The Clintons keep cashing in.

• Author: Fischer, Raymond L.
• Position: National Affairs

AUTHOR of 10 books, including Extortion: How Politicians Extract Your Money, Buy Votes, and Line Their Pockets; Throw Them All Out: How Politicians and Their Friends Get Rich off Insider Stock Tips, Land Deals, and Cronyism that Would Send the Rest of Us to Prison; and Architects of Ruin: How Big Government Liberals Wrecked the Global Economy--and How They Will Do It Again if No One Stops Them, Peter Schweizer is a master of the expose. His tales of political wrongdoing have led to congressional resignations and new ethics laws. Founder and director of the Government Accountability Institute, he heads a team of researchers and journalists who investigate and expose "crony capitalism, misuse of taxpayers' monies, and other governmental corruption and malfeasance." Schweizer meticulously documents his in-depth research from sources around the world--from Canadian tax records to Russian uranium sales.

Much of what happens in U.S. politics is "transactional": individuals seek ways to influence the powerful by contributing money to their coffers. Both Bill and Hillary Clinton have used clever ways to evade the illegality of accepting foreign contributions to their political campaigns and the "Bill, Hillary, and Chelsea" Clinton Foundation. Without precedent in American politics, the scope and extent of payments to the Clintons have made them "exceedingly wealthy." The Clintons know no discretion in actively soliciting money.

In Clinton Cash: The Untold Story of How and Why Foreign Governments and Businesses Helped Make Bill and Hillary Rich, Schweizer focuses specifically on transactions involving foreign governments and controversial politicians in countries "where major foreign policy issues are at stake." The well-defined spend-and-receive transactions occur so frequently and consistently they "warrant further investigation by law enforcement officers."

The Clintons' most lucrative transactions do not occur in modern countries such as Germany and Great Britain, where ethical rules "separate business and politics," but in developing countries where despotism, corruption, and payoffs prevail. Bill Clinton flies around the world in the guise of a "global humanitarian"; bureaucratic obstructions "mysteriously clear within the purview of Hillary's [positions]"; and businessmen "who benefit from these apparent interventions" make huge donations to the Clinton Foundation.

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