Transcripts For FBC FOX News Reporting The Tangled Clinton W

Transcripts For FBC FOX News Reporting The Tangled Clinton Web 20150425

Well be subjected to all kinds of distraction and attacks. Im ready for that. Fox news reports, the tangled clinton web. From washington d. C. Bret baier. Behind me is a city with more concentrated power than anywhere in the world. Washington. And Hillary Clinton lost her top job in town. Ever since she announced her candidacy for president , her path has attracted new scrutiny. One aspect of her record is that she and husband bill have spent years making millions. And handing out even more to various causes. They say theyre doing good work but some people now claim their activities raise questions of influenced pedaling on a global stand. Tonight well look at those charges. This is a story that goes around the world. Well start in haiti. January 12 2010 haiti suffers a devastating 7. 0 earthquake. More than 200,000 die and over 100,000 builds and homes are destroyed. Within four days u. S. Secretary of state Hillary Clinton arrives to survey the damage. I want to assure the people of haiti that the United States is a friend a partner and a supporter. Two days later former president clinton was on the ground. I hope that theyll rebuilt in a more stronger and sustainable way. Bill clinton was previously named the u. S. Specials envoy for haiti. He and hillary had special ties for the country, even honeymooning there. The United States agency for International Development would oversee americas relief effort. The government of haiti set up the ihrc interim Haiti Recovery Commission to coordinate. Two men were named cochairs of the ihrc executive committee. The haitian Prime Minister joe max belaree and bill clinton himself. The idea was not just to fix things but improve them. In an interview with esquire bill clinton said wouldnt it be great if they became the first Wireless Nation in the world. They could, im telling you, they really could. But it wasnt at all clear that the people of haiti would be the big winners in the Disaster Relief gold rush. Any time theres a Natural Disaster anywhere there is a lot of money potentially to be made in reconstruction contract and relief contract et cetera. Peter schweitzer is the new author of the book clinton cash where he talks about the snarl and personal interest that came to characterize the clintons interaction around the world. Clinton cash is published by harper collins, a Sister Company to fox news. Shortly after the earthquake took place, the ambassador in haiti sent a memo entitled the gold rush is on. It was about businessmen showing up in haiti trying to seek lucrative contracts. It was the job of the ihrc to oversee this process and to ensure no one took advantage of the situation. But what if it was part of the problem . A number of members of the ihrc actually wrote a letter expressing their concerns they were not involved in the process, that all the decisions were being made by clinton and belaree, and they argued that the National Priorities of haiti were being totally disregarded by the decisions that were being made. As haiti dug itself out of the rubble many projects were initiated often with u. S. Money and a connection to the clintons. For instance there was the Haitian Mobile Money Initiative where a muchneeded system was created to help transfer money via cell phones. There was also a plan to raise money by exploding haitis rich mineral well, the haitian government announces that theyre going to offer two socalled gold exploitation permits. The first issued in 50 years in haiti that would allow for the extraction of the gold mines in the country. Perhaps the most celebrated project of all was the coal industrial farm. What is happening here is already having a grippal effect that will create jobs and opportunities far beyond this Industrial Park. The grand opening was a big deal. You had bill clinton there, you had Hillary Clinton there, you had donna karen, the Fashion Designer you had ben stillar, sean penn a lot of people showed up to say how wonderful this facility was going to be for everybody. But as all the projects moved forward, the central question remained. How so many of these deals seemed to come back at some point to the clintons. What quickly became apparent to many people was that if you wanted a contract and wanted to do business in haiti, you had to have a relationship with the clintons. That was absolutely the case. The company that cleaned up on the cell phone transfers was digicel. In the six months running up to 2012 they took in close to 50 million in revenue in haiti. Digicel is run by millionaire Dennis Obrien who set up numerous speeches for bill clinton as well as donating millions of his own money to the Clinton Foundation. And one company that gold a bare permit was bcs mining that didnt have much mining experience but soon could have Hillary Clintons brother, tony rodham on the board. As for the Industrial Park the anchored tenant is a korean manufacturer that supplies major u. S. Retailers, who also happen to be big clinton supporters. And while the state department promised 65,000 jobs to date only 5,000 have been delivered. As for those other projects they didnt exactly work out as promised. Well go into depth on that later in the program. But first, though bill clinton may have left office a while ago, he and hillarys influence is still felt worldwide. And their fingers are in a whole lot of pie. When we return we look into this world of clinton clout. How it came to be bring us your baffling. Bring us your audacious. 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My fellow citizens tonight is my last opportunity to speak to you from the oval office as your president. January 2001 bill clinton had completed two terms as president but hes got bills to pay. We came out of the white house not only dead broke but in debt. It was not easy. Bill has worked really hard. That he had, traveling around the world making speeches of up to 750,000 a pop. Hillary clinton has also made sixfigure sums for her personal appearances. The clintons particularly after bill left office, went from dead broke to fabulously wealthy. Their income in the 12 years following his exit of the presidency up to 2012 they took in Something Like 136 million. Peter schweitzer is the author of clinton cash due out on may 5th. It came from book sources and other deals of income. The bottom line is nobody else in political history went close from being dead broke to fabulously wealthy in a short period of time. When confronted of all that income in an interview with abc news diane sawer, hillary explained. I thought making speeches with us much better than being connected with one group or company as so many people who leave public life do. But there was also an organization that the clintons set up with an ambitious global agenda. An entity that would take in far more money than bill and hillarys income combined. People walking past this building in the heart of manhattan probably have no idea who the tenant is on the 17th floor. Thats because theres no sign indicating its the World Headquarters of the bill, hillary and Chelsea Clinton foundation. Hes not president yet, but still the Clinton Foundation represents sort of a power that was founded in 2001 as the william j. Clinton president ial foundation with the state admission partially government and private resources to attack hunger poverty, Climate Change and disease. In other words, basically solving the worlds problems. Together we can be there for all of our neighbors around the block, around the country and around the world. I am enormously proud of him. A former adviser to the Clinton Administration. He can go anywhere in the world and virtually no one else can do. As it happened the clintons new project situated them at the next global influence and power. You have to start with people. You have to give them a chance to live the best life they can. Tennessee its been estimated that the foundation can raise more than a billion dollars. The concern is that the contributions to the Clinton Foundations for these speaking fees are being provided not simply out of the kind upness of the heart of these individuals, but because they want something from the clintons. And my contention is there seems to be a pattern of behavior in which they are actually giving those individuals what they want. Many highranking politicians in both parties have set up foundations, but the clintons are a power couple unlike any the world has ever seen. For not only is bill an expresident already a powered broker, but in hillary they have someone who was a senator and then a secretary of state, and who might be president. Clinton foundation i have questions on that topic. Like a lot of folks, i have some concerns. Theres a conflict of interest between his work in the foundations and the duties of the secretary of state. Such a situation makes sense there would be a fear of influencing. The Obama Transition Team was concerned about the fact there had been such a large flow of funds to the foundation and to their personal account because of the speaking fees. So they wanted to set up a structure of accountability. This let to a menmorandum which had a specific requirement for both clintons. One was to inclose all contributions to the Clinton Foundation. The second was that any Foreign Government funds or Foreign Government businesses that were going to donate to their foundation would require prior approval by the state department. And then a third requirement was that bill clintons speeches or consulting arrangements he would have also needed to be vetted by the state department. Hillary became secretary of state and the Clinton Foundation continued to do its work but suspicion lingered. People who were writing the large checks they werent getting access to a former president and and then secretary of state, what were they getting . They were getting the ability to participate in large scale, social welfare programs in their home countries or regions of interest or importance to them. To change the world and to be a partner with the president of the United States . The former secretary of state on lifechanging endeavors. The bottom line is the clintons have been called lots of things by their friends and enemies over the years. The one phrase i have never seen associated with the clintons is the word naive. When we return well look at what the Clinton Foundation is doing around the world. Char the dealings of bill and hillary are part of what Peter Schweitzer calls the clinton blur a mix of money and politics diplomacy and personal interest. All so interconnected that it is easy to get lost. Its so hard when you look at the clintons to try to figure out where the charity ends and begins where their profit making ends and begins and where their official power as secretary of state or senator ends and begins. And the problem is they all get blurred together. To put together his book clinton cash, schweitzer and his team spent a year unraveling the tangled web. He took us through a number of these cases. For instance theres money from the middle east. The United Arab Emirates wants to have a close relationship with the United States. And in 2011 they are under pressure from the Obama Administration and Hillary Clintons state department because of irans sanction. And that is certain eau companies are continuing to transfer from u. S. Shipment points to iran. Okay so fast forward a couple months. On december 12th you have the foreign minister of the United Arab Emirates flying to washington, d. C. To meet with the secretary of state, Hillary Clinton, over some troubling issues. That very same day the Foreign Ministers brother is paying bill clinton half a Million Dollars for a speech in abu dhabi. They did not put out a formal about the president s speech but they put out charitables from around the world. Theres money from europe. Beginning in 2009 the sweder Telecom Company ericsson is coming under pressure for selling to oppressive governments around the world. In the midst of all of it they decide to pay bill clinton to give a speech for the first time ever. They pay him a whopping 750,000. Soon after Hillary Clintons state Department Urged new, broader sanctions against iran. But the guidelines did not include telecom. Ericsson did not agree to our interview, but they said it should be seen in light of clintons fact that he had to travel to hong kong for the event and that the event spanned two days. The company insists that the conversation regarding iran had no impact on the decision. Theres money from south america. In june 2010 bill clinton was in columbia. Bill clinton meets with the then president of colombia to discuss matters in private. What is curious is that Hillary Clinton is in colombia at the same time. After bill leaves the president ial palace Hillary Clinton comes in and has lunch with the president of colombia where she signed some technical agreements and explains her commitment to a Free Trade Agreement between colombia and the United States. The very same trade agreement she had pledged to defeel while running for president in 2008. As i have said for months i oppose the deal i have spoken out against the deal i will vote against the deal and i will do everything i can to urge the congress to reject the colombian free trade deal. Also in colombia with bill clinton was frank justra a billionaire businessman and family friend well meet again. Lets go down the timeline as you have it. Frank justra a canadian billionaire arrives in colombia with bill clinton on june 8, 2010. Hillary at that same time meets with president arebe. What is troubling is that in the days that follow one of the largest contributors to the Clinton Foundation sees not one, not two but actually three of his Companies Give major confessions from the government in colombia. President uribe never responded to our questions on the money in the deal. And saudi arabia announces with london that hes going to be contributing 20 million to the Clinton Foundation. This raises a lot of questions with ethiopian troops in the west. Because they are very concerned about the repressive government in ethiopia and the fact that sheikh a lrksl amoody does not they say explicitly we have reason to believe that the huge donation to the Clinton Foundation was made on behalf of the ethiopian government. When Hillar

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