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Most recent allegation of Hillary's misuse of power - Bangladesh
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http://observer.com/...on-foundation-donor/

Another Clinton Foundation pay-to-play scheme has been revealed by a foreign government. On May 11, Circa reported, “The Office of Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina confirmed to Circa that Mrs. Clinton called her office in March 2011 to demand that Dr. Muhammed Yunus, a 2006 Nobel Peace prize winner, be restored to his role as chairman of the country’s most famous microcredit bank, Grameen Bank.” Yunus’ nonprofit through the bank Grameen America donated between $100,000 and $250,000 to the Clinton Foundation and Grameen Research donated an additional $25,000 to $50,000. The exposure is one of the most overt examples of “pay to play” by the Clinton Foundation. The deputy press secretary of the Bangladesh prime minister’s office told Circa that Hillary Clinton, while serving as U.S. secretary of state, phoned Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in March 2011 insisting she not remove Clinton Foundation donor Dr. Muhammad Yunus from his position as managing director of Grameen Bank.


The Associated Press reported Yunus “met with Clinton three times and talked with her by phone during a period when Bangladeshi government authorities investigated his oversight of a nonprofit bank and ultimately pressured him to resign from the bank’s board. Throughout the process, he pleaded for help in messages routed to Clinton, and she ordered aides to find ways to assist him.” This new disclosure reveals that Hillary Clinton intervened on Yunus’ behalf herself. He was eventually removed from his position in 2013.
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Re: Most recent allegation of Hillary's misuse of power - Bangladesh [rick_pcfl] [ In reply to ]
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She's not your President. Deal with it.
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Re: Most recent allegation of Hillary's misuse of power - Bangladesh [trail] [ In reply to ]
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trail wrote:
She's not your President. Deal with it.

The deputy press secretary of the Bangladesh prime minister’s office told Circa that Hillary Clinton, while serving as U.S. secretary of state, phoned Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in March 2011 insisting she not remove Clinton Foundation donor Dr. Muhammad Yunus from his position as managing director of Grameen Bank.


I'm not gonna pretend I care much about this but it seems an abuse of power while in her capacity as SoS?


Not a big thing to me, partly because she didn't win, but again: Washington is so fucking corrupt. Why people ever supports giving politicians more of our money and more power and control over us is beyond me.
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Re: Most recent allegation of Hillary's misuse of power - Bangladesh [Brownie28] [ In reply to ]
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Brownie28 wrote:


I'm not gonna pretend I care much about this but it seems an abuse of power while in her capacity as SoS?

It certainly has a degree of slime. I have no idea how close it comes to something that either violates a rule or a law.

I don't mean to deflect, but I think we're going to have to get used to this. Trump's businesses are, I bet, going to get a lot of business from organization and governments with an interest in influencing government policy or officials.
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Re: Most recent allegation of Hillary's misuse of power - Bangladesh [trail] [ In reply to ]
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trail wrote:
Brownie28 wrote:


I'm not gonna pretend I care much about this but it seems an abuse of power while in her capacity as SoS?


It certainly has a degree of slime. I have no idea how close it comes to something that either violates a rule or a law.

I don't mean to deflect, but I think we're going to have to get used to this. Trump's businesses are, I bet, going to get a lot of business from organization and governments with an interest in influencing government policy or officials.
I agree with that, and anyone who was crying about the Clinton Foundation and possible pay-for-play while she was SoS and don't seem to care much about Trump and his businesses are fucking delusional. It's a totally different level and he hasn't even attempted to divest himself from them in a meaningful way. Pathetic.

Still, Hillary's a scumbag and this is reason #4,506,345 I'm happy she's not president.
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