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RiverLover

(7,830 posts)
Thu Apr 14, 2016, 09:24 AM Apr 2016

How a Clinton insider used his ties to build a consulting giant.

Politico
4/13/2016

How a Clinton insider used his ties to build a consulting giant

When Hillary Clinton became secretary of state she personally sought out a man named Declan Kelly to be her economic envoy to Northern Ireland, giving her 41-year-old former fundraiser a special status outside normal diplomatic channels.

......But while serving as Clinton’s special envoy, reaching out to global corporations for those investments, he was also working for two of them as a private consultant — earning about $2.4 million from Dow Chemical, a longtime client of his and one of the firms that participated in Clinton’s Ireland initiative.

It was also during this time period that Kelly and Doug Band, a close aide to former President Bill Clinton, were preparing to launch a global consulting business that would soon become a well-known and controversial success story. Their new venture, Teneo Holdings, would go on to employ numerous Hillary Clinton associates, including her closest confidante, Huma Abedin, and, for a time, Bill Clinton as “honorary chairman,” giving clients rare access to the couple and their network of world leaders.

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/04/teneo-final-221807

This is just a short snip of the very indepth look at one example of the scope of Clinton power & influence.

One might say that the Clintons have mastered the art of conflict of interest.

If the truth isn't hidden, that is.






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