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Bill Clinton’s foundation doled out $2 million to a power company partly owned by a wealthy blond divorcée about whom questions have been raised as to whether she is the frequent visitor to his home nicknamed “Energizer.”
The “commitment” to Julie Tauber McMahon’s firm from the Clinton Global Initiative was placed on its 2010 conference agenda at Clinton’s urging, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.
The initiative “commits $2 million to support the work of Energy Pioneer Solutions, a company founded to deliver energy savings to communities in rural America,” said a 2010 statement from the charity.
Clinton even went to bat for the company when it came to lobbying for federal funds. He helped steer an $812,000 federal grant to it by endorsing the funds via then-Energy Secretary Steven Chu, the Journal said.
McMahon owns 29 percent of Energy Pioneer Solutions, which was given the money to make people’s homes more energy-efficient.
The fit, blond mother of three, who lives just minutes from Bill and Hillary Clinton’s home in Chappaqua, Westchester, is the daughter of Joel Tauber, a millionaire donor to the Democratic Party.
McMahon, 54, is rumored to be the woman dubbed “Energizer” by the Secret Service at the Clinton home because of her frequent visits, according to RadarOnline.
Secret Service agents were even given special instructions to abandon usual protocol when the woman came by, according to journalist Ronald Kessler’s tell-all book, “The First Family Detail.”
“You don’t stop her, you don’t approach her, you just let her go in,” says the book, based on agents’ accounts.
“Energizer” is described in the book as a charming visitor who sometimes brought cookies to the agents.
The book describes one sun-drenched afternoon when agents took notice of the woman’s revealing attire.
“It was a warm day, and she was wearing a low-cut tank top, and as she leaned over, her breasts were very exposed,” an agent is quoted in the book.
“They appeared to be very perky and very new and full . . . There was no doubt in my mind they were enhanced.”
“Energizer” reportedly timed her arrivals and departures around Hillary Clinton’s schedule.
McMahon has denied in reports having an intimate relationship with Bill Clinton.
The payout to McMahon’s company raises red flags for the Clinton Global Initiative.
Other Clinton friends — including former Democratic congressional candidate Scott Kleeb, Democratic National Committee Treasurer Andrew Tobias and Mark Weiner — share ownership of Energy Pioneer Solutions.
Under federal law, tax-exempt nonprofits like Clinton’s are not supposed to act in anyone’s private interest, the Journal reported. Spokespeople for Bill and Hillary Clinton declined to comment.
A foundation spokesperson defended the payout as “a common practice in the broader philanthropic space.”
originally posted by: butcherguy
a reply to: IAMTAT
And all this time I thought the Clinton Foundation was about saving earthquake victims in Haiti.
You could knock me down with a feather right now!
(denoting sarcasm)
originally posted by: intrptr
Bills home is nicknamed the "energizer"? That pretty telling. Want to understand how ambitious some people are, see the energizer bunny, it just keeps going and going…
originally posted by: butcherguy
a reply to: IAMTAT
And all this time I thought the Clinton Foundation was about saving earthquake victims in Haiti.
You could knock me down with a feather right now!
(denoting sarcasm)
originally posted by: UnBreakable
originally posted by: intrptr
Bills home is nicknamed the "energizer"? That pretty telling. Want to understand how ambitious some people are, see the energizer bunny, it just keeps going and going…
I hear she got the nickname "energizer" because she always had batteries for her apparatus when she was with Bill. She says he sometimes had trouble getting to full attention, says it was like playing pool with a rope.
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originally posted by: queenofswords
Maybe ole Bill needed a "Home Performance Assessment".
He probably got a pic line installed to send the picker-upper medicine right to the part that needs it.
originally posted by: IAMTAT
originally posted by: UnBreakable
originally posted by: intrptr
Bills home is nicknamed the "energizer"? That pretty telling. Want to understand how ambitious some people are, see the energizer bunny, it just keeps going and going…
I hear she got the nickname "energizer" because she always had batteries for her apparatus when she was with Bill. She says he sometimes had trouble getting to full attention, says it was like playing pool with a rope.
$2 Million should be able to buy plenty of little blue pills.
originally posted by: Brotherman
originally posted by: butcherguy
a reply to: IAMTAT
And all this time I thought the Clinton Foundation was about saving earthquake victims in Haiti.
You could knock me down with a feather right now!
(denoting sarcasm)
I was rapidly deployed to Haiti during "operation secure tomorrow" in Port-au-Prince, not once did I see a single member or hear of any action made by the Clinton Foundation. While I was there I will admit it was the saddest and darkest place on earth even in comparison to my time serving in the war. The amount of suffering and corruption of this place is over whelming.
Haiti's magnitude 7.0 earthquake of Jan. 12, 2010, left 220,000 people dead, 300,000 injured and rubble nearly everywhere. The catastrophe also unleashed an unprecedented flood of humanitarian aid — $13.5 billion in donations and pledges, about three-quarters from donor nations and a quarter from private charity. But today Haiti is a long, long way from realizing the bullish goal of "building back better."