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On 5/15/25 09:20, Siri Cruz wrote:
On 15/5/25 9:15, a425couple wrote:
How about the headline "‘Hillary Clinton Sold Her Soul When They
Accepted That Money’
The king of Morocco, the Clintons and a problem that just won’t
go away.
By KENNETH P. VOGEL May 15, 2015
What government post did she have at that time?
The bribe had even more leverage, she was running for
election to become POTUS.
“And now we are concerned that if Hillary Clinton wins the presidency of
the United States of America, she will take the side of Moroccans even
more,” Lahwaimed said through an interpreter.
Added fellow former miner Lahbib Salhi, “All the tainted money that
Morocco has gathered from taking away our rights has been used to bribe
the Clinton Foundation and the international community.”
The miners—and human rights activists interviewed in Laayoune—put real faces on abstract criticisms swirling half a world away around Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign. The runaway favorite for the Democratic nomination, Clinton has found herself scrambling to answer suggestions
that donations to the family’s sprawling $2 billion global charity
influenced her actions as secretary of state and could compromise her objectivity if elected as president.
It’s certainly true that the Clintons have had a long—and lucrative—relationship with Morocco. Moroccan King Mohammed VI, who was traveling abroad during last week’s CGI meeting in Marrakech,
nonetheless loaned one of his palaces to Bill and Chelsea Clinton to
stay in during the meeting, according to attendees. The king was listed
on a donor roll as having pledged as much as $500,000 to the Clinton
Foundation to help build Bill Clinton’s presidential library (though the foundation says the donation never came through), while the state firm
OCP has donated as much as $6 million over the years to the Clinton Foundation’s efforts. Both Clintons have publicly embraced the king in
recent years as an example of an Arab moderate ruler with whom the U.S.
should partner, and leaked Moroccan diplomatic cables show that Hillary
Clinton during her tenure as secretary of state was seen by Rabat as
among its most ardent supporters in the Obama administration.
There is no evidence that she tailored her official positions to suit Morocco’s preferences because of personal or financial relationships.
But the overlap between her diplomatic portfolio and the funding for her family’s philanthropy illustrates the way nearly any foreign donations
to the Clinton Foundation can be viewed through the prism of U.S.
policy. And it highlights why countries, companies and individuals that
could benefit from her past and possibly future public service might be inclined to support the foundation.
from
https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/05/clintons-morocco-117979/
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