Ruth Marcus: Trump’s new hire is Captain Ahab of Clinton haters
Lie down with dogs, get up with fleas, the old saying goes. If so, Donald Trump should be awfully itchy.
Category Archives: Bill Clinton
FBI Says a Laptop That Held Clinton’s E-Mails Has Gone Missing
A personal laptop computer used to archive Hillary Clinton's e-mails when she was secretary of state went missing after being put in the mail, according to the FBI's report on its investigation into her use of a private e-mail system. E-mails that Clinton sent and received through her private server during her tenure were archived on the laptop in 2013 by a person who was an assistant to former President Bill Clinton, the FBI said in its heavily redacted investigative report released Friday.
Roger Clinton ordered to attend AA meetings while out on bail after Redondo Beach arrest
Former President Bill Clinton's half-brother Roger Clinton was ordered Friday to attend Alcoholics Anonymous meetings or enroll in a longer-term alcohol education program while free on bail following a driving under the influence arrest in Redondo Beach. Roger Clinton, 60, whose sister-in-law is Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, was not required to attend his arraignment in Torrance court on misdemeanor charges of driving while impaired, driving with a blood-alcohol level above 0.08, and failure to complete a chemical test.
Hillary Clintona s new book underscores Democratic Partya s leftward shift since 1992
Twenty-four years after Bill Clinton published "Putting People First," Hillary Clinton is about to produce her own policy tome: "Stronger Together: A Blueprint for America's Future." The 249-page book, which was co-written with her running mate, Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia, is set to be published on Sept.
Hillary’s Emails – Another Australian Touch
Zero Hedge published some interesting extracts and analysis of some of the coverage of the latest email release from HRC. Not Her Royal Clinton, but rather Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Pa. congressman: Special prosecutor needed to hold Clinton accountable
The Department of Justice has proven time and again that it cannot act as an unbiased enforcer of the law when it comes to investigating the corrupt Clinton machine. Instead, the attorney general and the political appointees at the Justice Department have acted as a political arm for President Obama and his administration.
Don’t Let Politics Crush Clinton Foundation
There are some serious people whom I respect, including some editorial writers and pundits, who have called for shutting down the Clinton Foundation if Hillary Clinton is elected president, even if Bill Clinton resigns from leadership, as he has promised to do. But not one of them - not one reporter who has breathlessly written about foundation donors attending meetings or lunches at the State Department - has cited a single fact showing that Hillary Clinton as secretary of State ever made a decision or influenced others on policy matters because of a foundation donation.
Republicans ask Clinton Foundation to produce correspondence
U.S. Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton stands with her husband, former President Bill Clinton, after accepting the nomination on the final night of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. July 28, 2016. The Republican National Committee asked the charity of Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton's family on Monday to produce all correspondence its staff had with the U.S. State Department while Clinton served as America's most senior diplomat.
Politifact: Clinton’s use of the word “superpredators” and Trump’s…
Supporters of Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton took a week's worth of attack lines to the Sunday shows, arguing about the propriety of the Clinton Foundation and Trump's appeals to African-American voters. Defending Trump's claim that Clinton is a "bigot," GOP chairman Reince Priebus argued that Clinton at the least has taken the black vote for granted.
News Analysis: Clinton Foundation scandal hurts Hillary Clinton’s…
U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is seeing yet another scandal piling on top of others scandals, which hurts her campaign by shifting attention away from Republican candidate Donald Trump, experts said. At the center of this latest in a string of Clinton controversies is the Clinton Foundation, a philanthropic organization founded by Hillary Clinton and her husband, former President Bill Clinton.
Hillary Clinton receives first security briefing
Democrat Hillary Clinton on Saturday received her first national security briefing since accepting her party's nomination for the presidency last month. The meeting was held at the Federal Bureau of Investigation's field office in White Plains, New York, not far from the Chappaqua, New York, residence she shares with her husband, former President Bill Clinton.
Letter: Deeds require special prosecutor
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US: Clinton calendars won’t be released until after election
" Seven months after a federal judge ordered the State Department to begin releasing monthly batches of the detailed daily schedules showing meetings by Hillary Clinton during her time as secretary of state, the government told The Associated Press it won't finish the job before Election Day. The department has so far released about half of the schedules.
The Middle East braces itself for US Elections
From Jerusalem to Beirut to Cairo, the upcoming US elections are being closely followed, partly for their entertainment appeal, but also as the US remains crucial for its role in the Middle East. "Partly because of the characters involved, there has been a lot of media coverage here," Tamir Sheafer, a professor of political science at Hebrew University told The Media Line.
Kathleen Parker: Taking aim at Hillarya s heel
When I wrote the headline "Hillary's heel," I was thinking of Achilles, not Bill, though the former president is usually within nipping range of his wife's pantsuit hem. Hillary Clinton's Achilles' heel is her very Clinton-ness.
Bill Clinton defends embattled family foundation
Former President Bill Clinton says he's proud of people who have donated to the Clinton Foundation and the work the organization has done, as he waded into a dispute that Republicans are hoping will damage his wife's presidential campaign. "We're trying to do good things," Bill Clinton said Wednesday.
Chelsea Clinton Would Stay on at Clinton Foundation
"The Clinton Foundation is considering exceptions to its plan to stop accepting corporate and foreign donations and reduce family involvement as a way to insulate Hillary Clinton from potential conflicts of interest if elected president," the Wall Street Journal reports. "As recently as this summer, the foundation was discussing with some allies plans for Chelsea Clinton to leave the board, along with former President Bill Clinton, if Mrs. Clinton should win.
Chelsea Clinton will stay with the Clinton Foundation if…
Chelsea Clinton plans to stay on the board of the Clinton Foundation if Hillary Clinton is elected president in November, a spokeswoman for the younger Clinton told The Wall Street Journal on Wednesday. That follows an earlier report this week that said the Clinton family would wind down some of the foundation's activities if Hillary Clinton wins the White House.
Clinton Keeps Stay-the-Course Strategy on Foundation, Emails
Hillary Clinton is sidestepping new questions about nearly 15,000 recently discovered emails or her family's charitable foundation - a stay-the-course strategy sure to be tested in the sprint to Election Day. Clinton has no immediate plans - in an interview or a news conference - to explain the FBI's discovery of another batch of emails or personally clarify how her administration would wall off the organization founded by her husband, former President Bill Clinton , if she's elected president.
Bill gets $17M while Hill bashes for-profit universities.
After Hillary Clinton became secretary of state, Bill Clinton received $17.6 million in payments from a for-profit university. Since that time, another organization with a connection to that university received almost $90 million in grants from an agency that's part of the State Department.