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Chatwal explained that he had worked hard to secure the deal. In a series of Indian media interviews, Chatwal noted that Hillary had changed her position on the issue and boasted about the role he played.
At first, back in 2006, Chatwal said, "Even my close friend Hillary Clinton was not in favor of the deal then.” But then he began working with her: "But when I put the whole package together, she also came on board."
He continued, "In politics nothing comes free. You have to write cheques in the American political system," Chatwal said. "I know the system. I had to work very hard. So I did as much as I could. In another interview he bluntly explained, "It took me four years and millions of dollars, which I paid out of my own pocket. I am very proud of that because I love my motherland.
No one appears to have asked them about these candid remarks
In September 2011 Amar Singh was arrested under the Prevention of Corruption Act for bribing three members of parliament during a crucial 2008 vote related to the Indian nuclear deal.
In July of that year the Left Party had pulled out of the ruling coalition over the nuclear deal, which it strongly opposed. The ruling coalition, which included Singh's party, needed to prove it had enough votes to govern. On July 22, hours before the trust vote, large rolls of cash had allegedly been doled out by Singh, according to Indian authorities.
Singh was later arrested and placed in Tihar Jail, one of the largest prison complexes in the world. While no trial was ever held, he was expelled from his political party and has retired from politics, at least for now.
In April 2013 Vikram Chatwal, the Turban Cowboy, was arrested on heroin and cocaine charges. Security staff at the Fort Lauderdale, Florida, airport reportedly found half a gram of cocaine and six grams of heroin in his underwear.
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On April 17, 2014, Sant Chatwal stood in the Federal District Courthouse in Brooklyn and pleaded guilty to having "funneled more than $180,000 in illegal contributions between 2007 and 2011 to three federal candidates," including Hillary Clinton. He also pled guilty to witness tampering.
Prosecutors alleged that Chatwal "used his employees, business associates, and contractors who performed work on his hotels . . . to solicit campaign contributions on Chatwal's behalf in support of various candidates for federal office and PACS, collect these contributions, and pay reimbursements for these contributions, in violation of the Election Act. During the course of the federal investigation, FBI agents recorded Chatwal discussing the flow of money to politicians.
He said without the cash, "nobody will even talk to you." He added, "that's the only way to buy them. Chatwal also pleaded guilty to interfering with a grand jury investigation by telling a witness that "he and his family should not talk to FBI or IRS agents," or if they did to lie about it. "Never, never" admit to reimbursements, he told them. Later, he allegedly told the person, "cash has no proof."
While those who transferred cash in an effort to secure the nuclear deal have all faced legal jeopardy for one reason or another, the recipients of those transfers have moved on.
The Clintons have never explained who donated the millions the foundation attributed to Amar Singh. And they have never discussed the role Sant Chatwal and his flow of money might have played in getting Hillary to change her views on the nuclear deal. Indeed, although Chatwal was a longtime member of the Clinton Foundation board of trustees, since his admission of guilt the foundation has erased any mention of him from the Clinton Foundation website.
CHAPTER 5
The Clinton Blur (I)
BILL AND HILLARY'S GLOBAL NEXUS OF PHILANTHROPY, POWER, AND PROFIT
On a beautiful evening in October 2011 the Clinton Foundation held an elaborate gala at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles called "A Decade of Difference.”
The night's entertainment featured "socially responsible artists in music, film, and television" brought together to "celebrate the work and impact of President Clinton."
A company called Control Room, which modestly bills itself as "the world's leading producer of massive global events," put the events together. Lady Gaga sang a song, Looking over at Bill, she said "I just love you and your hot wife."
She praised the Clintons and promised the crowd, "Tonight, I thought we'd get caught up in a little Bill romance." She then proceeded to belt out her hit "Bad Romance," but made it Clinton specific.
The Clinton Foundation is not your traditional charity. A traditional charity doesn't have a globe-trotting ex-president, an ex-secretary of state, and their daughter running the show.
But for all the benefits that derive from such star power, the real problem is delineating where the Clinton political machine and moneymaking ventures end and where their charity begins. The stated purpose of the Clinton Foundation is to "strengthen the capacity of people throughout the world to meet the challenges of global interdependence."
It was founded in 2001 and boasts a staff of 350. Out of the foundation springs a hydra of projects including the Clinton Health Access Initiative, Clinton Climate Initiative, the Clinton Giustra Sustainable Growth Initiative (CGSGI), and Clinton Hunter Initiative. But while the window-display causes of the Clinton Foundation, such as alleviating AlDS suffering, preventing obesity, and promoting economic growth in the developing world, are commendable, and while the foundation has done some legitimately good work, the moral authority of these works seems to provide a screen and pretext for a storehouse of private profit and promotion.
Some might argue that since the Clinton Foundation is a public charity, the flow of funds - even from questionable foreign sources seeking favors - is not really such a big deal.
After all, the funds go to help people and the Clintons don't directly profit from the money that gets raised. But it is a big deal, at least according to federal law. If the donors are giving money to the Clintons to influence them, it should still be considered a bribe. American corporations that steer contributions to politically connected charities overseas in hopes of currying favor are violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). American corporations have been dinged for giving money to legitimate charities linked to politicians.
In 2002, for example, the pharmaceutical company Schering Plough settled with the SEC over charges that it had violated the FCPA by donating $76,000 to a legitimate charity in Poland called the Chudow Castle Foundation. It's a well-respected charity, but that was besides the point. The SEC said the donation was made to influence a Polish government health official who sat on the charity's board.
The company settled the claim with the feds for $500,000. As secretary of state, Hillary Clinton supported aggressive enforcement of the FCPA. When some business organizations tried to water down the law, she declared she was "unequivocally opposed to weakening" it.
Hillary took a "strong stand when it comes to American companies bribing foreign officials." So the fact that the Clinton Foundation is a charity should not deter us from investigating and exploring the flow of foreign money into its coffers. Indeed, a charity deserves special attention because it is the perfect tool of influence.
Foreign governments, corporations, and financiers who can't legally contribute to American political campaigns can write large checks to the Clinton Foundation in addition to paying high fees for speeches.
The Clintons frequently elide the distinction between their philanthropic work, their self-promotional and public relations efforts, and their moneymaking ventures. As Fortune puts it in an eyebrow-raising sentence, the Clinton Foundation is "a new turn in philanthropy, in which the lines between not-for-profits, politics, and business tend to blur.”
Bill Clinton has said as much himself. In describing the foundation's role, he positions it as a unique go-between for businesses, governments, and nongovernmental organizations (NGOS). The result is the creation of what he calls "public-goods markets."
He sees this as the wave of the future: "This is the kind of thing I believe will be a critical component of all philanthropic activity for the foreseeable future," he told one reporter. "I believe that in the years ahead, the organization and expansion of public-goods markets will become one of the most important areas of philanthropy, and will be an area where philanthropy sometimes blurs into strict private enterprise."