Double Standards
A Texas oilman who’s accused of defrauding the Nigerian government by illegally pumping and exporting 10 million barrels of oil is a major fundraiser for Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign.
Kase Lawal of Houston is at least the fourth person accused or convicted of criminal wrongdoing to help finance Clinton’s political ambitions since 2000 and the second in her quest for the White House. The list also includes Chinese and Pakistani fugitives and a former Miami lawyer who was convicted of defrauding Cuba.
Clinton campaign response:
Jay Carson, a campaign spokesman, brushed off such criticism.
“While no vetting process is perfect, our vetting department does extensive vetting in order to catch any issues with donors,” he said. “And to our knowledge, Mr. Lawal is an upstanding member of his community in Houston.”
However, a simple Google search by McClatchy produced reports of serious allegations about some of Lawal’s business dealings in Nigeria and South Africa.
Now please contrast that with Mark Wolfson’s continued haranguing of Barack Obama on February 29th about Tony Rezko, despite the fact that Obama has turned over reams of documents and given a 92-minute interview answering all questions posed by the newspapers:
“What is the nature of the relationship? How many fundraisers were held? How much money was raised? How many meetings were attended? What was said at those meetings? Did Tony Rezko attempt to get jobs for Obama allies?” Wolfson asked.
None of this is surprising. I just like it when I can find a blatant example of campaign hypocrisy and memorialize it for generations to come.
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