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What is Foreign Money Buying In Washington DC

November 20th, 2008 • Richard Cochrane
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Foreign and inelible currency detectorPalestinian Brothers Gave Obama $31,000 from GAZA strip.

The Federal Election Commission was prepared to sweep aside formal demands for a full audit of irregularities in the Obama campaign until the idea of Hillary Clinton being Secretary of State surfaced. More specifically are monies flowing from foreigners and foreign governments to former President Bill Clinton and into the Obama’s pockets.

The rub with the FEC is concerns can also include receiving money from foreign donors. The FEC compiled a list last month of more than 16,000 contributions from overseas sources. A Newsmax survey of roughly one-fifth of those names found 118 individuals who appeared to be foreign citizens.

Non-U. S. citizens are forbidden from contributing and more specifically campaigns, if knowing, are prohibited from accepting such contributions lest foreigners and foreign governments buy influence.

4,000 contributors to the Obama campaign exceeded the $2,300 individual limits and could be prosecuted and if found guilty fined and even imprisoned.

So, will the commission act now? Incoming commissioners Don McGahn, a Republican, and Cynthia Bauerly, a Democrat, insisted that they would hear cases at the FEC in terms of their merits, not party affiliation.

One egregious example is contribution from two brothers in the Gaza Strip, Hosam and Monir Edwan. Together, they gave over $31,000 to the Obama campaign. The brothers listed their address as Gaza Strip, Rafah,” and used a foreign currency credit card to make their donations.

Obama’s campaign also received millions of dollars in cash cards where a person buys the card for cash, contributes without name or address being reported. In one case an individual bought out a retailers supply with a stack of $100 bills.

Partisans are pointing out that this does not reflect the idea of “change” or “reform.”

At minimum say critics Obama’s campaign should be thoroughly vetted as former President Clinton financed investigated to remove any doubt of foreign influence or expose it if it exists.

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