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   From: investigate.pelosi@cnn.com   
      
   Scandal: A new investigation reveals that Bill and Hillary   
   Clinton took in at least $100 million from Middle East leaders.   
   Can such a financially and ethically compromised candidate truly   
   function as our nation's leader?   
      
   The investigation by the Daily Caller News Foundation has   
   uncovered a disturbing pattern of the Clintons' raising money   
   for the Clinton Foundation from regimes that have checkered   
   records on human rights and that aren't always operating in the   
   best interests of the U.S. By the way, the $100 million we   
   mentioned above doesn't appear to include another $30 million   
   given to the Clintons by two Mideast-based foundations and four   
   billionaire Saudis.   
      
   All told, it's a lot of money.   
      
   "These regimes are buying access," Patrick Poole, a national   
   security analyst who regularly writes for PJ Media, told the   
   DCNF. "You've got the Saudis. You've got the Kuwaitis, Oman,   
   Qatar and the UAE (United Arab Emirates). There are massive   
   conflicts of interest. It's beyond comprehension."   
      
   Well, maybe not, given that Clinton, during her four-year tenure   
   as secretary of state, used a clearly illegal private email   
   server which is now under investigation by the FBI. Her open e-   
   mail system likely was hacked by Chinese, Russian and perhaps   
   other spy agencies, say cyberespionage experts. Such negligence   
   would seem to disqualify her from ever holding a sensitive   
   foreign policy post in the government again.   
      
   Meanwhile, former U.S. Attorney Joseph E. diGenova told the   
   Caller that he believes the FBI has launched a second, possibly   
   more serious investigation into possible political corruption   
   involving the Clinton Foundation. This is potentially explosive,   
   given that the Clintons seem to have run their charity in a way   
   that lines their own pockets.   
      
   The question is an open one: Did the oil-rich Mideast nations   
   give lavishly to the Clinton Foundation in an effort to   
   influence future U.S. policy? And what about Bill Clinton's   
   business partnership with Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum,   
   Dubai's authoritarian ruler, from 2003 to 2008? Clinton took   
   away some $15 million in "guaranteed payments" from the deal,   
   his tax records show.   
      
   A picture of extraordinary greed is emerging from both Clintons   
   in the years after they hold the highest posts in the U.S.   
   government.   
      
   In just the past three years, after her stint as the nation's   
   top diplomat, Hillary Clinton spoke to dozens of deep-pocket   
   firms on Wall Street, typically charging $250,000 a pop to hear   
   her wit and wisdom -- despite her bitter condemnations of Wall   
   Street during her campaign.   
      
   All told, she took in an estimated $22 million from these   
   speeches -- an extraordinary amount, given the growing consensus   
   among foreign-policy thinkers that Clinton was one of the worst   
   secretaries of state ever.   
      
   So why would Arab potentates and Wall Street magnates alike pony   
   up so much money for the Clintons? Is it because they believe so   
   strongly in the philanthropic mission of the Clinton Family   
   Foundation? Or is it that they hoped to have influence on a   
   future Hillary Clinton presidency, which would of course feature   
   First Gentleman Bill Clinton?   
      
   Remember, a Hillary Clinton presidency once looked like a sure   
   thing. Now, given the growing possibility that she could be   
   charged for criminal negligence for putting secret material on a   
   private server, or perhaps even be charged with corruption,   
   Clinton has far more serious problems than just getting elected.   
   Her biggest problem may be staying out of prison.   
      
   http://www.investors.com/politics/editorials/hillarys-latest-   
   scandal-she-and-bill-siphoned-100-mil-from-persian-gulf-leaders/   
                       
      
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