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> here is Qatar giving a $1M birthday "gift" to Bill Clinton: It's worth noting that they gave the money to the Clinton Foundation[1], not to some nefarious pe
by kristjansson 9y ago
> here is Qatar giving a $1M birthday "gift" to Bill Clinton:
It's worth noting that they gave the money to the Clinton Foundation[1], not to some nefarious personal account.
[1]: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-foundation/clintons-charity-confirms-qatars-1-million-gift-while-she-was-at-state-dept-idUSKBN12Z2SL https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-foundation/c...
- rdtsc 9y agoSure but that's the example of the kind of influencing you'd expect to be proportional to the hype that media has been stirring up. Giving money to the "foundations" is how pay-to-play usually works at avoids a more direct route which is illegal.