Former President Bill Clinton lashed out on Twitter Saturday in response to accusations that daughter Chelsea Clinton used Clinton Foundation funds to pay for her wedding, calling it a "personal insult to me, to Hillary, and to Chelsea and Marc," referring to son-in-law Marc Mezvinsky.
No Clinton Foundation funds—dedicated to Haiti or otherwise—were used to pay for Chelsea’s wedding. It’s not only untrue, it’s a personal insult to me, to Hillary, and to Chelsea and Marc.https://t.co/YEHqqYrsxW
— Bill Clinton (@BillClinton) January 13, 2018
Bill was triggered after controversy surrounding the Clinton Foundation's involvement in Haiti was rehashed following a tweet by Chelsea Clinton - criticizing President Trump's alleged use of the word "shithole" in reference to several impoverished countries, including Haiti - which the Clintons have a long and sordid history of screwing over.
Mr. President, immigrants from El Salvador, Haiti and the 54 countries in Africa likely helped build your buildings. They’ve certainly helped build our country. cc @POTUS https://t.co/hv1QYRoRy3
— Chelsea Clinton (@ChelseaClinton) January 11, 2018
In response to Chelsea Clinton's tweet that "Immigrants from El Salvador, Haiti and the 54 countries in Africa likely helped build your buildings," conservative journalist Paul Joseph Watson brought up claims revealed in an email published by WikiLeaks that the Clinton Foundation used money designated for Haiti relief towards Chelsea Clinton's wedding:
Chelsea loves the Haitian people. They paid for her wedding, after all. https://t.co/rYmmXiswGE
— Paul Joseph Watson (@PrisonPlanet) January 12, 2018
Linked at the bottom of Bill Clinton's tweet is a Washington Post article, "fact checking" a 2012 email published by WikiLeaks sent from long-time Bill Clinton aide, who became notorious in the weeks before the 2016 presidential election for his extensive insider revelations on the true nature of the Clinton Foundation, as leaked by WikiLeaks, Doug Band to John Podesta, in which Band urges Podesta to speak with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton about "The investigation into her [Chelsea Clinton] getting paid for campaigning, using foundation resources for her wedding and life for a decade, taxes on money from her parents.."
Hilariously, the WaPo "fact check" Bill Clinton links to relies on the suggestion that Doug Band lied to John Podesta about Chelsea due to "bad blood" - after Band had left the Clinton Foundation to start Teneo Holdings.
Band appears to be alleging Chelsea Clinton engaged in some inappropriate use of Clinton Foundation “resources” — whatever that is — for her 2010 wedding to Marc Mezvinsky. Clearly, there’s some bad blood between Chelsea Clinton and Band, who had left the foundation in 2011 to start his own company, Teneo Holdings. -WaPo
WikiLeaks points out that while Bill Clinton's tweet says no Clinton Foundation "funds" were used on Chelsea's wedding, Doug Band uses the word "resources."
Bill Clinton claims that no Clinton Foundation "funds" were used to pay for Chelsea Clinton's wedding. However, the leaked email from then top Bill Clinton aide Doug Band doesn't say "funds" it says "resources": https://t.co/hHY9OUwry3 https://t.co/mU2xJhASnL
— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) January 14, 2018
In addition to Chelsea's wedding, WikiLeaks emails also revealed that husband Marc Mezvinsky used Clinton Foundation connections to raise money for his hedge fund.
In a Jan. 2012 email to Podesta, Mills and current Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe, Band wrote that Mezvinsky invited “several potential investors” for his hedge fund “and a few current business ones” to a foundation poker night fundraiser he had been planning.
“I assume all are contributing to the foundation, which of course isn't the point,” Band wrote. “The entire plan of his has been to use this for his business.”
In the same email, Band — referring to Chelsea Clinton by her initials — wrote that Mezvinsky “has CVC making some calls for him to get mtgs with some clinton people.”
And, in a Nov. 2011 memo released Sunday, Band wrote that major Clinton Foundation donor Marc Lasry was “assisting Marc Mezvinsky – Chelsea Clinton Mezvinsky’s husband – in raising money for his new fund.” -Politico
Who is Doug Band?
Band, 45, was a longtime personal assistant to Bill Clinton, and considered the "key architect" of the Clinton post-presidency; helping to create the Clinton Foundation and the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) which allowed the Clintons to accept foreign aid. Band left the Clinton Foundation in 2011 to form investment banking and advisory firm, Teno Holdings, along with Hillary Clinton's top fundraiser for her 2008 campaign, Declan Kelly.
Of note, Band negotiated with the Obama administration for the appointment of Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State:
Inside the Obama transition, the intense vetting for the Clintons, dubbed by some as "the project," is being handled by a small circle of close advisers to each side. Representing the Clintons are: Cheryl Mills, a former Clinton administration official and top aide to Sen. Clinton during her presidential bid; Doug Band, counselor to Mr. Clinton; and Bruce Lindsey, chief executive of the William J. Clinton Foundation. Obama transition chief John Podesta, and his deputy, Todd Stern, are spearheading the discussions for Mr. Obama. -WSJ
Chelsea vs. Doug
As we wrote in October, 2016 - with each new WikiLeaks dump, the rabbit hole in the feud between Chelsea Clinton and Doug Band seemed to grow a little deeper. In a November 11, 2011 email from Chelsea to John Podesta, Cheryl Mills and the Clinton Foundation lawyers - Chelsea clearly lists out her issues with Clinton aides Doug Band, Justin Cooper and someone referred to only as "Hannah," which is presumably Hannah Deletto, Director of Membership at the Clinton Foundation.
Among other things, the email alleges that Justin Cooper installed spyware on Bill Clinton's computer in order to monitor his email traffic, that both Justin Cooper and Hannah Deletto stole "significant sums of money" from the Clintons and that Doug Band / Teneo "hustled business at CGI."
Band, meanwhile, had a bad habit of being brutally honest over email about "spoiled brat" Chelsea... The following example comes from January 2012 when Band forwards a complimentary email from Chelsea (aka "Diane Reynolds") essentially calling her a two-faced backstabber.
She sends me one of these types of emails every few days/week
As they say, the apple doesn't fall far
A kiss on the cheek while she is sticking a knife in the back, and front
Of course, this wasn't the first time Band intimated his true feelings about Chelsea to Podesta. Just a couple of months earlier, in November 2011, Band sent the following email after Chelsea expressed her views that Band's firm, Teneo, created potential conflicts of interest in going to State Department officials to seek assistance for clients, including MF Global.
"She is acting like a spoiled brat kid who has nothing else to do but create issues to justify what she's doing because she, as she has said, hasn't found her way and has a lack of focus in her life. I realize she will be off of this soon but if it doesn't come soon enough...."
After that, the situation escalated to the point that Band sent the following email two days later saying that Chelsea had pushed Clinton Foundation COO, Laura Graham, to the brink of suicide. Within the email Band describes an encounter in which he received a "late night" call from Graham who was:
"...on staten island in her car parked a few feet from the waters edge with her foot on the gas pedal and the car in park. She called me to tell me the stress of all of this office crap with wjc and cvc as well as that of her family had driven her to the edge and she couldn't take it anymore."
Chelsea, meanwhile launched an internal investigation into the Clinton Global Initiative and Clinton Foundation, according to a January, 2012 email Doug Band sent to John Podesta:
I just received a call from a close friend of wjcs who said that cvc told one of the bush 43 kids that she is conducting an internal investigation of money within the foundation from cgi to the foundation
The bush kid then told someone else who then told an operative within the republican party
The Clintons vs. Haiti
Doug Band and Chelsea Clinton's feud aside, the Clintons have a long and sordid history with Haiti, including;
- Hillary Clinton's State Department pressured Haiti to suppress their minimum wage in sweatshops in order to benefit US clothing manufacturers
factory owners refused to pay 62 cents per hour, or $5 per day, as a measure unanimously passed by the Haitian Parliament in June 2009 would have mandated. And they had the vigorous backing of the US Agency for International Development and the US Embassy when they took that stand.
To resolve the impasse between the factory owners and Parliament, the State Department urged quick intervention by then Haitian President René Préval.
A deputy chief of mission, David E. Lindwall, said the $5 per day minimum “did not take economic reality into account” but was a populist measure aimed at appealing to “the unemployed and underpaid masses.”
- Clinton Foundation donors were were allegedly handed government contracts to clean up in the aftermath of the 2010 Haiti earthquake:
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- Bill Clinton intervened in the jail sentence of Laura Silsby, a convicted child trafficker who attempted to smuggle 33 children out of Haiti.
- Of note, Huma Abedin was constantly forwarding Hillary Clinton articles on Silsby's organization.
Laura Silsby was arrested at the Haitian border attempting to smuggle 33 children out of Haiti without documentation. Her sentence and charges were reduced after an intervention by Bill Clinton.https://t.co/tuk1Vs3D4u
— Jack Posobiec 🇺🇸 (@JackPosobiec) January 11, 2018
Hillary and Bill Clinton took an extraordinary interest in Silsby’s case from the moment she was arrested and almost immediately stepped in on her behalf. The Harvard Human Rights Journal stated that one of Bill Clinton’s first acts as special envoy for the United Nations in Haiti “was to put out the fire of a child abduction scandal involving American citizens.” On February 7th, 2010, The Sunday Times reported that Bill Clinton had intervened to strike a deal with the Haitian government, securing the release of all co-conspirators except for Silsby. Prosecutors ultimately sought a six-month sentence in Silsby’s case, reducing charges for conspiracy and child abduction to mere “arranging irregular travel.” A shockingly light penalty given the circumstances of her arrest, which would likely not have been possible but for the intervention of the Clintons in Silsby’s case. -Disobedient Media
And the attorney who represented Laura Silsby? Convicted human trafficker Jorge Puello Torres.
SANTO DOMINGO, March 19 (Reuters) - A Dominican Republic man who acted as legal adviser to a group of U.S. missionaries held for several weeks in Haiti on child kidnapping charges has been arrested in Santo Domingo, local police said on Friday. Jorge Puello Torres, wanted by El Salvador as a suspect in a human trafficking ring, was detained at a car wash in the city late on Thursday, a spokesman from the Dominican Republic's police anti-narcotics unit said. He was arrested in the Dominican Republic's capital on a warrant issued by Interpol, the international police organization. (reuters)
Oddly, a former Haitian government official set to expose the Clinton Foundation's misdeeds in Haiti shot himself in the head a week before he was able to testify. Klaus Eberwein, was found dead in a Miami Dade motel room in what examiners ruled a suicide.
According to Miami-Dade’s medical examiner records supervisor, the official cause of death is “gunshot to the head.“ Eberwein’s death has been registered as “suicide” by the government. But not long before his death, he acknowledged that his life was in danger because he was outspoken on the criminal activities of the Clinton Foundation.
Eberwein was a fierce critic of the Clinton Foundation’s activities in the Caribbean island, where he served as director general of the government’s economic development agency, Fonds d’assistance économique et social, for three years. “The Clinton Foundation, they are criminals, they are thieves, they are liars, they are a disgrace,” Eberwein said at a protest outside the Clinton Foundation headquarters in Manhattan in 2016. Eberwein was due to appear before the Haitian Senate Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission where he was widely expected to testify that the Clinton Foundation misappropriated Haiti earthquake donations from international donors. But this “suicide” gets even more disturbing…
Eberwein was only 50-years-old and reportedly told acquaintances he feared for his life because of his fierce criticism of the Clinton Foundation. His close friends and business partners were taken aback by the idea he may have committed suicide. “It’s really shocking,” said friend Gilbert Bailly. “We grew up together; he was like family.”
You can watch more on the Clintons and Haiti here:
Perhaps actor James Woods summed up the relationship between the Clintons and Haiti best;
The balls on this guy! You looted Haiti like a peg-legged pirate. You, your crooked wife, and your cheesy slush fund “foundation” worked in concert to turn it into the shithole it has become. #BagmanBill #ClintonFoundation #Haiti https://t.co/kPRxesS72C
— James Woods (@RealJamesWoods) January 13, 2018
Comments
Sure Bill, " I did not have sexual relations with that women "
And Haiters gonna Haiti.
I only 'inhaled' while composing the guest list.
James, you are all wrong about that. I lost plenty of balls when the interns were practicing sucking golf balls through a garden hose at the interviews. Damn but I also spent a fortune re-chroming the tow ball on the 'Beast' <chuckle>.
Limo One has never been the same since.
J. Pesasemold Gruntfuttock
In reply to Sure Bill, " I did not have… by Bill of Rights
Ya know, Bill- a VERY simple way for you to prove your position is to simply take a film crew down to Haiti and show the world EXACTLY what you did with the money- show us the infrastructure, a building, a Kool-Aid stand..... After all, for a foundation that YOU are responsible for, for an island that you have professed such concern for- I'm SURE that you would love to check on this situation PERSONALLY...... Who spends "billions" and doesn't at least take a tour?
What's that- six whole houses and a couple of semi trailers filled with foam? Are you fucking kidding?
Yeah, I thought so......
"Personally insult the Clintons"- yeah, things that aren't possible in this universe.......
In reply to And Haitiers gonna Hait… by J. Peasemold G…
The Clintons have brought nothing but one disaster after another to Haiti. Hopefully, they'll disappear like the serpent's legs did long ago.
https://bipworldview.wordpress.com/2018/01/13/the-serpents-legs/
In reply to Ya know, Bill- a VERY easy… by jcaz
Bill Clinton brings new meaning to the term 'shithole'.
In reply to Clinton has brought nothing… by stizazz
That lying sack of shit is lying again.
At least he aint out raping and having wifey intimidate the victim.
In reply to Bill Clinton brings new… by Cognitive Dissonance
I'm listening to some Jane's Addiction, 'Been Caught Stealing' right now. Seems appropriate.
In reply to … by BennyBoy
Ha! We all know the Clintons are PROVEN serial liars.
And they know their Dim/Lib/MSM will cover for them.
Thus, ol' Slick tells yet another whopper.
In reply to I'm listening to some Jane's… by NoDebt
C'mon, Lucifer... what are you waiting for? Finally claim your prize servants on this earth. They've earned your ever-loving grace and it's time for their eternal damnation.
In reply to Ha! The Clintons are PROVEN… by wee-weed up
Bill Clinton is 100% honest and correct on this one.
They used Harvey Weinstein's money to pay for the wedding.
In reply to C'mon, Lucifer... what are… by J S Bach
that would be a resource of the clinton foundation.
In reply to Bill Clinton is 100% honest… by johngaltfla
It's all coming unraveled. Maybe not as quickly as many on ZH have wished, but nevertheless, the final judgment of the Clintons has arrived. God bless America.
"I did not have sexual relations with that nation's money..."
The TRUTH about Q-ANON, TRUMP, & the STORM
https://youtu.be/54jBJ0mMGzE
In reply to that would be a resource of… by jeff montanye
".... personal insult to me, to Hillary, and to Chelsea and Marc,"
Sure, Bill. But as Chelsea would say, It depends upon what the definition of the word "is" is.
In reply to It's all coming unraveled… by Mango327
That broad's face - so fucking ugly, it is perfectly shaped to star in a cum dumpster gonzo.
In reply to Sure, Bill. But as Chelsea… by IH8OBAMA
Remember Slick Willy on the Lewinsky tapes? "Deny, deny, deny."
Sorry, you trailer-park trash, but we know you're a liar. We know you coached people to lie (suborn perjury). We know this is your M.O.
We know you're lying now.
In reply to C'mon, Lucifer... what are… by J S Bach
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In reply to Ha! The Clintons are PROVEN… by wee-weed up
I remember the tv ads with Bill and George W. both with slimy smiles on their faces. They I learned what happened. They stole all the Haiti money. The people of Haiti got nothing. Just pocketed the cash and onto the next scam. Protected by the DNC owned FBI. The premier law enforcement agency; a fish with a rotten head ... gills, spine, and tail. We saw that with the Bundays. Snipers positioned just like at Ruby Ridge and Waco. Like the BLM honcho bragging about the people he's driven to suicide. Rotten stuff in DC.
In reply to Ha! The Clintons are PROVEN… by wee-weed up
Of course he denies it. What did you expect?
Nothing to see here. Move along.
– Jeff Sessions
In reply to I'm listening to some Jane's… by NoDebt
Chelsea is almost as ugly as her dad, Webster.
In reply to I'm listening to some Jane's… by NoDebt
I disagree...
She's worse!
In reply to Chelsea is almost as ugly as… by el buitre
imo she's kind of cute in a fleshy, farmer's daughter sort of way. imo hillary was pretty as a youth.
bill and hillary (especially) however should be doing life without parole since we don't dish out the short rope into the small hole anymore.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuremberg_executions
In reply to I disagree... She's worse! by wee-weed up
At least Bill didn't jerk off into the flower pots in front of women like his "close friend" Harvey Weinstein used to. Just on their dresses....
In reply to imo she's kind of cute in a… by jeff montanye
I like REMs "Losing my Religon" or that other song, "One Headlight."
In reply to I'm listening to some Jane's… by NoDebt
Just bought that cd. Great stuff.
In reply to I'm listening to some Jane's… by NoDebt
Bill Clinton has been sheltered considering what a rapist, crook and liar he is compared to our generous, benevolent kind ruler, President trump who takes shit from the left and deep state 24/7.
Slide a potato sack over him and make him walk thru the streets begging for forgiveness from the American people.
What a royal POS!
In reply to … by BennyBoy
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In reply to Bill Clinton has been… by Son of Loki
Okay, Billie, everything will be okay now honey. Just slide your chair right up to your desk and I'll take it from there. Love, Monica
In reply to … by BennyBoy
Right Bill.
We know who you are. You are an Ex CIA president who received brief cases full of Mena cash. You expect us to believe you didn't take a taste of Haiti funds? Internet dude. It's out.
In reply to Bill Clinton brings new… by Cognitive Dissonance
There are other accusations against the Clintons from high-level ex-Haïti government officials.
In reply to Right Bill… by Moe-Monay
The Clinton trolls seems strangely silent on this article..........
In reply to Bill Clinton brings new… by Cognitive Dissonance
All of Haiti needs some "Jim Jones" (tm) Kool Aid stands. That place is an honest to goodness shithole. Almost as bad as Shitcago or Detroit.
In reply to Ya know, Bill- a VERY easy… by jcaz
SHE IS FUGGLY! Fucking ugly. A cross between a demon and a horse.
In reply to The whole place needs some … by Moe-Monay
What have you got against horses?
In reply to SHE IS FUGGLY! Fucking ugly… by Bunker Boy
Not sure how that double occurred.
In reply to Ya know, Bill- a VERY easy… by jcaz
3 billion would go a long way back then in Haiti and should be evident it was spent in useful ways - lack of evidence points to the truth - fraud.
That, three billion, would be enough for $246 for each person in Haiti - 2/3 of an entire years wages. That cannot go unnoticed.
In reply to Ya know, Bill- a VERY easy… by jcaz
The $13 billion they stole would provide much more then.
In reply to 3 billion would go a long… by Kefeer
Is Bill willing to return the little Haitian girls he took also?
Or did he divvy them up with his pal, PedoPodesta?
In reply to The $13 billion they stole… by Winston Churchill
Forgive me for asking William J. Clinton but it seems that you did not have much time for the island nation of Haiti but please refesh my memory if you would.
If it's not personally insulting, how many trips did you take to Epstein's Island?
Twenty six (26+) was it on record?
I suggest your attentions found greater satisfaction at Epsteins.
No happy ending for Haiti though.
J. Peasemold Gruntfuttock
In reply to Ya know, Bill- a VERY easy… by jcaz
Why are they still referring to Horseface Hubbel as Bill's daughter?
In reply to And Haitiers gonna Hait… by J. Peasemold G…
He has a son who although black he is probably 10x the person Chel appears to be. But how could she help it? She's 1/2 Shrillary. YIKES. Sucks to me you.
In reply to Why are they still referring… by The_Juggernaut
I totally think that black kid was his. Looks a lot like hillbilly
In reply to He has a son who although… by Moe-Monay
Both crooked Clinton and Benevolent trump are 71 years old.
When Trump gets up in the morning and opens his eyes he sees the gorgeous Melania.
When Bill gets up he cringes trying not to look over at cankles with a smelly thigh gap of negative 5 cm.
In reply to He has a son who although… by Moe-Monay
What a hoot!
Yep, ol' Hitlery Rottencrotch!
Can you say...
Projectile vomit?
In reply to Both crooked Clinton and… by Son of Loki
It depends upon what the meaning of the word 'funds' is. It takes a lot to run a foundation. Hit men cost triple what they did in the 90's and flying to private islands isn't cheap. But I repeat, I did not authorize CF funds for that woman, Chelsea. They were entirely donated by the generosity of Tony Rodham at VCS Mining.
In reply to … by wee-weed up
Appearances. No pun intended
In reply to Why are they still referring… by The_Juggernaut
you slander the equine why?
noble animal.
if they don't trust you, you'll be in focus of their left eye.
In reply to Why are they still referring… by The_Juggernaut
Depends on Bill's definition of "used"- his statement is full of Clintonspeak-
Sweet to see that come around to bite him in the ass.......
In reply to Sure Bill, " I did not have… by Bill of Rights
Oh Yeah! The Clinton foundation and the RED Cross, built 6 homes in Haiti! No joke on that, don't ever give a dime to the RED Cross. Only to the Clinton's if you need someone killed or a get out of jail free card.
In reply to Depends on Bill's definition… by jcaz
Got to wonder why they closed the Foundation down if it was doing such good work?
In reply to Oh Yeah! The Clinton… by MozartIII
Closed the foundation down in order to buy enough time to bleach bit and otherwise destroy as many incriminating records as possible.
In reply to Got to wonder why they… by Secret Weapon
Pagination