The Washington Times asserted that in 2013, the Clinton Foundation spent just 10 percent of its budget on charitable causes. According to the foundation’s tax filing, 34 percent of the collected donations went to “other” expenses. 33 percent was allotted for salaries and benefits. 10 percent was spent on travel, 6 percent on office supplies, and 5 percent on rent.
The non-profit charity foundation claimed that they received no foreign money from 2010 to 2013. Reuters conducted an investigation and found that statement to be false. This is Reuters reponse,“Several foreign governments continued to give tens of millions of dollars toward the foundation’s work on climate change and economic development through this three-year period.”
Clinton Foundation acting Chief Executive Officer Maura Pally fired back, “So yes, we made mistakes, as many organizations of our size do, but we are acting quickly to remedy them, and have taken steps to ensure they don’t happen in the future.”
A new book called “Clinton Cash” has not been released yet, but its scandalous allegations have most of the media probing into the philanthropic tabernacle of the foundation. Many alleged transgressions are covered, but the focus has been on the sale of U.S. uranium to Russia.
The book will be available May 5, and it is already a top story for most of the mainstream media. The author of the book is Peter Schweizer, a former George W. Bush speechwriter and consultant who wrote, “During Hillary’s years of public service, the Clintons have conducted or facilitated hundreds of large transactions… Some of these transactions have put millions in their own pockets.”
The New York Times published a scathing Op-Ed titled, “Cash Flowed to Clinton Foundation Amid Russian Uranium Deal.” The article is greatly detailed and well over 6,000 words long. To put this in perspective, the average Op-Ed is somewhere in the vicinity of 750 words.
According to the article, the 2010 sale of one of the biggest U.S. uranium mines transpired while the foundation controlled by the seller’s chairperson contemporaneously made hefty donations to the Clinton Foundation. Vladimir Putin is now in charge of 20 percent of America’s uranium supply.
The 51 percent share of Uranium One was sold to a division of Rosatom – Russia’s state nuclear agency. Any deals that may have national security implications by foreign investments must be approved by the committee, which includes the State Department. This committee approved the $610 million deal. Mrs. Clinton was the head of the department as Secretary of State at the time.
During Hillary’s negotiations on the deal, the Clinton Foundation received $2.35 million from the Fernwood Foundation, which was run by the chairman of Uranium One’s Ian Telfer. Bill Clinton was paid $500,000 for a speech in Russia. This gives the appearance of a pay-to-play scenario.
Mrs. Clinton claimed that she and her husband were “broke” when they left the White House. They are now worth somewhere between $150 million to $200 million. How did they get so rich? Bill has amassed $104.9 million between 2001 and 2013 from speeches. Nearly half were for foreign companies.
The Clinton camp dismissed the Clinton Cash scandals as nothing more than a GOP attack and nothing more. The problem is that many left-leaning media and some Democrats are touting this story just as much as the right.
