The latest batch of publicly-released State Department emails provide more evidence that a $10 million loan from the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) to Clinton Foundation donor Claudio Osorio was made as a result of pressure from Bill and Hillary Clinton.
The loan to a company named InnoVida, owned by Osorio, was supposed to be for building houses in earthquake-ravaged Haiti, but Osorio used the money to finance a lavish lifestyle. Osorio is currently in prison for fraud. OPIC is an independent agency but submits its budget through the State Department.
The Clintons’ efforts to push the OPIC loan were uncovered by NLPC’s Ken Boehm and Tom Anderson. They spent many hours at both the state and federal courthouses in Miami going through documents related to the InnoVida case.
The emails also illustrate how close Clinton supporters like Jonathan Mantz have run a lucrative influence-peddling operation. Mantz was Hillary’s 2008 finance director, and today plays a key role in Priorities USA, a super PAC supporting Hillary. Mantz was a lobbyist for InnoVida. Alana Goodman of the Washington Free Beacon today details Mantz' campaign on behalf of InnoVida, as revealed through the emails.
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