*Crown Prince of Bahrain Forced to Go Through Foundation to See Clinton, after Pledging $32 Million to Clinton Global Initiative*
*Hollywood Executive Casey Wasserman, Slimfast Mogul Daniel Abraham, Controversial Appointee Rajiv Fernando also among Clinton Foundation Donors Granted Special Favors from Clinton State Department* *---* *wow ... Clinton gets money from muslims and jews.* *How cool is that?* On Monday, August 22, 2016 at 3:00:46 PM UTC-5, Bear Guy wrote: > > New Abedin Emails Reveal Hillary Clinton State Department Gave Special > Access to Top Clinton Foundation Donors > <http://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/new-abedin-emails-reveal-hillary-clinton-state-department-gave-special-access-top-clinton-foundation-donors/> > > > AUGUST 22, 2016 > > *Crown Prince of Bahrain Forced to Go Through Foundation to See Clinton, > after Pledging $32 Million to Clinton Global Initiative* > > *Hollywood Executive Casey Wasserman, Slimfast Mogul Daniel Abraham, > Controversial Appointee Rajiv Fernando also among Clinton Foundation Donors > Granted Special Favors from Clinton State Department* > > (*Washington, DC*) – Judicial Watch today released 725 pages > <http://www.judicialwatch.org/document-archive/tag/huma-production-10/> > of new State Department documents, including previously unreleased email > exchanges in which former Hillary Clinton’s top aide Huma Abedin provided > influential Clinton Foundation donors special, expedited access to the > secretary of state. In many instances, the preferential treatment provided > to donors was at the specific request of Clinton Foundation executive > Douglas Band. > > The new documents included 20 Hillary Clinton email exchanges > <http://www.judicialwatch.org/document-archive/jw-v-state-huma-emails-production-10-unpublished-00684/> > > not previously turned over to the State Department, bringing the known > total to date to 191 of new Clinton emails (not part of the 55,000 pages of > emails that Clinton turned over to the State Department). These records > further appear to contradict statements by Clinton that, “as far as she > knew,” all of her government emails were turned over to the State > Department. > > The Abedin emails reveal that the longtime Clinton aide apparently served > as a conduit between Clinton Foundation donors and Hillary Clinton while > Clinton served as secretary of state. In more than a dozen email exchanges, > Abedin provided expedited, direct access to Clinton for donors who had > contributed from $25,000 to $10 million to the Clinton Foundation. In many > instances, Clinton Foundation top executive Doug Band, who worked with the > Foundation throughout Hillary Clinton’s tenure at State, coordinated > closely with Abedin. In Abedin’s June deposition to Judicial Watch, she > conceded that part of her job at the State Department was taking care of > “Clinton > family matters > <http://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/clinton-email-update-judicial-watch-releases-former-clinton-deputy-chief-staff-huma-abedin-deposition-testimony/> > .” > > Included among the Abedin-Band emails is an exchange revealing that when > Crown Prince Salman of Bahrain requested a meeting with Secretary of State > Clinton, he was forced to go through the Clinton Foundation for an > appointment. Abedin advised Band that when she went through “normal > channels” at State, Clinton declined to meet. After Band intervened, > however, the meeting was set up within forty-eight hours. According to the > Clinton > Foundation website > <https://www.clintonfoundation.org/clinton-global-initiative/commitments/crown-princes-international-scholarship-program>, > > in 2005, Salman committed to establishing the Crown Prince’s International > Scholarship Program (CPISP) for the Clinton Global Initiative. And by 2010, > it had contributed $32 million to CGI. The Kingdom of Bahrain reportedly > gave between $50,000 and $100,000 > <https://www.clintonfoundation.org/contributors?category=%2450%2C001%20to%20%24100%2C000&page=5> > > to the Clinton Foundation. And Bahrain Petroleum also gave an additional > $25,000 to $50,000 <http://projects.nytimes.com/clinton-donors/page/18>. > > *From: *Doug Band > <http://www.judicialwatch.org/document-archive/jw-v-state-huma-emails-production-10-00684-pg-448/> > > *To*: Huma Abedin > > *Sent*: Tue Jun 23 1:29:42 2009 > > *Subject*: > > Cp of Bahrain in tomorrow to Friday > > Asking to see her > > Good friend of ours > > *From*: Huma Abedin > > *To*: Doug Band > > *Sent*: Tue Jun 23 4:12:46 2009 > > *Subject*: Re: > > He asked to see hrc thurs and fri thru normal channels. I asked and she > said she doesn’t want to commit to anything for thurs or fri until she > knows how she will feel. Also she says that she may want to go to ny and > doesn’t want to be committed to stuff in ny… > > *From*: Huma Abedin > <http://www.judicialwatch.org/document-archive/jw-v-state-huma-emails-production-10-00684-pg-379/> > > [[email protected] <javascript:>] > > *Sent*: Thursday, June 25, 2009 10:35:15 AM > > *To*: Doug Band > > *Subject*: > > Offering Bahrain cp 10 tomorrow for meeting woith [sic] hrc > > If u see him, let him know > > We have reached out thru official channels > > Also included among the Abedin-Band emails > <http://www.judicialwatch.org/document-archive/jw-v-state-huma-emails-production-10-00684-pg-148-149/> > > is an exchange in which Band urged Abedin to get the Clinton State > Department to intervene in order to obtain a visa for members of the > Wolverhampton (UK) Football Club, one of whose members was apparently > having difficulty because of a “criminal charge.” Band was acting at the > behest of Casey Wasserman, a millionaire Hollywood sports entertainment > executive and President of the Wasserman Foundation. Wasserman has donated > between $5 million and $10 million > <https://www.clintonfoundation.org/contributors?category=%245%2C000%2C001+to+%2410%2C000%2C000> > > to the Clinton Foundation through the Wasserman Foundation. > > *From*: Tim Hoy [VP Wasserman Media Group] > > *Date*: Tue. 5 May 2009 10:45:55 – 0700 > > *To*: Casey Wasserman > > *Subject*: [Redacted] Wolverhampton FC/visa matter > > Casey: Paul Martin’s [popular English footballer] client [Redacted] needs > to get an expedited appointment at the US Embassy in London this week and > we have hit some road blocks. I am writing to ask for your help. > > The Wolverhampton FC is coming to Las Vegas this Thursday for a > “celebration break.” [Redacted] so he cannot get a visa to the US without > first being “interviewed” in the visa section of the US Embassy in London … > > I contacted Senator Boxer’s office in SF for help … They balked at the > criminal charge and said they “couldn’t help.” > > I’m now trying to get help from Sherrod Brown’s office but that’s not > going well either. So do you have any ideas/contacts that could contact the > US Embassy in London and ask that they see [Redacted] tomorrow? > > *From*: Casey Wasserman > > *To*: Doug Band; Trista Schroeder [Wasserman Media Group executive] > > *Sent*: Tue May 05 2:23:50 2009 [PT] > > *Subject*: FW [Redacted] Wolverhampton FC/visa matter > > Can you help with the below [Hoy email], or maybe Huma??? I am copying > trista as I am on the plane in case I lose connection … thx. > > *From*: Doug Band > > *Sent*: Tue May 05 7:08:21 2009 [ET] > > *To*: Casey Wasserman; Trista Schroeder > > *Subject*: Re: [Redacted] Wolverhampton FC/visa matter > > Will email her. > > *From*: Doug Band > > *To*: Huma Abedin > > *Sent*: Tue May 5 7:26:49 2009 > > *Subject*: Fw: [Redacted] Wolverhampton FC/visa matter > > [As per subject line, Band apparently forwarded Abedin material sent to > him by Casey.] > > *From*: Huma Abedin [[email protected] <javascript:>] > > *Sent*: Tuesday, May 05, 2009 7:39:38 PM > > *To*: Doug Band > > *Subject*: Re: [Redacted] Wolverhampton FC/visa matter > > I doubt we can do anything but maybe we can help with an interview. I’ll > ask. > > *From*: Huma Abedin > > *To*: Doug Band > > *Sent*: Tue May 05 5:50:09 2009 > > *Subject*: Re: [Redacted] Wolverhampton FC/visa matter > > I got this now, makes me nervous to get involved but I’ll ask. > > *From*: Doug Band > > *To*: Huma Abedin > > *Sent*: Tuesday, May 05, 2009 7:43:30 PM > > *Subject*: Re: [Redacted] Wolverhampton FC/visa matter > > Then don’t > > The Abedin emails also reveal that Slimfast tycoon S. Daniel Abraham was > granted almost immediate access to then-Secretary of State Clinton, with > Abedin serving as the facilitator. According to the Clinton Foundation > website > <https://www.clintonfoundation.org/contributors?category=%245%2C000%2C001+to+%2410%2C000%2C000>, > > Abraham, like the Wasserman Foundation, has given between $5 million and > $10 million to the Clinton Foundation. The emails indicate that Abraham was > granted almost immediate access to Clinton upon request: > > *From*: Huma Abedin > <http://www.judicialwatch.org/document-archive/jw-v-state-huma-emails-production-10-00684-pg-9/> > > *To*: H > > *Sent*: Mon May 04 4:40:34 2009 > > *Subject*: Danny > > Danny abraham called this morning. He is in dc today and tomorrow and > asked for 15 min with you. Do u want me to try and fit him in tomorrow? > > *From*: H > > *To* Huma Abedin > > *Sent*: Mon May 04 5:14:00 2009 > > *Subject*: Re: Danny > > Will the plane wait if I can’t get there before 7-8? > > *From*: Huma Abedin > > *Sent*: Monday, May 04, 2009 5:15:30 PM > > *Subject*: Re: Danny > > Yes of course > > Additional Abedin emails in which the top Clinton aide intervenes with the > State Department on behalf of Clinton Foundation donors include the > following: > > - On Friday, June 26, 2009, Clinton confidant Kevin O’Keefe > > <http://www.judicialwatch.org/document-archive/jw-v-state-huma-emails-production-10-00684-pg-539/> > > wrote to Clinton saying that “Kevin Conlon is trying to set up a meeting > with you and a major client.” Clinton wrote to Abedin, “Can you help > deliver these for Kevin?” Abedin responded, “I’ll look into it asap” Kevin > O’Keefe donated between $10,000 and $25,000 > <http://www.eastbaytimes.com/ci_14108736> to the Clinton Foundation. > Kevin Conlon is a Clinton presidential campaign “Hillblazer” > <https://www.hillaryclinton.com/page/hillblazers/> who has raised more > than $100,000 for the candidate. > > > - On Tuesday, June 16, 2009, Ben Ringel > > <http://www.judicialwatch.org/document-archive/jw-v-state-huma-emails-production-10-00684-pg-420/> > > wrote to Abedin, “I’m on shuttle w Avigdor Liberman. I called u back > yesterday. I want to stop by to see hrc tonite for 10 mins.” Ringel > donated > between $10,000 and $25,000 > > <https://www.clintonfoundation.org/contributors?category=%2410%2C001%20to%20%2425%2C000&page=27> > > to the Clinton Foundation. > > > - On Monday, July 6, 2009, Maureen White > > <http://www.judicialwatch.org/document-archive/jw-v-state-huma-emails-production-10-00684-pg-549/> > > wrote to Abedin, “I am going to be in DC on Thursday. Would she have any > time to spare?” Abedin responded, “Yes I’ll make it work.” White donated > $75,000 > > <http://freebeacon.com/politics/clinton-foundation-donors-fill-hillarys-campaign-coffers/> > > to the Clinton Foundation. > > > - In June 2009, prominent St. Louis political power broker Joyce > Aboussie > > <http://www.judicialwatch.org/document-archive/jw-v-state-huma-emails-production-10-00684-pg-404-405/> > > exchanged a series of insistent emails with Abedin concerning Aboussie’s > efforts to set up a meeting between Clinton and Peabody Energy VP Cartan > Sumner. Aboussie wrote, “Huma, I need your help now to intervene please. > We > need this meeting with Secretary Clinton, who has been there now for > nearly > six months. This is, by the way, my first request. I really would > appreciate your help on this. It should go without saying that the Peabody > folks came to Dick [Gephardt] and I because of our relationship with the > Clinton’s.” After further notes from Aboussie, Abedin responded > > <http://www.judicialwatch.org/document-archive/jw-v-state-huma-emails-production-10-00684-pg-421-423/>, > > “We are working on it and I hope we can make something work… we have to > work through the beauracracy [sic] here.” Aboussie donated between > $100,000 > and $250,000 > > <https://www.clintonfoundation.org/contributors?category=%24100%2C001+to+%24250%2C000> > > to the Clinton Foundation. > > > - On Saturday, May 16, 2009, mobile communications executive and > political activist Jill Iscol > > <http://www.judicialwatch.org/document-archive/jw-v-state-huma-emails-production-10-00684-pg-252-253/> > > wrote to Clinton, “Please advise to whom I should forward Jacqueline > Novogratz’s request [for a meeting with the secretary of state]. I know > you > know her, but honestly, she is so far ahead of the curve and brilliant I > believe she could be enormously helpful to your work.” Clinton > subsequently > sent an email to Abedin saying, “Pls print.” Jill and husband Ken Iscol > donated between $500,000 and $1 million > > <https://www.clintonfoundation.org/contributors?category=%24500%2C001+to+%241%2C000%2C000> > > to the Clinton Foundation. Clinton subsequently appointed Novogratz to the > State Department’s Foreign Affairs Policy Board. > > The newly obtained Abedin emails also contain a memorandum sent to Cheryl > Mills from State Department White House liaison Laura Pena revealing that > Rajiv > Fernando > <http://www.judicialwatch.org/document-archive/jw-v-state-huma-emails-production-10-00684-pg-413-414/> > > was proposed for his controversial appointment to the sensitive > International Security Advisory Board as early as June 2009. Fernando was > not actually appointed until 2011, and his appointment raised a firestorm > because, according to an ABC News report > <http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/clinton-donor-sensitive-intelligence-board/story?id=39710624>, > > “he had no obvious experience in the field.” Fernando donated $1 million > <https://www.clintonfoundation.org/contributors?category=%241%2C000%2C001+to+%245%2C000%2C000> > > to the Clinton Foundation. > > The Abedin emails reveal that even U2’s Bono > <http://www.judicialwatch.org/document-archive/jw-v-state-huma-emails-production-10-00684-pg-309/> > > got into the act when former Bill Clinton aide Ben Schwerin, who helped set > up the Clinton Foundation, urged Abedin to help the aging rock star > broadcast from the international space station. In a May 27, 2009, email > with the subject line “Bono/NASA,” Schwerin wrote, “Bono wants to do linkup > with the international space station on every show during the tour this > year.… Any ideas? Thks.” Bono has been a donor > <https://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/bono> to the Clinton Global > Initiative. And in 2011, he gathered top entertainers for “A Decade of > Difference: A Concert Celebrating 10 Years of the William J. Clinton > Foundation.” According to *USA Today* > <http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/music/news/story/2011-10-14/clinton-foundation-concert/50790334/1>*, > > “*Some tickets were sold to the public for $50 to $550, and premium seats > went for $1,000 to $5,000 on the Foundation website.” > > “These new emails confirm that Hillary Clinton abused her office by > selling favors to Clinton Foundation donors,” said Judicial Watch President > Tom Fitton. “There needs to be a serious, independent investigation to > determine whether Clinton and others broke the law.” > > This is the tenth set of records produced for Judicial Watch by the State > Department from the non-state.gov email accounts of Huma Abedin. The > documents were produced under a court order > <http://www.judicialwatch.org/document-archive/jw-v-state-jan-11-order-00684/> > in > a May 5, 2015, Freedom of Information (FOIA) lawsuit > <http://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/judicial-watch-files-seven-new-foia-lawsuits-against-state-department-to-force-release-of-clinton-emails-other-secret-email-records/> > against > the State Department (*Judicial Watch, Inc. v. U.S. Department of State* > <http://www.judicialwatch.org/document-archive/jw-v-state-00684-abedin-non-state-emails/> > (No. > 1:15-cv-00684)) requiring the agency to produce “all emails of official > State Department business received or sent by former Deputy Chief of Staff > Huma Abedin from January 1, 2009 through February 1, 2013, using a > ‘non-state’.gov email address.” > > In June, Judicial Watch uncovered two batches (here > <http://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/judicial-watch-new-clinton-emails-produced-state-department-clinton-email-shows-concerned-records/> > and here > <http://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/judicial-watch-releases-state-department-inspector-general-investigation-records-related-hillary-clinton-emails/>) > > of new Clinton email records through court-ordered discovery. Twice in > May, Judicial Watch uncovered new Clinton emails, including emails that > show Clinton knew about the security risk of her BlackBerry (see here > <http://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/judicial-watch-new-clinton-emails-reveal-clinton-knew-about-security-risk-of-private-blackberry-avoided-use-of-secure-phone/> > and > here > <http://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/judicial-watch-lawsuit-uncovers-more-hillary-clinton-emails-withheld-from-state-department/> > ). > > Recently > <http://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/judicial-watch-lawsuit-uncovers-more-hillary-clinton-emails-withheld-from-state-department/>, > > Judicial Watch released other State Department emails (one batch of 103 > pages > <http://www.judicialwatch.org/document-archive/jw-v-state-5th-production-huma-emails-00684-3/>, > > the second of 138 pages > <http://www.judicialwatch.org/document-archive/jw-v-state-6th-production-huma-emails-00684/>), > > with newly discovered Clinton emails also going back as far as January 2009. > > In March, Judicial Watch released > <http://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/judicial-watch-lawsuit-uncovers-new-hillary-clinton-email-withheld-from-state-department/> > Clinton > State Department emails dating from February 2009 that also call into > question her statements about her emails. Those emails contained more > evidence of the battle between security officials in the State Department, > National Security Agency, Clinton and her staff over attempts to obtain > secure BlackBerrys. > > On August 9, Judicial Watch produced a 2009 email in which Band directed > Abedin and Mills to put Lebanese-Nigerian billionaire and Clinton > Foundation donor Gilbert Chagoury > <http://www.judicialwatch.org/document-archive/jw-v-state-abedin-production-9-00684-pg-255/> > in > touch with the State Department’s “substance person” on Lebanon. Band noted > that Chagoury is “key guy there [Lebanon] and to us.” Chagoury > <http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/bribe/2010/01/nigeria-chasing-the-ghosts-of-a-corrupt-regime.html> > > has donated between $1 million to $5 million to the Foundation, according > to foundation documents > <http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/st_clintondonor_20081218.html>. > > He also pledged > <http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/no-fly-terror-list-includes-big-donor-clinton-initiative/story?id=9791786> > $1 > billion to the Clinton Global Initiative > <http://www.judicialwatch.org/bulletins/the-clinton-shell-game/>. > > Hillary Clinton has repeatedly stated that she believes that the 55,000 > pages of documents she turned over to the State Department in December 2014 > included all of her work-related emails. In response to a court order in > other Judicial Watch litigation, she declared under penalty of perjury > <http://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/judicial-watch-hillary-clinton-submits-email-information-to-court-under-penalty-of-perjury/> > > that she had “directed that all my emails on clintonemail.com in my > custody that were or are potentially federal records be provided to the > Department of State, and on information and belief, this has been done.” > This new email find is also at odds with her official campaign statement > <https://www.hillaryclinton.com/briefing/factsheets/2015/07/13/email-facts/> > suggesting all “work or potentially work-related emails” were provided to > the State Department. > > ### > > > > http://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/new-abedin-emails-reveal-hillary-clinton-state-department-gave-special-access-top-clinton-foundation-donors/ > -- -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. 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