Lawsuit alleges Clinton’s are guilty of racketeering, influence peddling

Posted on March 25, 2015

by Sam Rolley

A conservative watchdog has filed a racketeering lawsuit against former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, arguing that the nation’s former top diplomat used a personal email server in order to sell access in return for donations to the Clinton Foundation.

The complaint, filed by conservative activist Larry Klayman’s Freedom Watch organization, also names Bill Clinton and the Clinton Foundation as defendants. It alleges that both Bill and Hillary Clinton “systematically and continuously… conducted a corrupt enterprise” under the definition of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act.

The suit also alleges that the Clinton’s used mail and wire fraud to ignore multiple Freedom of Information Act requests for documents pertaining to State Department waivers to people and business thwarting U.S. sanctions by doing business with Iran.

The suit explains: “Plaintiff has filed many Freedom of Information Act requests for public records created or held by the U.S. Department of State… which records are of the public interest and importance to the citizens of the United States. … As it has now been revealed, a primary reason that the plaintiff did not receive the records to which the plaintiff is entitled by law is that Defendant Hillary Clinton — upon information and belief together with Cheryl Mills and Defendant Bill Clinton and other Clinton ‘loyalists’ — set up a private computer file server operating a private, stand-alone electronic mail system.”

The complaint goes on to charge that Clinton’s “off the books” email setup is evidence of a deliberate and calculated scheme to steal public documents for personal financial gain.

“Using those concealed communications held on the private email server, upon information and belief, the defendants negotiated, arranged and implemented the sale of influence and access to U.S. government officials and decision-makers and official acts by State and other instrumentalities of the U.S. government in return for gratuitous and illegal payments — bribes — disguised as donations to defendant The Clinton Foundation and extraordinarily high speaking fees paid to Defendant Bill Clinton and Defendant Hillary Clinton,” the complaint continues.

The lawsuit is the latest of many Klayman has filed against the Clinton’s during his years as a conservative activist.

“This is the first and only hard-hitting case to address the growing email scandal. What Hillary Clinton, her husband, and their foundation have done is nothing new. It is simply part of a criminal enterprise which dates back at least 10 years, all designed to enrich themselves personally at the expense of the American people and our nation. It’s time, however, that they finally be held legally accountable,” Klayman said in a statement.

The conservative activist is asking the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida to order the Clinton’s to turn over the former secretary of state’s email server for examination and publication of its contents. In addition, Klayman wants the Clinton’s to be hit with $5 million compensatory and $200 million punitive damages along with any other applicable RICO penalties.

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