Cover-Up Smoking Guns on Clinton Emails [Weekly Update]

Judicial Watch ^ | April 12, 2019 | Tom Fitton

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Judicial Watch Uncovers ‘Cover-Up’ Discussions in Clinton Email Documents
Billions in Remittances Flow to Mexico Through a Government Program

Judicial Watch Uncovers ‘Cover-Up’ Discussions in Clinton Email Documents

Judicial Watch’s hard-fought litigation again struck pay dirt with new smoking gun evidence of a literal “cover-up” tied to the illicit Hillary Clinton email system.

This week, we made public 422 pages of FBI documents showing evidence of “cover-up” discussions related to the Clinton email system within Platte River Networks, one of the vendors who managed the infamous Clinton email system.

The documents also show Intelligence Community Inspector General (ICIG) Charles McCullough forwarding “concerns” about classified information in Clinton’s emails. These documents also contain Clinton’s 2009 classified information Non-Disclosure Agreement bearing her signature.

Our October 2016 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit ( Judicial Watch v. U.S. Department of Justice  (No. 1:16-cv-02046)) forced the release of the new FBI documents. We sued after the Justice Department failed to comply with our July 7, 2016, FOIA request for a key group of FBI investigative files on the Clinton email issue.

Here is a sampling of what we have discovered.

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Billions in Remittances Flow to Mexico Through a Government Program

While the politicians argued over $5 billion for a wall along the border with Mexico, the government was busy helping people, who are in this country illegally, to send more than $33 billion out of the country. Our Corruption Chronicles blog has the story :

Though President Trump said he would block money transfers to Mexico to fund a much-needed border wall, Mexicans in the U.S. sent a record $33.48 billion in remittances last year, and a big chunk of it flowed through a government program operated by the Federal Reserve. This means that, amid an onslaught of illegal immigration, the U.S. government is largely responsible for the billions in remittances flowing south of the border from illegal aliens. Figures released by Mexico’s central bank show that 104 million transactions were executed in 2018, nearly six million more than the previous year.

Uncle Sam facilitates the process with a program called “Directo a Mexico” (Direct to Mexico), launched by the Federal Reserve, the government agency that serves as the nation’s central bank, more than a decade ago. President George W. Bush came up with the idea following the 2001 U.S.-Mexico Partnership for Prosperity to provide low-cost banking services to illegal immigrants and facilitate the procedure for those sending money home. In its first year, 2005, remittances to Mexico topped $20 billion and the Federal Reserve reports “double-digit percentage growth for the past several years.” Remittances are transferred through the Federal Reserve’s own automated clearinghouse linked directly to Mexico’s central bank (Banco de Mexico). The Trump administration should eliminate it because it undermines our nation’s immigration laws and is a potential national security nightmare.

Back in 2006 Judicial Watch investigated the outrageous taxpayer-subsidized initiative and obtained government records that shed light on how it functions. Marketing materials target immigrant workers in the U.S.—regardless of their legal status—as well as banks, credit unions and other financial institutions. The program is promoted as “the best way to send money home,” offering “more pesos for every dollar.” American financial institutions are charged $0.67 per item to transfer money from the United States to Mexican banks, ensuring a “highly competitive rate.” The Federal Reserve also provides participating U.S. financial institutions with Spanish language promotional materials to “help get your message out.” The marketing materials also include the number of Mexican migrants in the U.S. with no distinction between those here illegally or not. A separate list identifies thousands of Mexican banks receiving “Directo a México” transfers.

When the program was created Federal Reserve officials acknowledged that most of the Mexican nationals who send money back home are illegal immigrants so a Mexican-issued identification is the only requirement to use the government banking service. A colorful brochure promoting “Directo a Mexico” offered to help immigrants who don’t have bank accounts and assured the best foreign exchange rate and low transfer fees. A frequently asked question section posed this: “If I return to Mexico or am deported, will I lose the money in my bank account?” The answer: “No. The money still belongs to you and can easily be accessed at an ATM in Mexico using your debit card.” In short, the U.S. created this special banking system specifically for illegal aliens and tens of billions of dollars have streamed through it.

As a presidential candidate Trump proposed a plan to get Mexico to fund a border wall by cutting off remittance payments from Mexican migrants in the U.S. In a memo to a mainstream newspaper Trump wrote that Mexican migrants send $24 billion in remittances annually and the estimated cost of a border wall would be between $5 billion and $10 billion. According to his plan, the U.S. Patriot Act would be amended to block wire transfers from Mexican nationals using companies such as Western Union. Nowhere in the document is the Federal Reserve’s special program, which clearly caters to illegal immigrants. The president is well aware that the overwhelming majority of remittances to Mexico are sent by those living in the U.S. illegally. In fact, his proposal was to create a rule that “no alien may wire money outside of the United States unless the alien first provides a document establishing his lawful presence in the United States.” The Federal Reserve’s “Directo a Mexico” has no such requirement as the commander-in-chief completes his first term.

Until next week …

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Off the Wall Ping!

Contact to be added.

[ROCKLOBSTER]

Directo a Mexico

Intercept it, don't tell them. Confiscate every penny, build The Wall.

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At the very least stop the program or put a stiff tax on it.

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Where is William Barr?

[Carriage Hill]

It’s leaking out, finally.

[Lockbox]

How many SARs were generated?

A Suspicious Activity Report (SAR) is a document that financial institutions must file with the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) following a suspected incident of money laundering or fraud. These reports are required under the United States Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) of 1970.

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Intercept it, don't tell them. Confiscate every penny, build The Wall.

Yes, from those here illegally. If someone came to the U.S. and followed the immigration laws, I have no issues with them sending their money back to family in Mexico.

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Not to mention, they can get a tax payer ID from the IRS. Then they claim how many children they are supporting in Mexico. (Does not have to be their biological child). They then get the child tax credit money, in a large check.
They can get the earned income tax credit.
They can get food stamps. Once they qualify for food stamps, they can get a free Obama phone for life. (They have to re-qualify for food stamps once a year, but never have to re-qualify for the Obama phone [unless they lose it]).
There are 3 different companies passing out the Obama phones, and they don’t cross reference. So they can actually get 3, Obama phones for life.