Networks Skip Latest Break in the Clinton Foundation Scandal

Curtis Houck | April 9, 2015
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The major English and Spanish broadcast networks ducked a new development in the Clinton Foundation scandal on Thursday night as a report surfaced that then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton supported a U.S. trade deal with Colombia following donations to her family’s foundation from a Colombian oil company and its founder despite concerns of human rights violations and labor strikes.

As explained in an International Business Times (IBT) article, the Clinton Foundation had received millions of dollars in the years leading up to the deal from board member Frank Giustra, who also was the founder of Colombian oil giant Pacific Rubiales. In one donation, Pacific Rubiales gave $4.4 million for the formation of a joint venture between the two called the Clinton Giustra Enterprise Partnership (CGEP).

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