Posts Tagged ‘Skolkovo’

More Clinton Global Initiative Greatest Hits

Monday, January 16th, 2017

Jeff Dunetz at The Lid has more on the Clinton Global Initiative in the wake of yesterday’s post that it was being shut down. He included some CGI Greatest Pay-for-Play Hits I missed, including:

  • Helping Set Up Russia’s Silicon Valley

    For example CGI was involved in Ms. Clinton’s Skolkovo project designed to create a Russian “Silicon Valley.” Sadly were warnings from the FBI that and within Ms. Clinton’s own state department at the time that Skolkovo may have created a legal way for Russia to gain access to America’s classified technology– the kind of access they used to employ espionage to access.

    More than the danger to American security, the Skolkovo project enabled former President Bubba Clinton to make a speech in Russian and one in the U.S. which netted him a total of $756K in speaking fees. It was also a boon to Clinton foundation donors. It was Hillary Clinton and her state department that arraigned for US companies to get involved with Skolkovo. Peter Schweizer reported in “From Russia With Money“, 17 of the 28 companies that were ultimately listed as “key partners” in Skolkovo were also Clinton Foundation donors.

  • Helping Claudio Osorio Defraud $10 Million in Taxpayer Money

    Hillary Clinton State Dept. pulled strings so that Miami businessman/Clinton Foundation Donor Claudio Osorio could get a $10 million loan from the federal government which he never intended to repay. The money came from the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC). Mr. Osorio is now serving a 12-year prison sentence for scamming the federal government and others out of millions.

    Snip.

    OPIC official writes that Osorio’s company had “U.S. persons of political influence that are able to assist in advancing the company’s plans.” It continues: “For instance, former President Bill Clinton is personally in contact with the Company to organize its logistical and support needs,” the document states. “Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has made available State Department resources to assist with logistical arrangements.” Additionally, the Clinton Global Initiative had “indicated that it would be willing to contract to purchase 6,500 homes in Haiti from InnoVida within the next year.”

  • Arranging Pay-for-Play Meetings With Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, including Crown Prince Salman of Bahrain and Pepsi CEO Indra Nooyi.
  • Read the whole thing.

    (Hat tip: Director Blue.)