{"id":20870,"date":"2016-04-07T15:49:35","date_gmt":"2016-04-07T19:49:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/angry.net\/blog2\/?p=20870"},"modified":"2017-01-18T05:20:26","modified_gmt":"2017-01-18T10:20:26","slug":"the-panama-papers-the-clinton-connection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/angry.net\/blog2\/?p=20870","title":{"rendered":"The Panama Papers, The Clinton Connection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good day all. About a week ago, there was a <a href=\"https:\/\/panamapapers.icij.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">massive document drop<\/a> from a Panamanian law firm. This firm specializes in setting up shell companies for rich people to avoid taxes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/something-smells-fishy-and-it-certainly-isnt-fish.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-15300\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-15300\" src=\"http:\/\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/something-smells-fishy-and-it-certainly-isnt-fish-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"something-smells-fishy-and-it-certainly-isnt-fish\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/something-smells-fishy-and-it-certainly-isnt-fish-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/something-smells-fishy-and-it-certainly-isnt-fish-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/something-smells-fishy-and-it-certainly-isnt-fish.jpg 552w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>In and of itself, there\u2019s nothing illegal about this, unless you\u2019re using these shell companies for tax evasion or other criminal enterprises. One of the interesting things is that to date, no Americans have been found in these papers&#8230;.Until now. Guess who is being implicated in this? I\u2019ll give you a hint. She\u2019s running for President. Here are some of the juicy and complicated details from <a href=\"http:\/\/observer.com\/2016\/04\/panama-papers-reveal-clintons-kremlin-connection\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Observer<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><b>The revelations of the so-called <a href=\"https:\/\/panamapapers.icij.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Panama Papers<\/a> that are roiling the world\u2019s political and financial elites this week include important facts about Team Clinton.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/hillary-shocked.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20805\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-20805\" src=\"http:\/\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/hillary-shocked-300x153.jpg\" alt=\"hillary shocked\" width=\"300\" height=\"153\" srcset=\"https:\/\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/hillary-shocked-300x153.jpg 300w, https:\/\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/hillary-shocked-500x256.jpg 500w, https:\/\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/hillary-shocked.jpg 665w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><b>This unprecedented trove of documents purloined from a shady Panama law firm that arranged tax havens, and perhaps money laundering, for the globe\u2019s super-rich includes juicy insights into how Russia\u2019s elite hides its ill-gotten wealth.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>This sort of leak is the type that gets people killed. The Russians alone will be looking very carefully for the leaker. As for the Clintons?<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><b>Almost lost among the many revelations is the fact that Russia\u2019s biggest bank uses <a href=\"http:\/\/freebeacon.com\/issues\/panama-papers-implicate-podesta-client\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Podesta Group<\/a> as its lobbyist in Washington, DC. Though hardly a household name, this firm is well known inside the Beltway, not least because its CEO is Tony Podesta, one of the best-connected Democratic <\/b><em><b>machers<\/b><\/em><b> in the country. <\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><b>He founded the firm in 1998 with his brother John, formerly chief of staff to President Bill Clinton, then counselor to President Barack Obama, Mr. Podesta is the very definition of a Democratic insider. Outsiders engage the Podestas and their well-connected lobbying firm to improve their image and get access to Democratic bigwigs.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>And I have no doubt that the Podestas and the Clintons both wished they were not well known. So who used the Podestas to purchase a little influence?<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><b>Which is exactly what <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sberbank.com\/ru\" target=\"_blank\">Sberbank<\/a>, Russia\u2019s biggest financial institution, did this spring.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Long story short, the Podesta firm is required by law to list themselves and the individuals who will be <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><i>bribing<\/i><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: small;\"> lobbying government officials.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><b>It should be noted that Tony Podesta is a big-money bundler for the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign while his brother John is the chairman of that campaign, the chief architect of her plans to take the White House this November.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/shocked-face.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20636\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-20636\" src=\"http:\/\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/shocked-face-300x225.png\" alt=\"shocked-face\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/shocked-face-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/angry.net\/blog2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/shocked-face.png 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Sberbank hired the Podestas to help them polish their nefarious image and get some sanctions that were hurting them and their customers in the Kremlin Mob.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><b>It\u2019s hardly surprising that Sberbank sought the help of Democratic insiders like the Podesta Group to aid them in this difficult hour, since they clearly understand how American politics work. <\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><b>The question is why the Podesta Group took Sberbank\u2019s money.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">P<\/span><span style=\"font-size: small;\">robably because they are part of the Clinton Crime Family of course. Basically, greed and a willingness to turn a blind eye.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><b>That financial institution isn\u2019t exactly hiding in the shadows\u2014it\u2019s the biggest bank in Russia, and its reputation leaves a lot to be desired.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The Observer story lists all sorts of interesting things the Sberbank is alleged to have been involved in. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><b>Ukraine has pointed a finger at Sberbank as an instrument of Russia\u2019s aggression against their country. In 2014, Ukraine\u2019s Security Service charged Sberbank with \u201cfinancing terrorism,\u201d noting that its branches were distributing millions of dollars in illegal aid to Russian-backed separatists fighting in eastern Ukraine. <\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><b><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Adding to shadiness of all this, the Podesta Group is playing along with the useful charade that Sberbank is simply a private financial institution, rather than the state-owned bank that it is, since that would require the lobbyists to register as agents of the Russian government under the Foreign Agent Registration Act. <\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Gee, Democrats and Clintons playing fast and loose with the laws? Who would have thought?<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><b><span style=\"font-size: small;\">John and Tony Podesta aren\u2019t fooling anyone with this ruse. They are lobbyists for Vladimir Putin\u2019s personal bank of choice, an arm of his Kremlin and its intelligence services. Since the brothers Podesta are presumably destined for very high-level White House jobs next January if the Democrats triumph in November at the polls, their relationship with Sberbank is something they\u2014and Hillary Clinton\u2014need to explain to the public. <\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">These are Democrat bigwigs. Explaining anything is something that they never do. However, there are a few little things that have come up thanks to Hillary\u2019s closet email server. One of them was how she closed a deal as Secretary of State to<a href=\"http:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/big-government\/2015\/04\/24\/clinton-cash-hillarys-spin-machine-cant-shrug-off-uranium-scandal\/\" target=\"_blank\"> sell a large segment of the American uranium mines<\/a> to&#8230;Russia. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">I don\u2019t expect the Clintons to have used this law firm to set up a shall company. So far, no American\u2019s have been caught in this web. However, as this story on the Podestas shows, there will be a lot of secondary connections, and I wouldn\u2019t be at all surprised to see the Clintons and others caught up in it. Who knows? Perhaps the FBI is doing a scan on her emails for any connections to the Panama Papers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Thatisall<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><b><span style=\"font-size: small;\">~The Angry Webmaster~<\/span><\/b><\/i><\/p>\n<p>[yasr_visitor_votes size=&#8221;medium&#8221;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good day all. About a week ago, there was a massive document drop from a Panamanian law firm. 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