pledged-2-million-to-clinton-foundation-in-2013/

Recent reports found foreign governments kept giving, even if the Clinton Foundation accidentally forgot to mention until reminded by freedom hating terrorist bloggers online with their dog, Toto.

PS: Thank you for an outstanding OP, Uncle Joe. The monosodium glutomate has hit the fan.

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