{"id":52269,"date":"2016-10-14T14:26:24","date_gmt":"2016-10-14T18:26:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=52269"},"modified":"2016-10-14T14:27:45","modified_gmt":"2016-10-14T18:27:45","slug":"jack-abramoff-goes-off-on-hillary-most-corrupt-person-in-history-of-united-states-to-get-this-close-to-the-presidency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=52269","title":{"rendered":"Jack Abramoff Goes Off On Hillary: \u2018Most Corrupt Person In History Of United States To Get This Close To The Presidency\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Jack Abramoff thinks Hillary Clinton should be in prison.<\/h2>\n<p><!--more--><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/2016-09-27T101057Z_1_LYNXNPEC8Q0JG_RTROPTP_4_USA-ELECTION-DEBATE-e1476195358825.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/2016-09-27T101057Z_1_LYNXNPEC8Q0JG_RTROPTP_4_USA-ELECTION-DEBATE-e1476195358825-1024x439.jpg\" alt=\"2016-09-27t101057z_1_lynxnpec8q0jg_rtroptp_4_usa-election-debate-e1476195358825\" width=\"640\" height=\"274\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-52273\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/2016-09-27T101057Z_1_LYNXNPEC8Q0JG_RTROPTP_4_USA-ELECTION-DEBATE-e1476195358825-1024x439.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/2016-09-27T101057Z_1_LYNXNPEC8Q0JG_RTROPTP_4_USA-ELECTION-DEBATE-e1476195358825-300x129.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/2016-09-27T101057Z_1_LYNXNPEC8Q0JG_RTROPTP_4_USA-ELECTION-DEBATE-e1476195358825-768x330.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/2016-09-27T101057Z_1_LYNXNPEC8Q0JG_RTROPTP_4_USA-ELECTION-DEBATE-e1476195358825.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nJAMIE WEINSTEIN | The DAILY CALEER<\/p>\n<section id=\"container\" class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"article-primary small-12 medium-7 large-8 columns single content-area\">\n<div id=\"post-5270144\" class=\"post-5270144 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-dcexclusives-origreporting tag-elections-2016 tag-hillary-clinton tag-jack-abramoff tag-the-clinton-foundation tag-the-jamie-weinstein-show section-politics focused\" data-post_data=\"{&quot;postID&quot;:&quot;5270144&quot;,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/dailycaller.com\\\/2016\\\/10\\\/13\\\/jack-abramoff-goes-off-on-hillary-most-corrupt-person-in-history-of-united-states-to-get-this-close-to-the-presidency\\\/&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Jack+Abramoff+Goes+Off+On+Hillary%3A+%E2%80%98Most+Corrupt+Person+In+History+Of+United+States+To+Get+This+Close+To+The+Presidency%E2%80%99&quot;,&quot;image&quot;:&quot;http%3A%2F%2Fdailycaller.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2016%2F09%2F2016-09-27T101057Z_1_LYNXNPEC8Q0JG_RTROPTP_4_USA-ELECTION-DEBATE-e1476195358825.jpg&quot;,&quot;pullSection&quot;:&quot;politics&quot;,&quot;gafc&quot;:{&quot;dimension5&quot;:&quot;Politics&quot;,&quot;dimension1&quot;:&quot;Jamie Weinstein&quot;,&quot;dimension2&quot;:&quot;DC Exclusives - Original Reporting&quot;,&quot;dimension3&quot;:&quot;Article&quot;,&quot;dimension4&quot;:&quot;TheDC&quot;}}\">\n<div id=\"main-article\" class=\"full-page-article left-col\">\n<div class=\"thepost post article-content\">\n<div id=\"ob-read-more-selector\">\n<div id=\"dc-word-up\">\n<p>The former super lobbyist, who spent nearly four years in prison himself for fraud and corruption, explained why\u00a0on the latest episode of \u201cThe Jamie Weinstein Show\u201d podcast, where he also discussed the 2016 presidential race, how to fix Washington corruption and the lessons he learned over his infamous career.<\/p>\n<h3><em><strong>Show Map:<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><em>On Hillary Clinton and the Clinton Foundation (6:33)<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>On what happens to GOP if Trump loses (16:36)<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>How to fix Washington corruption (19:02)<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>On trying to pay off his $44 million in restitution (39:28)<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Advice on how to respond to a major setback (42:00)<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>On his influences and legacy (50:09<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Speaking of Hillary Clinton\u2019s role in the Clinton Foundation, Abramoff said she \u201cis the most corrupt person in the history of the United States to get this close to the presidency, including by leaps and bounds Warren Harding.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe\u2019s been involved in activities that frankly I was put in prison for and that I was in prison with other people who did other things that she did,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<form id=\"dc-quiz-wrapper\" action=\"http:\/\/dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/daily_caller\/ajax.php\" method=\"POST\">\n<h3 class=\"quiz-h3\"><span class=\"quiz-headline\">Do You Agree That Hillary Clinton Is The &#8216;Most Corrupt Person In History Of United States To Get This Close To The Presidency&#8217;?<\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"quiz-fine-print-container\"><span class=\"quiz-fine-print\">Completing this poll entitles you to Daily Caller news updates free of charge. You may opt out at anytime. You also agree to our <a class=\"quiz-link\" href=\"http:\/\/dailycaller.com\/footer\/privacy-policy\/\">Privacy Policy<\/a> and <a class=\"quiz-link\" href=\"http:\/\/dailycaller.com\/footer\/terms-of-use\/\">Terms of Use<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/form>\n<p>Abramoff said Clinton was clearly \u201cselling special access\u201d with her and her husband\u2019s\u00a0charitable\u00a0foundation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHer staff \u2014 Cheryl Mills, Huma Abedin \u2014 were very involved in facilitating donors getting special access,\u201d he said. \u201cForget about whether they got results, because that\u2019s not really the metric. The metric is are you using your public service to do something for somebody in exchange for a quid pro quo and there seems to be very little doubt there is.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Abramoff says even if all that some major donors to the Clinton Foundation received were meetings\u00a0with then-Secretary of State Clinton, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/emails-reveal-how-foundation-donors-got-access-to-clinton-and-her-close-aides-at-state-dept\/2016\/08\/22\/345b5200-6882-11e6-8225-fbb8a6fc65bc_story.html\" target=\"_blank\">which evidence suggests occurred<\/a>, \u201cdoing the meetings is getting something.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople who understand government and understand clients and understand access in this town understand that when you give money and you get a meeting, you\u2019re getting the ask,\u201d he exclaimed. \u201cYou may not get the result, or you may get the result by the way. In some cases apparently they did, but just getting the meeting, getting the access, getting use over government, public service employees by virtue of your contributions, that is special access. That may not be statutory bribery but that is certainly absolutely honest services fraud, without question.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnybody who looks at that and says, \u2018well that\u2019s perfectly okay,\u2019 is either lying because they\u2019re trying to support Hillary, hypocritical or they just don\u2019t understand what\u2019s going on in Washington,\u201d he went on.<\/p>\n<p>Abramoff argued that \u201ceven if all of the money that she extracted and he extracted from these world leaders in exchange for the favors they did in the State Department went to altruistic purposes,\u201d it \u201cis still improper.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat was exactly what happened with me,\u201d he explained. \u201cI asked people to give money to foundations that were actually doing things for people. It was still considered to be inappropriate and improper.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>So what do the Clintons get out of their foundation?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey get importance and they get control,\u201d Abramoff argued.<\/p>\n<p>For her part, Hillary Clinton has called\u00a0allegations of impropriety surrounding the Clinton Foundation \u201cabsurd.\u201d Bill Clinton \u00a0has vociferously defended the foundation as well.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re trying to do good things,\u201d he\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.detroitnews.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2016\/08\/24\/clinton-foundation-donors\/89302594\/\" target=\"_blank\">said<\/a> in August. \u201cIf there\u2019s something wrong with creating jobs and saving lives, I don\u2019t know what it is. The people who gave the money knew exactly what they were doing. I have nothing to say about it except that I\u2019m really proud. I\u2019m proud of what they\u2019ve done.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Listen:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=http%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/287326145&amp;color=cc0033&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"rec_container_footer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2016\/10\/13\/jack-abramoff-goes-off-on-hillary-most-corrupt-person-in-history-of-united-states-to-get-this-close-to-the-presidency\/#ixzz4N5LOaoJ3\">http:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2016\/10\/13\/jack-abramoff-goes-off-on-hillary-most-corrupt-person-in-history-of-united-states-to-get-this-close-to-the-presidency\/#ixzz4N5LOaoJ3<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jack Abramoff thinks Hillary Clinton should be in prison.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=52269"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52269\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=52269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=52269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=52269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}