Role of Hillary Clinton’s brother in Haiti gold mine raises eyebrows

Role of Hillary Clinton’s brother in Haiti gold mine raises eyebrows

Sat Mar 21, 2015, 04:36 PM

Nuclear Unicorn (15,281 posts)

MORNE BOSSA, Haiti — Drive down the rutted dirt road a couple of miles to the guardhouse, then hike 15 minutes up to the overgrown hilltop, and there it is: a piece of 3 1/2 -inch-wide PVC pipe sticking out of the ground.

This is what, at least for the time being, a gold mine looks like.

It also has become a potentially problematic issue for Hillary Rodham Clinton as she considers a second presidential run, after it was revealed this month that in 2013, one of her brothers was added to the advisory board of the company that owns the mine.

Tony Rodham’s involvement with the mine, which has become a source of controversy in Haiti because of concern about potential environmental damage and the belief that the project will primarily benefit foreign investors, was first revealed in publicity about an upcoming book on the Clintons by author Peter Schweizer.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/role-of-hillary-clintons-brother-in-haiti-gold-mine-raises-eyebrows/2015/03/20/c8b6e3bc-cc05-11e4-a2a7-9517a3a70506_story.html?postshare=9431426941780024

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35 replies	Author	Time	Post
Role of Hillary Clinton’s brother in Haiti gold mine raises eyebrows (Original post)	Nuclear Unicorn	Mar 21	OP
" Rodham, a former repo man, prison guard and private detective, ..."	4139	Mar 21	#1
Ah yes, Hillary's plan to plunder Haiti!	jberryhill	Mar 21	#2
Hit piece on Hillary	cloudywing	Mar 21	#3
Kind of looks to me like someone has an agenda	madokie	Mar 22	#22
^And . . . he's gone.^	Major Hogwash	Mar 22	#23
While I have question as to whether HRC is our right choice	awake	Mar 21	#4
But the Clinton Foundation was the only way this clown got into Haiti.	Divernan	Mar 22	#18
What HRC's brother did will not have anything to do with how she will act	awake	Mar 22	#25
Her brother got this deal through the Clinton Global Initiative.	Divernan	Mar 22	#26
I do recall the issue of how Obama's brother overstayed his US visa	awake	Mar 22	#29
Focus on the corruption of the Clinton Global Initiative to benefit HRC's brother, then.	Divernan	Mar 23	#32
That convinces me to never vote for Tony Rodham	bluestateguy	Mar 21	#5
LOL	CatWoman	Mar 21	#6
Now I know where Britebart picked it up./NT	DemocratSinceBirth	Mar 21	#7
The Clintons have always been sleazy with Haiti	Oilwellian	Mar 21	#8
FFS. Her brother? Was "involved"? Are we really this desperate for anti-Hillary dirt?	DanTex	Mar 21	#9
appears that way.	spanone	Mar 21	#15
What's ur evidence 4 this? There's lots 2 criticize Hillary 4 but haven't seen evidence she used her influence 2 enrich her brother.	InAbLuEsTaTe	Mar 22	#31
Remember how Neil Bush was involved in the Silverado Trust bullshit..	Historic NY	Mar 21	#10
yeah but jeb has a penis	dsc	Mar 21	#14
Not sure about that, but Jeb does have a dick for a brother, GW.	InAbLuEsTaTe	Mar 22	#30
Mineral Extraction Industries are among the most profitable. Ask Poppy Bush.	Octafish	Mar 21	#11
Reminds me of Billy carter	n2doc	Mar 21	#12
But one can refrain from setting up lucrative deals for one's relatives, can't one?	Divernan	Mar 22	#19
the usual corruption is likely in play	Agony	Mar 21	#13
So, now we know what -THEY- think is in those "personal emails"	HereSince1628	Mar 21	#16
Might explain her change of heart re Haiti.	Octafish	Mar 21	#17
That's odd. How does the State Department sign agreements with another country, while having . . .	Major Hogwash	Mar 22	#21
Same way laws get signed that benefit banksters: Buy Partisanship.	Octafish	Mar 23	#33
Oh, man, don't even mention that pus pocket to me.	Major Hogwash	Mar 23	#34
Ja, Arnolt dit nice tings für ENRON, ja.	Octafish	Mar 23	#35
Yup. The Clinton Global Initiative shoehorned Rodham into a sweet deal!	Divernan	Mar 22	#20
Truly shameful.	RiverLover	Mar 22	#24
He is a family member of one of our highest-levels of the ''Elected Elite Class.''	DeSwiss	Mar 22	#27
Good. I've been meaning to get my eyebrows raised	jberryhill	Mar 22	#28

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DHS official under investigation for helping Terry McAuliffe and Hillary’s brother secure ‘investment’ through gov’t program

By Doug Powers • July 23, 2013 10:55 PM

**Written by Doug Powers

Another day, another story about possible malfeasant cronyism.
From the Associated Press:

President Barack Obama’s choice to be the No. 2 official at the Homeland Security Department is under investigation for his role in helping a company run by a brother of former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, The Associated Press has learned.
Alejandro Mayorkas, director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, is being investigated for his role in helping the company secure an international investor visa for a Chinese executive, according to congressional officials briefed on the investigation. The officials spoke only on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to release details of the investigation.
[…]
The government program involved in the investigation, known as EB-5, allows foreigners to get visas if they invest $500,000 to $1 million in projects or businesses that create jobs for U.S. citizens.

The AP reports that the DHS official “helped a financing company run by Clinton’s brother win approval for an investor visa, even after the application was denied and an appeal was rejected.” What the AP didn’t report is that the company benefiting from from the EB-5 investment is called GreenTech Automotive.
GreenTech Automotive was until fairly recently headed by current Virginia gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe, who was also chairman of Hillary Clinton’s 2008 presidential campaign and a former head of the DNC.
More from the Washington Free Beacon:

The headquarters of GCFM and GreenTech (GTA) are in the same Mclean, Va. office complex. Rodham also traveled to China along with GreenTech supporters Bill Clinton and former Gov. Haley Barbour (R., Miss.) to secure investments for the venture.
Rodham was in direct contact with Mayorkas as recently as Jan. 29, 2013, according to correspondence obtained by Watchdog.org.
Rodham complained in the email that multiple investment petitions for GreenTech were yet to be approved.
[…]
However, this was not the only attempt by Rodham and McAuliffe to get assistance from the Obama administration for their business venture.
McAuliffe sent a letter in December 2010 directly to Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano, McAuliffe complained that USCIS was “standing in the way of creating thousands of jobs for U.S. workers.”
McAuliffe wanted all of the company’s pending EB-5 investors to have their petitions expedited by DHS so that GreenTech could quickly advance one of its upcoming projects.
[…]
McAuliffe and Rodham have long run into image problems due to their use of the EB-5 program.
Officials at the Virginia Economic Development Partnership were wary of McAuliffe’s EB-5 fundraising plan, which they saw as a “visa-for-sale scheme” and worried that it could eventually “give the Commonwealth a black eye.”

“Green” cronyism: It’s what’s for breakfast, lunch, dinner and late-night snack these days in D.C.
**Written by Doug Powers
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http://michellemalkin.com/2013/07/23/dhs-official-under-investigation-for-helping-terry-mcauliffe-and-hillarys-brother-secure-investment-through-govt-program/

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