We are shocked – shocked! – to report that Hillary Clinton’s bagman, Gov. Terry McAuliffe, is under investigation for illegal campaign donations.
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Wang donated two million dollars to the foundation, but McAuliffe said Tuesday he is not responsible for securing the donation.
“We’re very confident”, he said.
Investigators are said to be looking at donations to McAuliffe’s 2013 gubernatorial campaign, particularly $120,000 McAuliffe received from Chinese businessman Wang Wenliang through a USA -based affiliate company. Wang was previously a delegate to the China’s National People’s Congress but maintains he holds USA permanent resident status. US election law prohibits foreign nationals from donating to any federal, state, or local elections.
McAuliffe said he’s confident that Wang was entitled to donate and said no one has alleged wrongdoing by McAuliffe. The officials say investigators are especially interested in contributions from Wang Wenliang, a Chinese politician. “I don’t think it will affect Hillary Clinton at all, I don’t think it will affect me at all”.
The Justice Department, overseen by President Obama, has refused to comment on the investigation. He was co-chairman of Bill Clinton’s 1996 presidential re-election campaign and chaired Hillary Clinton’s 2008 presidential bid.
“The governor will certainly cooperate with the government if he is contacted about it, ” Elias said.
The ever-toxic, but never investigated Clinton Foundation. People familiar with that case have said it seems unlikely – at least at this juncture – to produce criminal charges, though Federal Bureau of Investigation agents are still investigating and hope to interview Clinton in the coming weeks.
“Contributions to the campaign from Mr. Wang were completely lawful”. As for Wang himself, he sat in the People’s National Congress. The Washington Post reported past year that 120 donors have given to both McAuliffe and the foundation.
“Every check that came into the campaign was vetted” by campaign lawyers, he added.
During McAuliffe’s 2013 gubernatorial campaign, his work with the company became a liability-especially because of allegations that McAuliffe and Rodham used their political connections to unfairly expedite the visa process for their investors.
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McAuliffe resigned from the company in December 2012. CNN noted that there is “no allegation” of impropriety on the foundation’s part and that McAuliffe formerly served on its board. McDonnell is now appealing the case in the Supreme Court, and during oral arguments earlier this year the justices reportedly sounded sympathetic to his assertion that those sorts of gifts are a routine part of U.S. politics.
