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Re:Facebook says it sold political ads to Russian company du... by scottmf on Wednesday September 06, 2017 @05:40PM (#15187347)
It's a non-issue and you're really wasting your time responding to these attempts to suggest "both candidates were as corrupt as each other" in the 2016 election:

"Nonetheless. looking at the Clinton Foundation’s donor list, Saudi Arabia gave between $10 million and $25 million. But the foundation reported the Saudi money in December 2008, and the amount hasn’t changed since. Clinton Foundation spokesman Brian Cookstra pointed out that Saudi Arabia did not give to the foundation while Secretary Clinton was at the State Department."

Why people genuinely believe we should focus on this, rather than Donald Trump's ongoing business ties to Russia—and all of the blatant lies about it—I'll never know.

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Re:Facebook says it sold political ads to Russian company du... by 13years on Wednesday September 06, 2017 @07:02PM (#15187843)
If we are to accept the 'Clinton Foundation spokesman' as the definitive source of truth, then in fairness we would have to accept the administration's claims on Russia with the same merits.

As to why, there seems to be more of a corrupt veil that obscures Saudi Arabia's true role in the world vs. Russia. For example

https://news.vice.com/story/saudi-arabia-is-the-top-sponsor-...

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Re:Facebook says it sold political ads to Russian company du... by lern_too_spel on Wednesday September 06, 2017 @07:22PM (#15187938)
The Clinton Foundation publicly discloses all its donors. https://www.clintonfoundation.org/contributors
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Re:Facebook says it sold political ads to Russian company du... by 13years on Wednesday September 06, 2017 @10:20PM (#15188692)
Trump has stated there are no ties to Russia.

So we can now be done with both of these concerns?

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Re:Facebook says it sold political ads to Russian company du... by lern_too_spel on Thursday September 07, 2017 @01:01AM (#15189243)
We have already found multiple ties to Russia, contradicting Trump's claims.

The Clinton Foundation's disclosures match the totals in its mandatory financial reports. https://www.clintonfoundation.org/about/annual-financial-rep...

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Re:Facebook says it sold political ads to Russian company du... by scottmf on Wednesday September 06, 2017 @07:11PM (#15187884)
>If we are to accept the 'Clinton Foundation spokesman' as the definitive source of truth, then in fairness we would have to accept the administration's claims on Russia with the same merits.

This is some bizarre logic.

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Re:Facebook says it sold political ads to Russian company du... by 13years on Wednesday September 06, 2017 @10:18PM (#15188682)
Is it really bizarre to apply the same standards? Can the accused verify themselves innocent in one instance but not in another?
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