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Playinghardball

(11,665 posts)
Fri May 27, 2016, 09:24 PM May 2016

Hillary Clinton Won’t Say How Much Goldman Sachs CEO Invested With Her Son-in-Law

WHEN HILLARY CLINTON’S son-in-law sought funding for his new hedge fund in 2011, he found financial backing from one of the biggest names on Wall Street: Goldman Sachs chief executive Lloyd Blankfein.

The fund, called Eaglevale Partners, was founded by Chelsea Clinton’s husband, Marc Mezvinsky, and two of his partners. Blankfein not only personally invested in the fund, but allowed his association with it to be used in the fund’s marketing.

The investment did not turn out to be savvy business decision. Earlier this month, Mezvinsky was forced to shutter one of the investment vehicles he launched under Eaglevale, called Eaglevale Hellenic Opportunity, after losing 90 percent of its money betting on the Greek recovery. The flagship Eaglevale fund has also lost money, according to the New York Times.

There has been minimal reporting on the Blankfein investment in Eaglevale Partners, which is a private fund that faces few disclosure requirements. At a campaign rally in downtown San Francisco on Thursday, I attempted to ask Hillary Clinton if she knew the amount that Blankfein invested in her son-in-law’s fund.

After repeated attempts on the rope line, I asked the Clinton campaign traveling press secretary Nick Merrill, who said, “I don’t know, has it been reported?” and said he would get in touch with me over email. I sent the question but have not heard a response back.

The decision for Blankfein to invest in Hillary Clinton’s son-in-law’s company is just one of many ways Goldman Sachs has used its wealth to forge a tight bond with the Clinton family. The company paid Hillary Clinton $675,000 in personal speaking fees, paid Bill Clinton $1,550,000 in personal speaking fees, and donated between $250,000 and $500,000 to the Clinton Foundation. At a time when Goldman Sachs directly lobbied Hillary Clinton’s State Department, the company routinely partnered with the Clinton Foundation for events, even convening a donor meeting for the foundation at the Goldman Sachs headquarters in Manhattan.

https://theintercept.com/2016/05/27/hillary-clinton-wont-say-how-much-goldman-sachs-ceo-invested-with-her-son-in-law/

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Hillary Clinton Won’t Say How Much Goldman Sachs CEO Invested With Her Son-in-Law (Original Post) Playinghardball May 2016 OP
She shouldn't know how much was invested Fresh_Start May 2016 #1
Good point speaktruthtopower May 2016 #4
Damn that woman ... NanceGreggs May 2016 #2
Lol. cali May 2016 #3
nor should she. It's not relevant to her campaign. Lil Missy May 2016 #5
there seems to be a schedule to post this non item on DU every 3 or 4 hours. tag team or what? nt msongs May 2016 #6
That's not really her business KingFlorez May 2016 #7
Why does your mother-in-law control YOUR finances? JoePhilly May 2016 #8

Fresh_Start

(11,330 posts)
1. She shouldn't know how much was invested
Fri May 27, 2016, 09:27 PM
May 2016

and if by chance she did find out...she shouldn't be telling anyone else

Does you manager tell your mother-in-law how much you earned or sold?

NanceGreggs

(27,815 posts)
2. Damn that woman ...
Fri May 27, 2016, 09:35 PM
May 2016

... not discussing a business transaction between two parties that she had nothing to do with.

Will this be the new "where are the transcripts" meme?

"Where are the details of that business deal you had nothing to do with, Hill? What are you trying to hide?"

JoePhilly

(27,787 posts)
8. Why does your mother-in-law control YOUR finances?
Sat May 28, 2016, 12:18 AM
May 2016

I have to assume she does given the tone of your OP.

As for me ... My mother-in-law has zero say in my finances.

She has no idea where my money is invested.

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