Posted on 05/20/2016 6:46:16 AM PDT by MarvinStinson
Long-time Clinton confidante Sidney Blumenthal refused to answer questions about his one time salary through the Clinton Foundation or Clinton's email scandal Wednesday, telling the questioner to go talk to his mother.
"You are a Republican tracker who has been brought by a Republican organization and paid to ask that question," Blumenthal said, crossing his hands while perched behind his podium. "So, could you tell us your name, the name of the organization that's paying you, and how much they're paying you?"
"And, furthermore, does your mother know you're working for Donald Trump?" he said and smiled.
The questioner had asked Blumenthal about his salaried role as Clinton's unofficial adviser during her time as Secretary of State despite President Barack Obama's 'ban' on Blumenthal.
Blumenthal refused to answer the question.
The man pressed on and inquired about whether there was a criminal probe into Clinton's use of a private email server as secretary of state, despite Blumenthal telling the questioner that he was "done" asking questions.
The Clinton campaign has refused to call the FBI investigation into her handling of the server a criminal probe, instead using the term "security inquiry."
When he again didn't receive an answer, the questioner asked Blumenthal about his involvement in the probe.
"Would you consider your emails to Hillary Clinton as secretary of state unclassified?" the questioner said.
Sid is ground zero on Benghazi.
What was he doing in Libia and who was paying him to be there?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=93b57oWYcT4
The smirking smugness of the “elite” on display.
I doubt the guy’s mother works for the FBI, you scumbag.
“You are a Republican tracker who has been brought by a Republican organization and paid to ask that question.
“So, could you tell us your name, the name of the organization that’s paying you, and how much they’re paying you?
“And, furthermore, does your mother know you’re working for Donald Trump?”
Later
What a charming personality. Good thing he’s not in politics ...
These are the rhetorical techniques of Lenin and Trotsky.
Did you see how he leans metro-sexually on the podium as he delivers his ‘elite’ bon mots?
Video seems to be “no longer available”? Is it me or did someone yank it quickly?
REALITY CHECK Blumenthal was engaged in a massive conflict of interest since he was simultaneously being paid by (a) The Clinton Foundation, (b) Hillary's 2016 organizers, and, (3) businessmen w/ interests in Libya.
If Clinton knew, her actions in circulating memos precipitated by Blumenthal was egregious. If she did not know, her recklessness is subject to US laws.
Keep in mind that---to its donors and to the world beyond---all they knew was that the Clinton Foundation hired Sid Blumenthal to..... (wait for it)..... "promote Bill's presidential legacy." That's what Sid was supposed to be doing for his $325,000 foundation salary.
Now if the Clinton Foundation Board of Trustees signed off on the Blumenthal hire without being appraised of the full scope of his duties....that would violate state laws and place the trustees in legal jeopardy.
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REFERENCES The implications of this Blumenthal revelation are huge, as the Washington Free Beacon points out:
<><> Among the newly revealed (Benghazi) e-mails were a pair of messages from July 2011 in which Blumenthal described efforts to secure Libyan government contracts for Osprey Global Solutions, a company in which Blumenthal has admitted to having a financial interest.
<><>Blumenthal warned Clinton that French companies were looking to scoop up security contracts from the Transitional National Council, the revolutionary government of the Libyan resistance, and plugged Osprey’s ability to be an American counterweight.
<><> “It puts Americans in a central role without being direct battle combatants,” Blumenthal wrote of Osprey’s TNC contract. He described his efforts in “putting this arrangement together through a series of connections, linking the Libyans to Osprey and keeping it moving.”
<><> Clinton forwarded that message to Jake Sullivan, her deputy chief of staff, and asked to discuss it later.
Deflection shields at maximum!
#3 ~ The smirking smugness of the “elite” on display. ~
I watched the video (incredible) and I would like to now volunteer to bitchslap the smug right out of Sid...
He wasn’t called Sid Vicious for nothing.
honestly, I’m not sure that Sid’s charm is going to cut it in the general election.
never thought we’d get there. but I think we are there.
Now it works. sorry
He doesn’t look very “vicious” to me...More like a liberal, bedwetting wuss...
If a man approached him about his attitude, he would fold up and crawl into his dark, “safe space” closet and cower down with tears running down his cheeks...
<><> For public consumption, Sid was beng touted as a Clinton Foundation hire---the factotum hired to preserve Bill's pesidential legacy (cue laugh machine).
<><> Sid's emails show he had classified State Dept info almost verbatim (as confirmed by the NSA).
<><> How did classified info get into Sid's possession? Did he pass it on to anyone else?
<><> Blumenthal was urging Hillary to bomb Libya b/c he had profit-making business interests predicated on a new Libyan govt.
<><> Sid cunningly used scare tactics----that Obama would lose reelection if they didn't bomb Libya.
Hillary passed on this information to Obama.....did O know it came from a person he banned from govt employment?
LOL!
Yes, my mother knows I’m supporting Trump.
Demand the FBI investigate all available information on individuals connected to Hillary
In light of the $6 billion that went missing from the State Dept's contractor fund when Hillary exited, taxpayers demand to know who is listed as a State Dept contractor....and whether they are receiving classified State Dept info and cashing US govt paychecks.
Is Sid Blumentahl receiving classified info.
Is he listed as a State Dept contractor?
Is Blumenthal cashing US govt checks? How many?
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