Common Cause Urges Review of Clinton Foundation Donations

Common Cause Urges Review of Clinton Foundation Donations

Friday, 24 Apr 2015 02:09 PM

By Drew MacKenzie

http://www.newsmax.com/Politics/common-cause-clinton-foundation-foreign-hillary-clinton/2015/04/24/id/640622/

Common Cause has urged Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and the Clinton Foundation to create an independent review of major donations to the foundation.

"As Mrs. Clinton herself observed earlier this week, voluntary disclosure is not enough," said Common Cause President Miles Rapoport, according to The Washington Examiner.

"A report in Thursday's New York Times indicates that the Clinton Foundation violated an agreement to identify all of its donors. The foundation's omissions create significant gaps in the information that voters need to make informed decisions at the polls."

Common Cause is a liberal, non-profit advocacy organization based in Washington, D.C., which was founded in 1970. The group was created to serve as a citizens' lobby to establish greater transparency and accountability in U.S. political institutions.

Rapoport said the foundation should open its books fully and to make public the complete report of its audit. He also said that to avoid future conflicts of interest, the foundation should stop accepting donations from foreign governments and corporations, the Examiner reported.

"There already is too much 'dark money' in our elections, in the form of spending by supposedly independent nonprofit groups that are not required to disclose their donors and operate as sort of shadow campaigns," Rapoport said.

"The Clinton Foundation and any other foundations tied to a candidate or his or her family provide one more way for potential donors to gain access and curry favor from candidates — without the public knowing about it. That lack of transparency creates a clear risk of undue influence and conflicts of interest."

Although Hillary Clinton, the former secretary of state, has cut her association with the Clinton Foundation, her husband, former President Bill Clinton, and daughter Chelsea are still active in its operations, the newspaper reported.

"Six years ago, at Mrs. Clinton's confirmation hearing for her appointment as secretary of state, then-Sen. Dick Lugar observed that 'that foreign governments and entities may perceive the Clinton Foundation as a means to gain favor with the secretary of state.' He was right, and his remarks remain relevant today as Mrs. Clinton seeks the presidency," Rapoport said.

Hillary Clinton

Hillary Rodham Clinton is the candidate for the 2016 Hillary Rodham Clinton presidential campaign, was a director at the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation, her chief of staff was Melanne Verveer, the secretary at the U.S. Department of State for the Barack Obama administration, and a founding chair for the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security.

Note: Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation, and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).

George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations, co-chair, national finance council for the Ready PAC (Ready For Hillary), was a contributor for the Priorities USA Action, and the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Common Cause, and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).

Priorities USA Action is supporting the 2016 Hillary Rodham Clinton presidential campaign, and was a super PAC supporting the 2012 Barack Obama presidential campaign.

Ready PAC (Ready For Hillary) supported the 2016 Hillary Rodham Clinton presidential campaign.

Leonard T. Mendonca was a contributor for the Priorities USA Action, and is a governing board member for the Common Cause.

Melanne Verveer was a field manager for the Common Cause, Hillary Rodham Clinton’s chief of staff, an ambassador-at-large for global women's issues for the U.S. Department of State, and is an executive director for the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security.

Benjamin R. Barber is a governing board member for the Common Cause, and was a trustee at the Gaddafi International Charity and Development Foundation.

Saif Al Islam Al-Qadhafi is the chairman for the Gaddafi International Charity and Development Foundation, and Muammar Abu Minyar Al-Qadhafi’s son.

Muammar Abu Minyar Al-Qadhafi was Saif Al Islam Al-Qadhafi’s father, the leader for Libya, and said he loved Condoleezza Rice & kept scrapbook of her photos

J. Christopher Stevens was the U.S. ambassador for Libya, and killed in the 2012 attack on U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya.

Condoleezza Rice was the secretary at the U.S. Department of State, Muammar Abu Minyar Al-Qadhafi said he loved her & kept scrapbook of her photos, and an Oxford University Rhodes scholar.

William W. Bradley was an Oxford University Rhodes scholar, and is a trustee at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).

James A. Leach was a foreign service officer for the U.S. Department of State, the chairman for Common Cause, and a trustee at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).

Richard N. Haass was a director of policy planning for the U.S. Department of State, a senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank), and an Oxford University Rhodes scholar.

Jessica Tuchman Mathews was the president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank), is a director at the American Friends of Bilderberg (think tank), a director at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank), and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).

Ed Griffin’s interview with Norman Dodd in 1982

(The investigation into the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace uncovered the plans for population control by involving the United States in war)

http://www.illuminati-news.com/110106a.htm

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank) was a funder for the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank).

Richard G. Lugar (Dick) is a director at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (think tank), and was an Oxford University Rhodes scholar.

William J. Clinton was an Oxford University Rhodes scholar, the founder of the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation, and an adviser for the 2016 Hillary Rodham Clinton presidential campaign.

Priorities USA Action is supporting the 2016 Hillary Rodham Clinton presidential campaign, and was a super PAC supporting the 2012 Barack Obama presidential campaign.

Ready PAC (Ready For Hillary) supported the 2016 Hillary Rodham Clinton presidential campaign.

Leonard T. Mendonca was a contributor for the Priorities USA Action, and is a governing board member for the Common Cause.

Robert B. Reich is a governing board chair for the Common Cause, and was an Oxford University Rhodes scholar.

Ira C. Magaziner was an Oxford University Rhodes scholar, and is the CEO & vice chairman, Clinton Health Access Initiative for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation.

George Stephanopoulos was an Oxford University Rhodes scholar, William J. Clinton’s senior adviser, and is anchor for This Week with George Stephanopoulos.

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Ian O. Cameron was an executive producer for This Week with George Stephanopoulos, a contributor for Priorities USA Action, and is married to Susan E. Rice.

Priorities USA Action is supporting the 2016 Hillary Rodham Clinton presidential campaign, and was a super PAC supporting the 2012 Barack Obama presidential campaign.

Ready PAC (Ready For Hillary) supported the 2016 Hillary Rodham Clinton presidential campaign.

Leonard T. Mendonca was a contributor for the Priorities USA Action, and is a governing board member for the Common Cause.

Susan E. Rice is married to Ian O. Cameron, the White House national security adviser for the Barack Obama administration, was an assistant secretary for the U.S. Department of State, the U.S. ambassador to UN for the Barack Obama administration, and an Oxford University Rhodes scholar.