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Ferd Berfel

(3,687 posts)
Sun Apr 17, 2016, 12:29 PM Apr 2016

Mcclatchy: Inside Panama Papers: Multiple Clinton connections

Should read: Multiple Clinton connections...so far


http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/election/article72215012.html

Some donors to Clinton foundation used the Panamanian law firm for offshores

Connections come from the more than 40 years Bill and Hillary Clinton have spent in public life


Hillary Clinton recently blasted the hidden financial dealings exposed in the Panama Papers, but she and her husband have multiple connections with people who have used the besieged law firm Mossack Fonseca to establish offshore entities.

Among them are Gabrielle Fialkoff, finance director for Hillary Clinton’s first campaign for the U.S. Senate; Frank Giustra, a Canadian mining magnate who has traveled the globe with Bill Clinton; the Chagoury family, which pledged $1 billion in projects to the Clinton Global Initiative; and Chinese billionaire Ng Lap Seng, who was at the center of a Democratic fund-raising scandal when Bill Clinton was president. Also using the Panamanian law firm was the company founded by the late billionaire investor Marc Rich, an international fugitive when Bill Clinton pardoned him in the final hours of his presidency.



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Mcclatchy: Inside Panama Papers: Multiple Clinton connections (Original Post) Ferd Berfel Apr 2016 OP
In their defense, who among us doesn't have a handful of shell companies to launder our money? Scuba Apr 2016 #1
it's the only legal way to avoid taxes ffs tk2kewl Apr 2016 #3
Hey man,still using the old Wellstone ruled Apr 2016 #5
This is why we have a system of laws. HassleCat Apr 2016 #2
Disgusting... although there are those who will say it doesn't matter.. KoKo Apr 2016 #4
That's a problem Ferd Berfel Apr 2016 #6
i'm gonna read it again, after more coffee, but the timing of seemingly unrelated Viva_La_Revolution Apr 2016 #7
K&R ReRe May 2016 #8
 

HassleCat

(6,409 posts)
2. This is why we have a system of laws.
Sun Apr 17, 2016, 12:35 PM
Apr 2016

To protect criminals from the citizens. Everything is perfectly legal. Nothing can be done.

KoKo

(84,711 posts)
4. Disgusting... although there are those who will say it doesn't matter..
Sun Apr 17, 2016, 12:40 PM
Apr 2016

because "Of course in their long career they've had to deal with people who have "unusual" business ties."

Ferd Berfel

(3,687 posts)
6. That's a problem
Sun Apr 17, 2016, 01:11 PM
Apr 2016

The Clinton supporters simply do care about corruption.
They will make excuses, ignore, obfuscate. Reminds my of arguing with republicans.

Viva_La_Revolution

(28,791 posts)
7. i'm gonna read it again, after more coffee, but the timing of seemingly unrelated
Sun Apr 17, 2016, 01:18 PM
Apr 2016

donations and deals is curiously coincidental. 3 instances just in this article

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