Hillary’s Team Outlines ‘Clinton Cash’ Response: Attack the Messenger
Hillary Clinton’s supporters will attack an author rather than dispute his factual findings, an internal campaign memo reveals.
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New Media Victory: MSM Seriously Investigating ‘Clinton Cash’ Allegations
As the allegations from Peter Schweizer’s blockbuster new book Clinton Cash spread through the media, Clinton flacks are spinning the charges as “old news” — but many in the media aren’t playing along with the official line.
Gibbs: Clinton Foundation Does Raise ‘Legitimate Questions’
Former Obama White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said that there are “legitimate questions that ultimate are going to have to be dealt with” about the Clinton Foundation, although he didn’t think they had to be answered now on Tuesday’s
Washington Post: ‘Of Course the Media Should Report on Clinton Cash’
Chris Cillizza at the Washington Post responds to left-wing blowback against the upcoming book Clinton Cash: The Untold Story of How and Why Foreign Governments and Businesses Helped Make Bill and Hillary Rich by three-time New York Times bestselling investigative journalist (and Breitbart News Senior Editor-at-Large) Peter Schweizer. Cillizza tackles the objection that mainstream media outlets like the New York Times should not cover the book or follow up on its leads.
Tina Brown Declines Comment on Clinton Fdn Acceptance of Money from Women-Oppressing Nations
On Monday’s broadcast of “CBS This Morning,” Tina Brown declined to comment on Clinton Foundation donations, particularly regarding donations from foreign nations that are oppressive to women. Brown, the former editor of Vanity Fair and the Daily Beast, has been a vocal
NYT: ‘Major News Organizations’ Expected to Pursue Leads in ‘Clinton Cash’
The book does not hit shelves until May 5, but already the Republican Rand Paul has called its findings “big news” that will “shock people” and make voters “question” the candidacy of Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Clinton Foundation to Continue Accepting some Foreign Money
WASHINGTON (AP)—The board of the Clinton Foundation said Wednesday night that it will continue accepting donations from foreign governments, but only from six nations, a move that appears aimed at insulating Hillary Rodham Clinton from controversies over the charity’s reliance on millions of dollars from abroad as she ramps up her presidential campaign.
RNC April Fools’ Message Pokes Fun at Clinton Foundation
The Republican National Committee had an April Fools’ message for the Clinton Foundation, slyly highlighting the Clintons’ total lack of transparency over their big-money donor list.
Hamilton’s Warning Against Obama and the Iran Deal – Federalist No. 75
“An ambitious man might make his own aggrandizement, by the aid of a foreign power, the price of his treachery to his constituents.” Thus did Alexander Hamilton warn the American people, in Federalist No. 75, against allowing the president to make treaties alone.
Salon: ‘Massive Clinton Fundraising Operation’ Inside State Dept. Raked in Cash for Hillary
Editor’s Note: This excerpt, from a book by Jonathan Allen and Amie Parnes, first appeared on the left-wing site Salon. We reprint in part here.
Bill Clinton ‘Unaware’ Brother-In-Law on Board of Haitian Gold Mine that Landed Rare Permit
The Washington Post reports former President Bill Clinton didn’t know his brother-in-law was involved in a Haitian mining deal first reported by Breitbart News.
Dems Anxious over Hillary Clinton as Clinton Foundation Scandal Grows
Growing Democratic anxieties over a possible Hillary Clinton presidential candidacy received a jolt on Thursday, as Reuters revealed Hillary and Bill Clinton broke the disclosure rules they agreed to with the Obama administration by failing to disclose Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) donors since 2010.
With Private Storage, Clinton May Have Exposed State Secrets to International Cyber Crime
By storing the emails in an isolated server outside of State Department control in a private personal computer system, Mrs. Clinton and the State Department were able to avoid Freedom of Information Act requests from Congress and the media on sensitive topics such as Benghazi. Her actions may also have compromised national security.
Fournier: Democrats ‘Scared to Death’ over Hillary Clinton
National Journal Senior Political Columnist and Editorial Director Ron Fournier said that Democrats are “scared to death” over the scandals regarding donations to the Clinton Foundation and Hillary Clinton’s emails on Monday’s “Special Report” on the Fox News Channel. “Don’t buy
Fiorina: Clinton Thinks Transparency Questions ‘Illegitimate’
Former Hewlett-Packard CEO and potential 2016 presidential candidate Carly Fiorina argued that Hillary Clinton “thinks a question about transparency is illegitimate” and that “if the Clinton Foundation were a publicly-traded company, none of that would hold up” on Wednesday’s “Hugh Hewitt
Steyn: ‘Queen Hillary’ Thinks ‘Let Them Eat Spin’
Columnist and author of “The Undocumented,” Mark Steyn declared that “Queen Hillary” believes “let them eat spin” on Tuesday’s “Hannity” on the Fox News Channel. “This is Queen Mary Antoinette, instead of ‘let them eat cake,’ ‘let them eat spin,’
Hillary Dodges Question About Foreign Donors To Clinton Foundation
It’s not just email. Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton also dodged questions about reports that highlight inappropriate foreign donations to the Clinton Foundation while she was in the Obama administration.
Exclusive—Priebus on Hillary’s Corruption: Clintons Have ‘No Limits to How They Will Use and Leverage Power’
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has no conscience or concept of right versus wrong, Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus said in an exclusive interview on Monday with Breitbart News.
Clinton: Consider Whether Foreign Donations ‘Did More Good Than Harm’
Former President Bill Clinton argued that one has to consider whether the foreign donations to the Clinton Foundation “did more good than harm” and that his theory is “disclose everything” in a speech before the Clinton Global Initiative on Saturday. “You’ve got to
Donna Shalala to Head Clinton Foundation
Amid controversy over having taken money from foreign governments while Hillary Clinton served as Secretary of State, former Clinton U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Donna Shalala will be taking over at the Clinton Foundation.
Martin O’Malley: No Comment on Hillary Clinton Email Scandal
Former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley, who is considering a Democratic presidential bid, declined Friday to criticize likely primary opponent Hillary Rodham Clinton for her exclusive use of private email while serving as secretary of state.
In Email Scandals, Hillary Clinton, Huma Abedin, Economics of Political Privilege, Finally Take Center Stage
A veritable firestorm has erupted over how Hillary Clinton trusted confidante Huma Abedin and other close aides to interact electronically on government business in risk-prone ways that, until now, were insulated from proper scrutiny, between January 21, 2009 and February 1, 2013, while Mrs. Clinton served as Secretary of State.
Fmr Dem Rep Harman: I’m Troubled By Foreign Clinton Donations
Former Representative Jane Harman (D-CA) said she was troubled by foreign donations to the Clinton Foundation on “Fox News Sunday.” Harman responded affirmatively when asked if she was troubled by foreign donations into the Clinton Foundation, she continued, “I think
Big Media Blacks Out the Clinton Foundation Foreign-Money Story
Among the many, many reasons why Americans hate and distrust the mainstream media, we’ve got the amazing spectacle of a major story directly impacting a likely presidential candidate — Hillary Clinton — completely blacked out in favor of obsessive coverage for llamas on the loose.
CNN Panel Slams Clinton Foundation Donations
National Journal Senior Political Columnist and Editorial Director Ron Fournier and Bloomberg Politics Correspondent Lisa Lerer criticized the Clinton Foundation’s acceptance of foreign donations during Hillary’s tenure at the State Department on Thursday’s “New Day” on CNN. Lerer said, “I was
