Clinton Foundation received subpoena from State Department Investigators

[Jarqui]

26. Ask me if I'm surprised

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Republican lawmakers have alleged that foreign officials and other powerful interests with business before the U.S. government gave large donations to the Clinton Foundation to curry favor with a sitting secretary of state and a potential future president.
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The potential consequences of the IG investigation are unclear. Unlike federal prosecutors, inspectors general have the authority to subpoena documents without seeking approval from a grand jury or a judge.

But their power is limited. They are able to obtain documents, but they cannot compel testimony. At times, IG inquiries result in criminal charges, but sometimes they lead to administrative review, civil penalties or reports that have no legal consequences.

I was doing a little spreadsheet of Clinton Foundation revenue
https://www.clintonfoundation.org/about/annual-financial-reports
(some years do not include consolidated numbers and some years do not reflect revenues that the Clinton Foundation missed and had to resubmit)

2000 6,349,658
2001 15,218,657
2002 25,524,637
2003 48,066,591
2004 89,586,726
2005 99,667,782
2006 141,724,462
2007 132,504,305
2008 234,830,000
2009 246,266,000
2010 313,645,000
2011 253,224,546
2012 257,314,783
2013 294,741,158
2014 242,482,293
2015 242,482,293 * Estimated using 2014
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Total $2,643,628,891 ($2.6 Billion)

The investigators might eventually wonder why four of the five best revenue years for the Clinton Foundation happened while Hillary was Secretary of State. The other top year, Hillary was Secretary of State for a month or so.

And those years of revenue for charity followed a horrific drop in the world economy in 2008.

Just circumstantial? Maybe.

Now, the FBI has copies of Hillary's 30,000 private emails she deleted. So that might help join the dots.

And we have all the stories in the media about potential quid pro quo with weapons companies, banks, aircraft manufacturer, etc that got deals connected with the State Department and happened to donate to the Clinton Foundation.

Now, I'm the first one to agree that all of the above could be absolutely nothing, innocent until proven guilty, etc.

The real problem is, will Darrel Issa agree with me and not haul Hillary, Bill and Chelsea into congressional hearings on this while she's running for president? I have a feeling he won't agree with me and the Republicans will not allow Hillary to set foot in the White House without clearing the air on this....