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kcjohn1

(751 posts)
Wed May 25, 2016, 10:42 PM May 2016

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

Source: Time

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.

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.”

Read more: http://time.com/4348675/terry-mcauliffe-hillary-clinton-china-investigation/?xid=homepage



Looks like clear case of pay to play.
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Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe Invited Chinese Donor to Hillary Clinton’s Home (Original Post) kcjohn1 May 2016 OP
Other nations call it corruption. Nyan May 2016 #1
learned from the best - ABC News reporting tomm2thumbs May 2016 #13
Ooh! Stan Lee cameo!!! nt IdaBriggs May 2016 #19
So. wisteria May 2016 #2
FBI and Justice Department’s public integrity division were investigating McAuliffe kcjohn1 May 2016 #4
Interesting Piece pmorlan1 May 2016 #3
quite a collection of folks turn out to be donors Angel Martin May 2016 #5
A permanent resident is allowed to contribute to a US campaign... brooklynite May 2016 #6
Yes corruption laws allow bribing kcjohn1 May 2016 #7
"with U.S. permanent residency" TwilightZone May 2016 #8
I think you are not understanding what they are investigating kcjohn1 May 2016 #9
And selling access to the Clintons... elehhhhna May 2016 #21
This message was self-deleted by its author silvershadow May 2016 #10
if you are going to fail reddread May 2016 #11
If it means they stop suffixing -gate to everything, I'll be happy. Sick of that one. n/t Jester Messiah May 2016 #18
A donor to the Clinton Foundation, a charity that doesn't benefit the Clintons financially, pnwmom May 2016 #12
You didn't SusanLarson May 2016 #14
CharityWatch gives it an A rating. Sorry, I'm not going on a fishing expedition through your pnwmom May 2016 #15
Blinders SusanLarson May 2016 #16
At least I'm not wearing your mud-splattered glasses. n/t pnwmom May 2016 #17
Charity Navigator delisted them. Lol. elehhhhna May 2016 #22
They delisted them not because there was anything wrong with the Foundation, but because pnwmom May 2016 #24
Wang Wenliang holds PERMANENT US RESIDENCY asiliveandbreathe May 2016 #20
Call the fbi off then. Scoot! elehhhhna May 2016 #23
FBI inv.. - asiliveandbreathe May 2016 #25

Nyan

(1,192 posts)
1. Other nations call it corruption.
Wed May 25, 2016, 10:50 PM
May 2016

Even some of the most corrupt nations use at least the correct term for something like this.

 

wisteria

(19,581 posts)
2. So.
Wed May 25, 2016, 10:53 PM
May 2016

This is all about distraction and smear- compliments of the Republican Party. There really isn't anything here.

kcjohn1

(751 posts)
4. FBI and Justice Department’s public integrity division were investigating McAuliffe
Wed May 25, 2016, 10:55 PM
May 2016

If I'm not mistaken this is Obama's FBI & Justice Dept, no?

pmorlan1

(2,096 posts)
3. Interesting Piece
Wed May 25, 2016, 10:53 PM
May 2016

Thanks for posting.

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.

kcjohn1

(751 posts)
7. Yes corruption laws allow bribing
Wed May 25, 2016, 11:11 PM
May 2016

But the issue is

foreign sources of personal income and whether the governor lobbied on behalf of foreign interests without registering as a foreign agent


Looks like the governor did lobbying for this gentleman and his foreign interests without registering. Due to weak public corruption laws, we have to get these crooks on technicality instead of the actual crime (lobbying for people paying them).

TwilightZone

(25,426 posts)
8. "with U.S. permanent residency"
Wed May 25, 2016, 11:27 PM
May 2016

Are you having difficulty with that phrase?

You could maybe read the article before posting about it.

kcjohn1

(751 posts)
9. I think you are not understanding what they are investigating
Wed May 25, 2016, 11:37 PM
May 2016

This is not about the political contributions/donations. The article says what the investigation is about.

1) Sources of foreign income (by the governor)
2) Lobbying by the Governor on behalf foreign agent (ala chinese company).

This all took place before he became governor. If he is caught, what they will catch him is doing lobbying for foreign company without registering. This is like how they caught Al Capone for tax evasion vs the actual crime.

IMO the political contributions are the problem, but if they can catch them on technicalities I'm all for that as well.

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reddread

(6,896 posts)
11. if you are going to fail
Thu May 26, 2016, 12:10 AM
May 2016

wouldnt it be great to fail THIS big?
for decades, "a Hillary" will be a thing.

pnwmom

(108,954 posts)
12. A donor to the Clinton Foundation, a charity that doesn't benefit the Clintons financially,
Thu May 26, 2016, 12:27 AM
May 2016

and to which they donate significant sums every year.

And which is a top rated charity according to CharityWatch.

https://www.charitywatch.org/ratings-and-metrics/bill-hillary-chelsea-clinton-foundation/478

 

SusanLarson

(284 posts)
14. You didn't
Thu May 26, 2016, 01:32 AM
May 2016

pnwmom

(108,954 posts)
15. CharityWatch gives it an A rating. Sorry, I'm not going on a fishing expedition through your
Thu May 26, 2016, 01:38 AM
May 2016

numerous links.

pnwmom

(108,954 posts)
24. They delisted them not because there was anything wrong with the Foundation, but because
Thu May 26, 2016, 05:50 PM
May 2016

it does its charitable work directly, rather than simply by making grants to other organizations. And the Charity Navigator isn't set up to evaluate a charity that functions directly.

asiliveandbreathe

(8,203 posts)
20. Wang Wenliang holds PERMANENT US RESIDENCY
Thu May 26, 2016, 02:25 PM
May 2016

Is this a troll DU? - why bother even trying to educate those who simply choose to incite and push a scandal - WHERE THERE IS NONE!

asiliveandbreathe

(8,203 posts)
25. FBI inv.. -
Thu May 26, 2016, 09:24 PM
May 2016

The FBI inv. alberto Gonzalez for taking docs home..no charges....this is nothing compared to that...smoke and mirrors...for 30 years Clinton this and Clinton that - nada merit!!!

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