08-07-2016, 01:59 PM
(08-07-2016, 12:42 PM)Maggot Wrote: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has promised to release more damning emails regarding the Clinton Foundation, and many Democrats are fearing it could lead to an "October surprise" for the Hillary Clinton campaign. Assange has been saying for some time that he has more emails that he will release before Election Day, but in a new interview with RT, he gave some hints at what information those emails might contain. In particular, Assange mentioned the ties between Clinton and Sauda Arabia. "Saudi Arabia is probably the largest single donor to the Clinton Foundation, and you can see Clinton’s arms export policies when she was a secretary of state favoring extensively Saudi Arabia.
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This is nothing compared to Trumps tax return right?
Trump's tax returns are important regardless of any other issues. There is a reason why he's breaking decades-old candidate protocol and not releasing them, and it's not because he's being audited. We know he's just as able to release his returns under audit or not. Warren Buffet, who's much wealthier and a truly successful businessman, is also under audit. This week, Buffet offered to release his tax returns if Trump would do the same. No response from Trump. Trump's running on his image as a wildly successful business person who knows how to negotiate. His unwillingness to release his tax returns after promising to do so several times is a huge red flag, for me.
I saw Assange interviewed on Bill Maher Friday night. He's a creepy dude, in my opinion. He did say that he's got a lot of material from the email hack of the DNC. If so, it better be some damned good stuff.
In regards to the Clinton Foundation, it's already been heavily audited; the Foundation's records are publicly available. https://www.clintonfoundation.org/about/...-money-go/
Maybe Assange can help get the Trump campaign some traction on the arms for Clinton Foundation donations claims. We already know that 17 of 20 countries who imported more arms from the U.S. in the last several years, including Saudi Arabia, also donated to the Clinton Foundation, and that Clinton emails show her frustration that those arms-importing allies who were supposed to be using them to fight increased terrorism were not doing so to the extent she desired.
It'll be interesting to see if Assange and Trump can credibly link donations to a private charitable foundation with U.S. government arms trade policies and profits.