When The Clintons Do It, That Means That It’s Not Illegal

Associated Press;

More than half the people outside the government who met with Hillary Clinton while she was secretary of state gave money — either personally or through companies or groups — to the Clinton Foundation. It’s an extraordinary proportion indicating her possible ethics challenges if elected president.
At least 85 of 154 people from private interests who met or had phone conversations scheduled with Clinton while she led the State Department donated to her family charity or pledged commitments to its international programs, according to a review of State Department calendars released so far to The Associated Press. Combined, the 85 donors contributed as much as $156 million. At least 40 donated more than $100,000 each, and 20 gave more than $1 million.

I’m sure you’re as shocked as I am. Actual investigative journalism? From Associated Press?
Related.

Pleasing Your Enemies…

…Canadian governments, recognizing the importance of oil production to Canadians’ well-being, have misguidedly sought to obtain “social licence” for Canadian oil companies with stringent targets for greenhouse gas reduction and profit-eroding carbon taxes. Many of the major oil companies have meekly applauded these measures, implicitly apologizing for the sin of making profits by providing us with affordable, abundant and reliable energy.

You know the rest.

Oh, Shiny Prime Minister

CTV;

The federal environment department paid a French photojournalist $10,681 to take pictures of its minister, Catherine McKenna, and her staff during the COP21 conference on climate change in Paris last year.
Documents given to CTV News initially had the figure in Canadian dollars at $6,662, but that amount was actually in Euros.
Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) says the sole-source contract for photos issued to Sébastien Leban saved the government travel costs of sending a photographer from Canada to document the event.

h/t TimR

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