Billionaire Child Sex Offender Epstein Co-Founded Clinton Foundation per Alan Dershowitz Letter

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Attorneys for convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein touted his close friendship with Bill Clinton and even claimed the billionaire helped start Clinton’s controversial family foundation in a 2007 letter aimed at boosting his image during plea negotiations, FoxNews.com has learned.

The 23-page letter, written by high-powered lawyers Alan Dershowitz and Gerald Lefcourt, was apparently part of an ultimately successful bid to negotiate a plea deal before Epstein could be tried for using underage girls in a sex ring based in Palm Beach, Fla., and his private island estate on the 72-acre Virgin Islands home dubbed “Orgy Island.” Epstein spent 13 months in prison and home detention after agreeing to a plea deal in which he admitted to soliciting an underage girl for prostitution.

“Mr. Epstein was part of the original group that conceived the Clinton Global Initiative, which is described as a project ‘bringing together a community of global leaders to devise and implement innovative solutions to some of the world’s most pressing challenges,” read the July 2007 letter to the U.S. Attorney’s office in the Southern District of Florida. “Focuses of this initiative include poverty, climate change, global health, and religious and ethnic conflicts.”

The hedge fund magnate’s true role in creating the foundation could not be confirmed. Whether Epstein was an actual founder of the foundation or exaggerated his role in a phony effort to appear altruistic is not clear.

Epstein is not cited in official paperwork filed by the Clinton Global Initiative as a founder or director. Neither The Clinton Foundation nor Dershowitz responded to FoxNews.com’s inquiry as to the extent of Epstein’s involvement. FoxNews.com first reported that flight logs show the former president flew on Epstein’s private plane dozens of times. But Clinton has publicly credited longtime assistant Doug Band, now counselor and director of the foundation, as conceiving of the idea. (Read more from “Billionaire Sex Offender Epstein Once Claimed He Co-Founded Clinton Foundation” HERE)

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THE CLINTON EMAIL COVER-UP: Author Lee Cary Predicted It All

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Author Lee Cary predicted all of this in March; he reminded me with an email yesterday with the subject heading “Today, I take no joy in an accurate prediction”.

Here’s the email he sent me in March, edited only very slightly for readability:

On Mar 31, 2016 10:32 PM, “Lee Cary” wrote:

I think the fix is in.

Comey is, I believe, not the reincarnation of Elliott Ness.

Here’s how I see it playing out: He announces, after the fact of his advertised interview meeting with Hillary Clinton, that the event was professional and candid, as well as thorough and blah blah blah, and at the end of it concluded, in consultation with other high ranking FBI officials, that, while there were errors in judgment to which she has, in part, admitted, nothing Secretary Clinton did reached the level that warranted the FBI recommending an indictment to the AG. In effect, case closed.

The mainstream media then says we can all put this behind us and go forward with the silly season without the matter hanging over her. All the media, from FOX to MSNBC have bought, and promoted, the meme of Comey as the stand-up-guy, the Untouchable.

I look at his involvement in Plamegate, Patrick Fitzgerald’s (mentored by Comey, and godfather to at least one of his children) activities paving the way for Obama in Chicago by getting Rezko and Blago out of the way with no blowback on Obama, and, earlier, that episode when Ashcroft was in the hospital. Add to that one of Comey’s big promoters has been Chuck Schumer…

…In the wake of what I think will happen, happening, there will be a division between the ones who buy the con, and those who see the Fix but won’t have any explanation as to how it happened.

That’s it. (For more from the author of “THE CLINTON EMAIL COVER-UP: Author Lee Cary Predicted It All” please click HERE)

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FBI Director Comey Called to Answer for Hillary Decision

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FBI Director James Comey will appear before Congress on Thursday to explain his bombshell decision not to recommend charges against Hillary Clinton over her handling of classified information on her private, unsecured email server.

Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, the chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, told Fox News on Wednesday that Comey will answer questions before his committee regarding the decision.

“The FBI’s recommendation is surprising and confusing,” Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, said. “The fact pattern presented by Director Comey makes clear Secretary Clinton violated the law. Individuals who intentionally skirt the law must be held accountable. Congress and the American people have a right to understand the depth and breadth of the FBI’s investigation.”

Comey, in making his announcement not to recommend indictment on Tuesday, described the former secretary of state’s actions as “extremely careless,” which would seem to meet the legal standard of “gross negligence” laid out in the applicable statute.

The FBI director stated 110 emails were “determined by the owning agency to contain classified information at the time they were sent or received.” Of those, eight contained Top Secret information.

These findings contradict statements made by Clinton about her email server. First the former secretary claimed her server contained no classified information, but then over 2,000 emails were found that did contain such information. Clinton then changed her defense claiming none was classified at the time, which was also found not to be true.

Clinton altered her story yet again saying nothing was “marked” classified at the time, which was also false.

“Comey’s decision was seen in many quarters as a punt. By branding Clinton’s use of unauthorized servers to send and receive sensitive — and in some cases top secret — information as ‘extremely careless,’ Comey gave Clinton’s critics plenty of ammunition,” Fox News reported.

“By stopping short of referring the results of his bureau’s year-long probe to the Attorney General to pursue an indictment, Comey may have removed the biggest obstacle in Clinton’s path to the White House,” the news outlet added.

Comey took no questions in making his Tuesday announcement, so his appearance on Thursday will potentially give the public the first opportunity for further explanation behind his decision. (For more from the author of “FBI Director Comey Called to Answer for Hillary Decision” please click HERE)

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U.S. Imposes First Sanctions on North Korea’s Kim Jong Un for Human Rights Abuses

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The Obama administration imposed sanctions for the first time Wednesday on North Korean leader Kim Jong Un for his alleged role in perpetuating widespread human rights abuses.

The U.S. also blacklisted 10 other regime officials for allegedly helping Kim run prison camps, torture citizens, hunt down defectors, and maintain a nationwide system of propaganda and censorship.

The new Treasury Department sanctions freeze any of the individuals’ assets in the U.S. and prevent Americans from doing business with the blacklisted officials.

“Human rights abuses in the [Democratic People’s Republic of Korea] are among the worst in the world,” State Department spokesman John Kirby said in a statement announcing the sanctions Wednesday.

“The government continues to commit extrajudicial killings, enforced disappearances, arbitrary arrest and detention, forced labor, and torture. Many of these abuses are committed in the political prison camps, where an estimated 80,000 to 120,000 individuals are detained, including children and family members of the accused,” he added. (Read more from “U.S. Imposes First Sanctions on North Korea’s Kim Jong Un for Human Rights Abuses” HERE)

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Senate Dems Block Votes on Immigration Issues, Including Sanctuary Cities

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The Republican-controlled Senate failed Wednesday to advance efforts to change federal immigration law — including one to cut funding to so-called sanctuary cities.

The vote was 53-44, failing to get the minimum 60 votes to begin debate on the issue.

The measure attempted to block congressional funding for sanctuary cities — municipalities that ban police from cooperating with immigration officials to potentially deport illegal immigrants.

Senate Republicans also failed to get enough votes to advance their proposed Kate’s Law – named after Kate Steinle, who was fatally shot in July 2015, allegedly by an illegal immigrant who had multiple felony convictions and was deported several times prior to the incident.

“How many times does this have to happen?” Pennsylvania GOP Sen. Pat Toomey asked just before the 55-42 vote that failed along party lines. “At some point, a person needs to go to jail. That’s what Kate’s Law does.” (Read more from “Senate Dems Block Votes on Immigration Issues, Including Sanctuary Cities” HERE)

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Sanders Considering Endorsing Clinton

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The Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders campaigns are discussing a potential event next week in New Hampshire, during which the Vermont senator would endorse Clinton’s White House bid.

A Democrat familiar with the plans said Wednesday if the two sides continue to make progress, Clinton and Sanders would appear at the joint event Tuesday in New Hampshire. The Democrat spoke on condition of anonymity because the person was not authorized to discuss the plans . . .

Sanders has withheld his endorsement of Clinton since the end of the Democratic primaries in mid-June, pressing for policy commitments from the campaign and party leaders developing the platform that will be considered at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. But he has shown signs of coming around. (Read more from “Sanders Considering Endorsing Clinton” HERE)

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Top Economist Makes Case for Why New Laws Are Destroying Jobs

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A former top federal economist warned in an opinion piece Wednesday government policies are often counterproductive to the jobs they’re meant to save.

Industries phase out employment opportunities naturally due to factors like robotics and automation. Lawmakers have proposed policies to preserve and improve jobs, but often, those ideas backfire. International Trade Commission Former Chief Economist Peter Morici said a better approach is to prepare people for the jobs not easily replaced.

“The robotics and artificial intelligence revolution is all around us,” Morici wrote in a piece for Fox News. “Tasks requiring complex manual dexterity have proven tougher to replace but automated checkouts are spreading, and robots are at the cusp of not just taking orders at McDonald’s but also grasping and handing you hamburgers, fries and soft drinks.”

Morici notes economic innovation has been a part of human development since man first discovered the wheel. Industries advance and find ways to complete tasks without humans. He said with the new wave of automation, policymakers should be weary of the unintended consequences of preserving easily automated jobs.

“The Obama administration promised thousands of new jobs from the 2012 Korean-U.S. Free Trade Agreement, but it boosted the trade deficit by $16 billion and unemployment by 130,000,” Morici continued. “The Affordable Care Act, mandatory overtime and higher minimum wages imposed by many states and cities raise the cost of employing Americans, compelling businesses to purchase labor saving devices more quickly or close.”

Democrats and unions have made raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour a popular political issue. The policy is designed to improve the working situation for low-wage employees, but it could increase the rate employers turn to automation. Morici said the solution is to completely readdress how we approach education, so people know more complex skills.

“Our high schools and colleges are better at preaching social justice than producing enough graduates who can do the complex cognitive work that machines still leave to human beings,” Morici explained. “Skilled technicians with a year or two training and graduate engineers and systems analysts remain too scarce.”

Other economists have also concluded automation is a natural course of action as the economy evolves. The White House Council of Economic Advisers said in a report Feb. 22 that technological innovations like automation are on the rise. The question is whether increases in the minimum wage and other policies will actually cause automation to occur at a faster rate. (For more from the author of “Top Economist Makes Case for Why New Laws Are Destroying Jobs” please click HERE)

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Attorney General Lynch to Be Questioned by Congress

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After FBI Director James Comey’s announcement that no criminal charges will be recommended against Hillary Clinton for her use of a private email server while secretary of state, many are calling for further investigation into the matter.

House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wisc), told Megyn Kelly Tuesday that House Republicans plan to question Comey concerning how he reached his conclusion not to recommend charges against Clinton.

Now, in an announcement by Congressional Republicans Wednesday, Attorney General Loretta Lynch has also been called to answer questions about the Clinton investigation. Lynch has been in the public eye for her role in the Clinton investigation as the head of the Department of Justice, as well as for her widely criticized private meeting with Bill Clinton just days before the decision was announced.

Lynch faced heavy criticism from Republicans and even some Democrats for the meeting on the tarmac at Phoenix airport. Only days later, Lynch announced she would instead accept the recommendation of the FBI.

Presumed Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump was outspoken against the secret meeting, writing on his Twitter page to express his frustration:

On Wednesday, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), said the FBI’s announcement in the Clinton email case, “raises serious questions” and is “uniquely troubling in light of Attorney General Lynch’s secret meeting with former President Bill Clinton.”

“No one is above the law and the American people need to know that federal law enforcement is taking this misconduct seriously,” Goodlatte said in a statement.

He continued, “I look forward to hearing from Attorney General Lynch and learning more about how she and the Justice Department are addressing these important issues.” (For more from the author of “Attorney General Lynch to Be Questioned by Congress” please click HERE)

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DENNINGER: “America Died at 11:00 ET 7/5/2016”

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There is no longer the Rule of Law in this nation.

The law is clear. Knowingly removing classified documents is a criminal offense.

The very setting up of such a server and transmission or reception of classified material violates the statute since it is not possible to accidentally cross the SIPRNet boundary. It can only occur through intentional conduct.

Further, there has been zero mention of the Clinton Foundation and what facially appears to have been the selling of favors by the Clintons during and after Hillary’s time in office.

Here is the section of US law that Comey admitted and stated that the FBI found Hillary violated:

(f) Whoever, being entrusted with or having lawful possession or control of any document, writing, code book, signal book, sketch, photograph, photographic negative, blueprint, plan, map, model, instrument, appliance, note, or information, relating to the national defense, (1) through gross negligence permits the same to be removed from its proper place of custody or delivered to anyone in violation of his trust, or to be lost, stolen, abstracted, or destroyed, or (2) having knowledge that the same has been illegally removed from its proper place of custody or delivered to anyone in violation of its trust, or lost, or stolen, abstracted, or destroyed, and fails to make prompt report of such loss, theft, abstraction, or destruction to his superior officer—

Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both.
and:

(g) If two or more persons conspire to violate any of the foregoing provisions of this section, and one or more of such persons do any act to effect the object of the conspiracy, each of the parties to such conspiracy shall be subject to the punishment provided for the offense which is the object of such conspiracy.

Which in turn implicates Bill Clinton, Chelsea Clinton and every one of the people who worked on said server or in Hillary’s entourage and knew what Hillary was doing.

In short:

The Rule of Law was officially burned and buried on live television Tuesday by the Director of the FBI.

You therefore no longer have any moral requirement to adhere to same; your entire analysis must now rest on whether you are sufficiently afraid of being shot — and nothing more.

America, as envisioned and fought for by the founders, died at 11:00 AM ET, 7/5/2016.

240 years and one day from birth to death. (For more from the author of “DENNINGER: “America Died at 11:00 ET 7/5/2016” please click HERE)

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Say What? The House Just Passed a Bi-Partisan Bill With No Spending Increase

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The U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved mental health reform legislation Wednesday afternoon. The Washington Examiner reports that a bill to reform mental illness programs sponsored by Rep. Tim Murphy, R-PA (F,49%) was approved 422 to 2.

Instead of a sweeping overhaul, the measure makes incremental changes to how 112 government agencies coordinate with each other, compensate providers and make care available to those suffering from depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, anxiety and other illnesses.

Its provisions include making some changes to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration – requiring its director to have a clinical background and changing the way it reviews grants — and calling for studies and reviews that could lead to future reforms in the way mental healthcare is delivered and patients are treated.

Murphy, a clinical psychologist, applauded the passage of this bill, which he introduced in its original form in 2013.

“We’re here finally to speak up for the last, the lost, the least and the lonely — that is, those who suffer from mental illness that is untreated,” he said.

The bill does not increase federal spending and actually reduces net Medicaid spending by $5 million over the next ten years, according to the Congressional Budget Office.

The bill heads to the Senate next. (For more from the author of “Say What? The House Just Passed a Bi-Partisan Bill With No Spending Increase” please click HERE)

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