Nicely done, pulling all of this together.
Just an aside that is apropos of nothing. You know I never cast aspersions. I accuse no one of illegality; I assume that these guys are all lawyers and law-makers and know very well to observe all the legal niceties.
But I always remind myself is that no one has any reason to bribe an ex-president. So when exaggerated sums of money come flowing in to various foundations after they leave office, I have to assume that this is money earned before leaving office. The problem is to find the means to bring it into daylight. Friends will no doubt donate it to you in exchange for a percentage. Almost like the Nigerian email gambit, except it probably involves neighboring bank accounts in Saudi banks. Or small bizjets and Caribbean foundations.
To show that her leadership is unquestioned--this week, Hillary will host a campaign fund-raiser for Chelsea's MIL who is running for Congress, again. Bill has already campaigned for their friend Marjory.
BACKSTORY Marjory Margolies Mezvinsky (Dem-PA) was a Democratic Congressman when Bill Clinton was president. The then-buzz is Billy cajoled Marjorie into voting for a tax hike---she promptly got voted out at the next election. But she had a bigger problem on her hands.
Marjorie's then-husband (Chelsea's FIL), is a convicted felon. Edward Mezvinsky, a lawyer, and, himself, a former Congressman, got conned into several notorious several Nigerian-based email financial frauds guaranteed to make you rich.
So in his haste to get rich quick, to raise money to get in on these "heaven-sent" investment schemes, Edward defrauded many of his friends and business contacts and dropped the Clinton's names to get people to give him money.
Alas, when the Nigerians got their hands on Edward's money, they did a 23-skidoo. Having failed to come up w/ his ROI, Edward got nabbed by the long arm of the law. Mezvinsky pleaded guilty to 31 of 69 felony counts..
He did hard time----spent 7+ years in a federal prison w/ no chance of parole, and still owes millions in restitution.
Congressman wannabe Marjory Margolies is also no stranger to the dollar disease. Because of her husband's felony convictions, she filed for bankruptcy. But the court would NOT discharge her of her debts, finding that she could NOT explain where some $1 million in assets had vanished, in the previous 4 year span, during her husband's crime spree.
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WIKI Ex-Democrat Congressman and lawyer Mezvinsky's Criminal activities: Beginning in the early 1990s Mezvinsky fell prey to a wide variety of infamous Nigerian 419 scams. According to a federal prosecutor, Mezvinsky was conned by "just about every different kind of African-based scam we’ve ever seen."
In order to raise the funds needed to front the money for the fraudulent investment schemes, Mezvinsky became, himself, a conman, tapping his network of contacts and dropping the name of the Clinton family to convince unwitting marks to give him money.
In March 2001, Mezvinsky was indicted and later pleaded guilty to 31 of 69 felony charges of bank fraud, mail fraud, and wire fraud. Nearly $10 million was involved in the crimes. Shortly after his indictment, he was diagnosed with bipolar disorder, but the judge at his trial disallowed a mental illness defense. He served his time at Federal Prison Camp, Eglin.
Mezvinsky, Federal Bureau of Prisons # 55040-066, was released in April 2008. He remained on federal probation until 2011, and owes substantial restitution to his victims.
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The Mezvitsky's and the Clintons were thick as thieves, and were frequent guests at the WH. Mezvitsky reportedly dropped the Clinton name to con people into throwing in with him on the multiple Nigerian scams he was involved with.
Mezvinsky used those funds to travel to Nigeria to pursue one hare-brained scheme after another. He ultimately lost more than $3 million to the scammers, falling especially hard for the notorious "black money" scam, where victims are told millions of dollars have been coated with black ink so the money could be smuggled out of Nigeria. The scammers then offer to sell a special, expensive chemical to clean the ink off of the money. Prosecutors say Mezvinsky fell for at least three separate "black money" schemes.
Mezvistsky, a lawyer, and a former Democrat Congressman, told the Des Moines Register from prison in 2003, that he found the Nigerians convincing. "The man later came out with a chemical, threw it on the money, and it all turned to $100 bills. He gave me 10 to have them tested back home. And they were real," Mezvinsky told the Register.
Mezvinsky pleaded guilty to more than 30 counts of fraud, and was sentenced to 80 months in federal prison.
In bankruptcy court, Marjory could not account for large amts of monies apparently accumulated during Mezvitsky's crime spree.
If there’s money involved, can the Clintons be far behind?