The
FBI is investigating Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe, a top ally of Hillary
Clinton, over possible illegal campaign contributions and their connection to
his tenure on the board of the Clinton Global Initiative.
CNN
reports: Virginia Democratic
Gov. Terry McAuliffe is the subject of an ongoing investigation by the FBI and
prosecutors from the Justice Department's public integrity unit, U.S. officials
briefed on the probe say.
The
investigation dates to at least last year and has focused, at least in part, on
whether donations to his gubernatorial campaign violated the law, the officials
said.
As
part of the probe, the officials said, investigators have scrutinized
McAuliffe's time as a board member of the Clinton Global Initiative, a vehicle
of the charitable foundation set up by former President Bill Clinton.
An
arm of the Clinton Foundation received $100 million from a “blood minerals”
firm that was praised by Bill Clinton.
The
Daily Caller reports: A little known
Swedish-Canadian oil and mining conglomerate human rights groups have
repeatedly charged produces “blood minerals” is among the Clinton Foundation’s
biggest donors, thanks to a $100 million pledge in 2007, a Daily Caller News
Foundation investigation has found.
“Blood
minerals” are related to “blood diamonds,” which are allegedly mined in war
zones or sold as commodities to help finance political insurgencies or despotic
warlords.
When
the Vancouver, Canada-based Lundin Group gave its $100 million commitment to
the “Clinton Giustra Sustainable Growth Initiative,” the company had long been
cutting deals with warlords, Marxist rebels, military strongmen and
dictatorships in the war-torn African countries of Congo, Sudan and Ethiopia.
