Wow.....I too had not heard about this! Thanks for sharing this Perp!
On Tue, Sep 6, 2016 at 11:19 PM, 'Perplexed' via PoliticalForum < [email protected]> wrote: > > AG who could force transparency chooses not to > > > New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has the power to force the > Clinton Foundation and the Clinton Health Access Initiative to publicly > disclose the names of foreign governments and the millions they donate each > year to the charities but he’s not doing it, a Scripps News investigation > has found. > > > Schneiderman’s failure to require compliance with New York law and written > instructions from his own office keeps the public in the dark about whether > the foreign governments that gave money to the Clinton charities also had > special access to Hillary Clinton when she was secretary of state, experts > in private foundation law say. New York state has long required more > transparency from non-profits operating within its borders than many other > regulators. > > A Scripps Washington Bureau review of tax returns and regulatory filings > found that year after year the Clinton charities have ignored New York law > and related instructions. However, the office of Attorney General > Schneiderman, a Democrat whom Hillary Clinton named to her campaign's > “leadership council” in New York, did not respond to Scripps’ questions > about the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI), which has never publicly > disclosed in New York filings the identity of its foreign government > contributors or the amounts they give each year. Scripps also discovered > CHAI did not report hundreds of millions of dollars in foreign government > donations to the state. > > > However, Schneiderman’s office said it considers the Clinton Foundation, > which is a separate charity, “in step” with state rules. > > “He’s not doing his job in that case,” said David Nelson, an attorney and > former partner at the accounting firm of Ernst & Young who served on the > regulations and legislation committee of the Council On Foundations, the > philanthropy industry’s equivalent of the American Bar Association. > > > In 2009, Secretary Clinton’s first year heading the State Department, the > Clinton Foundation disclosed to New York only a lump sum of $122 million > <https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/3036238-2009-CLINTON-FOUNDATION-CHAR500/annotations/316631.html> > in foreign government donations, listing the amount on a required form that > directs all charities to “list each government contribution (grant) > separately.” The foundation continued to provide the lump sum disclosures > for foreign governments in every year that followed. > > > Nelson said, “The Clinton Foundation cannot say they are in compliance > with New York regulations.” > > > Here’s what you need to know > > > http://www.newsnet5.com/longform/exclusive-clinton-charities-ignore-law- > requiring-them-to-disclose-millions-from-foreign-donors > > > Fascinating. I'd not heard this one yet. There is simply no end to the > Clintons' corrupt behavior. > > -- > -- > Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. > For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum > > * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ > * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. > * Read the latest breaking news, and more. > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "PoliticalForum" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "PoliticalForum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
