VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THEUP
DATE.
WE APPRECIATE IT.
>> SURELY.
STEVE: NOW, EARLIER THIS MONTH
ALSO KNOWN AS CORRUPTION.
ANOTHER WAS SECRETARY OF STATE.
THOSE
DOOSE
DONOE
DONORS CONSIDERED SOME OF THE
RICHEST MOST PEEFL PEOPLE IN THE
WORLD.
AND FOR EXCHANGE THEY RECEIVED
SPECIAL ACCESS, FAVORS,
PROTECTION AND LUCRATIVE
BUSINESS DEALS.
TONIGHT WE INVESTIGATE THE SWAMP
THAT STARTED IT ALL, THE CLINTON
FOUNDATION IS TONIGHT'S SWAMP
WATCH.
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THE CLINTON FOUNDATION HAS
RAISED ROUGHLY $2 BILLION SINCE
ITS CREATION IN 2001.
OVER 48 MILLION OF THAT HAS BEEN
FROM OVERSEAS GOVERNMENT.
HILLARY CLINTON WAS IN A UNIQUE
POSITION TO REWARD THOSE
COUNTRIES FOR THEIR GENEROSITY.
TAKE SAUDI ARABIA, FOR EXAMPLE,
THEY GAVE BETWEEN 10 MILL.
10 AND
THAT'S ALL WE CAN TELL YOU
HAD THE ABILITY TO APPROVE ARM
DEALS.
SO WHICH NATIONS GOT HER
APPROVAL FOR A MASSIVE WEAPONS
DEAL IN 2011.
SURPRISE SURPRISE, SAUDI ARABIA.
AFTER ALL THERE'S NOTHING
UNUSUAL ABOUT THE U.S. FIRMS
SELLING WEAPON TO THE SAUDIS.
MAYBE NOT.
BUT WAS THIS A COINCIDENCE?
SAUDIS WERE HOPING THE ACQUIRE
GAVE $900,000 TO THE CLINTON
FOUNDATION TWO MONTHS BEFORE THE
THINK?
GOT TO HAND IT TO THE CLINTONS
MANAGING TO GET PAYOFFS FROM
BOTH SIDES OF THAT DEAL.
IT'S TRULY WORLD CLASS
CORRUPTION THAT COMES WITH YEARS
OF PRACTICE.
UNDER HILLARY CLINTON THE STATE
DEPARTMENT APPROVED $165 BILLION
WORTH OF COMMERCIAL ARMS SALES
TO 20 NATIONS WHOSE GOVERNMENTS
GAVE MONEY TO THE CLINTON
FOUNDATION.
THAT WAS NEARLY DOUBLE THE ARMS
SALES DURING THE SAME PERIOD OF
GEORGE W. BUSH'S SECOND TERM.
THIS MUST BE A COINCIDENCE.
HERE'S ANOTHER ONE
IN STWIEN
IN 2009, CHEVRON LOBBIED HILLARY
CLINTON'S STATE DEPARTMENT FOR A
NEW OIL PIPELINE FROM CANADA TO
WISCONSIN.
JUST IN CASE THE LOBBYING WASN'T
ENOUGH, THE THREE COMPANIES
DONATED BETWEEN 2 AND $3 MILLION
TO THE CLINTON FOUNDATION.
HILLARY APPROVED THE PERMIT FOR
THE PIPELINE THAT SAME YEAR.
WHAT A LOT OF COINCIDENCES THE
CLINTONS SEEM TO BE
ACCUMULATING.
ON BILL'S LAST DAY IN OFFICE,
PRESIDENT CLINTON PARDONED.
HOW MERCIFUL.
IT'S A COINCIDENCE THAT MARK
RICHARDS WIFE MADE A LOT OF
LARGE DONATION TO THE CLINTONS,
$100,000 IN IN 1999 AND $100,000
IN 2000, THE YEAR BEFORE HER
HUSBAND WAS PARDONED.
TO PARAPHRASE SHAKESPEARE, THE
QUALITY OF MERCY IS NOT
STRAINED.
IT DEVELOP
IT DROELOP
IT DROPEOP
IT DROPETH LIKE GIANT CHECKS
INTO THE CLINTON BANK ACCOUNT.
BILL ARRANGED HIS CORPORATE
DONATION TO VARIOUS CAUSES TO
STEER $2 MILLION TO A COMPANY
CALLED ENERGY PIONEER SOLUTIONS
WHICH WAS OWNED BY HIS CLOSE
FRANT.
IN JANUARY 2014, THE FRAGRANCE
FOUNDATION, A TRADE GROUP FOR
THE PERFUME INDUSTRY PAID BILL
CLINTON $260,000 TO GIVE A
SPEECH THAT LASTED LESS THAN AN
HOUR.
THE CLINTON FOUNDATION ORGANIZED
AND FUNDED A LIME TREE PLANTING
EFFORT IN HAITI THAT DIRECTLY
BENEFITED A CITIZEN COMPANY, ONE
OF THE WORLD'S LARGEST FRAGRANCE
AND FLAVORINGS SUPPLIES.
CLINTON'S SPEAKING FEE WASN'T A
DONATION TO THE FOUNDATION.
IT WAS REPORTED AS PERSONAL
INCOME.
IN FACT HE WAS PAID MORE THAN
$100 MILLION FOR SPEECHES
BETWEEN 2001 AND 2013.
AND SINCE LEAVING THE WHITE
HOUSE, HE'S MADE AT LEAST
$26 MILLION IN SPEAKING FEES
FROM COMPANIES AND ORGANIZATIONS
THAT ALSO DONATED TO HIS
FOUNDATION.
WHY DO THE CLINTONS GET TO
THE MORE MONEY THE DONORS GIVE
TO THE CLINTONS, THE MORE FAVOR
THEY FIND WITH ONE OF THE
WORLD'S MOST POWERFUL FAMILIES.
ANOTHER EXAMPLE.
FOLLOW THE HORRIFIC 2010
EARTHQUAKE IN HITY.
THE GOVERNMENT SET UP A
COMMITTEE CHAIRED BY BILL
CLINTON.
BILL'S COMMITTEE ACT A MOBILE
PROVIDER TO TRANSFER MONEY TO
HAITI VIA CELL PHONES.
THEY BROUGHT IN MORE THAN
$50 MILLION OF REVENUE IN HAITI.
IT WAS RUN BY DENNIS O'BRIEN WHO
SET UP A NUMBER OF PAID SPEECHES
FOR BILL CLINTON AND ALSO
DONATED MILLIONS OF HIS OWN
MONEY TO THE CLINTON FOUNDATION.
ANOTHER BENEFIT OF GIVING TO THE
CLINTONS WAS SPECIAL AK A SAYS
TO MEETINGS WITH HILLARY WHILE
SHE WAS SECRETARY OF STATE.
MORE THAN HALF OF THE PEOPLE
OUTSIDE THE GOVERNMENT WHO MET
WITH HILLARY DURING THE FIRST
HALF OF HER TENURE GAVE MONEY TO
THE CLINTON FOUNDATION.
EVEN CHELSEA CLINTON WARNED HER
SERIOUS CONCERNS OVER CONFLICTS
OF INTEREST WITH THE FOUNDATION,
ESPECIALLY IN CONNECTION WITH A
SECRET LOBBYING FIRM SET UP BY
HILLARY CLINTON'S FORMER
FUNDRAISER.
MANY OF THE CLIENTS WERE ALSO
CLINTON FOUNDATION DONORS.
BECAUSE THE OFFICIALS WERE USING
BILL CLINTON'S NAMES TO SET UP
MEETINGS WITH THEIR LOBBYING
CLIENTS, LIKE DOW CHEMICAL AND
COCA-COLA.
WHILE ALL OF THIS WAS GOING ON,
HILLARY'S TOP AIDE, HUMA ABEDIN
WAS A PAID CONSULTANT FOR THIS
LOBBYING FIRM WHILE SHE WAS
THE URANIUM ONE DEAL, ANOTHER
CLINTON COINCIDENCE WITH FRANK,
WHO OWNED THE URANIUM MINING
COMPANY THAT LATER MERGED WITH
URANIUM ONE BEFORE IT WAS SOLD
TO THE RUSSIANS, DONATED
$30 MILLION TO THE CLINTON
FOUNDATION.
THE CLINTON BUSINESS MODEL IS
LET'S END WITH THE WORDS OF
LEGENDARY NEW YORK TIMES
COLUMNIST NOREEN DOWD WHO PRETTY
MUCH NAILED IT.
SOME DAY THE CLINTONS SHOULD