Claim: Saudi Arabia funded 20% of Clinton's campaign

[EdwardBernays]

"The Washington-based Institute for Gulf Affairs has re-published the original Arabic Petra report, which quoted Prince Mohammed as having said Saudi Arabia had provided with “full enthusiasm” an undisclosed amount of money to Clinton.

“Saudi Arabia always has sponsored both Republican and Democratic Party of America and in America current election also provide with full enthusiasm 20 percent of the cost of Hillary Clinton’s election even though some events in the country don’t have a positive look to support the king of a woman (sic) for presidency,” the report quoted Prince Mohammed as having said."



http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/deleted-official-report-says-saudi-key-funder-hillary-clinton-presidential-campaign-223282807

At this point it might be worth restating that Clinton hired the owner of Saudi Arabia's DC lobbying firm as her Campaign Chairman. That hiring came after Hillary signed off on a 13B dollar deal as SOS between SA and Boeing, two large donors to the Clinton Foundation and the Clintons personally via paid speeches. Boeing is also represented by the lobbying firm owned by her Campaign Chairman.

So who knows.

[peace13]

1. Prepare for fresh heads buried in the sand.

Nothing to see here! LEAVE HILLARY ALONE!

[SmittynMo]

2. This is so wrong on soooooo many levels

Get the fucking money out of politics. PERIOD!!!!

[-none]

3. Maybe it is time for a third FBI investigation?

Or is this covered in one of the other two queries investigation?

[leveymg]

5. If the money was channeled though a US-incorporated or listed corp, it's legal under Citizens United

But, that's the biggest scandal.

[KPN]

10. LEGAL!

That fucking galls me. Sigh.

[LongTomH]

19. Uh, like: "No Shit, Sherlock!!!!'

[leveymg]

4. Looks like the original article was posted May 11, if the accompanying Sanders wins WVA is a guide.

Senator Bernie Sanders won the West Virginia Democratic primary on Tuesday (AFP)
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The URL given -- http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/deleted-official-report-says-saudi-key-funder-hillary-clinton-presidential-campaign-223282807 -- was last saved four times today by WaybackMachine.

Here's the URL listed on the print-out shown: http://www.petra.gov.jo/Public-_News/Nws_NewsDetails.aspx?lang=1&site_id=2&NewsID=257206&Type=P

Trying derivations of that URL at Wayback.

Wayback doesn't have this site archived for 2 weeks in either direction. http://www.petra.gov.jo

Can't verify this. Maybe, someone else has a different approach.

[EdwardBernays]

6. Good snooping

I tried to translate the PDF but couldn't get any of the online stuff to work. Saying that the number 20 is right in the middle of a block of text. Who knows.

[leveymg]

7. Not found on Wayback - the URL is the English translation page. What is the Arabic original URL?

Where did you see this originally? I've left an email at the MiddleEastEye site asking for confirmation. Will let you know if anyone responds.

Thanks.

[EdwardBernays]

8. Thanks...

The original source linking the MEE is the ever meh Zerohedge... But as it's not their claim I just linked straight to the source.

There's a link to the original Arabic somewhere... Hang on...

https://www.scribd.com/mobile/doc/315597008/Petra-MBS?skip_app_promo=true

The last paragraph says "20%"...

[EdwardBernays]

9. Actually

I figured out how to write Hillary Clinton in arabic: هيلاري كلينتون

That second bit that looks like a duck... That's on the same line as the 20%...

[EdwardBernays]

14. Actually

If you look at the first word on the next line down you can clearly see the other half of Hillary Clinton. It ends with what looks like the number 15 or IS. So that definitely says 20% and Hillary Clinton in the same sentence.

[leveymg]

15. In addition to ascertaining accuracy of translation of the Arabic original,

also needs to verify the provenance of the content. That will require some follow-up.

[EdwardBernays]

16. 100%

And of course if you assume that the Petra whatever was asked to remove it by the Prince himself that might be especially tricky.

Juan Cole might know... Might be worth asking him.

[leveymg]

17. Middleeasteye (06/14): Podesta Group claims it was a hack.

Last edited Tue Jun 14, 2016, 02:25 PM - Edit history (1)

http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/deleted-official-report-says-saudi-key-funder-hillary-clinton-presidential-campaign-223282807

On Monday a spokesperson for American public relations firm the Podesta Group contacted MEE to say that they work with the Saudi Royal Court and to request a correction to our earlier story that said the Jordanian news agency had deleted the quotes from Prince Mohammed.

Senior global communications specialist Will Bohlen - who, prior to joining Podesta, was chief researcher for a best-selling history of Bill Clinton's presidency - sent a link to a clarification issued by the Petra News Agency which said it was "totally false and untrue" that they had published then deleted the quotes from Prince Mohammed about funding the Clinton campaign.

"A technical failure on Petra ’s website occurred for a few minutes on Sunday evening, 12 June 2016," the Jordanian news agency said. "Protection systems at the agency as well as the technical department noticed that and therefore, they suspended the transmission system and the electronic site and moved to the alternative website.

"Later, it became clear that the technical failure that occurred was an attempt to hack the agency’s transmission system and its website. The agency was surprised to see some media outlets as well as the social media publishing false news that were attributed to Petra. They said that Petra transmitted a news item related to the deputy crown prince of Saudi Arabia and later deleted this news item. This is totally false and untrue."

Also, the article reminds us of Podesta Group's relationship with both KSA and Hillary Clinton:

Links between Saudi Arabia and the Clinton family are well reported. The Podesta Group was initially contracted last year by the Centre for Studies and Media Affairs at the Saudi Royal Court to be paid $200,000 a month to provide “public relations services” to Riyadh. The Podesta Group was founded in 1988 by brothers John and Tony Podesta. John Podesta is the chair of Hillary Clinton’s campaign to become the next US president.

Saudi Arabia has donated millions to the Clinton family charity. In 2008, it was revealed that the Gulf kingdom had donated between $10m and $25m to the Clinton Foundation, a charity set up by Hillary’s husband and former US President Bill Clinton.

[EdwardBernays]

18. Yes a "hack"

You'll forgive me if I don't trust the guy who owns the Saudis DC PR company, who happens to also be the candidates campaign chairman. Lol.

[leveymg]

20. Makes this all the more newsworthy. Or, it should.

There's a complete abandonment of all lines of law, regulation, ethics and the appearance propriety in this one, no matter whether Prince Mohamed's statement was real or contrived. It's out of an alternative reality, any way you look at it. It's like we've stepped into "The Man In the High Tower", or another Philip K. Dick novel.

[EdwardBernays]

21. Or

Time Out of Joint... Where a functioning government is just replaced by an index card reading "GOVERNMENT".

[Live and Learn]

11. I certainly wouldn't doubt it. nt

[Scuba]

12. Didn't she promise there would be no hint of even an apparent conflict of interest?

[EdwardBernays]

13. She told the truth

This isn't a hint... It's turning to the last page to find out whodunit...