In a new statement, the Trump campaign has condemned Hillary Clinton for accepting money from a company linked to ISIS.
As pointed out by the campaign, the Clinton Foundation took a sizable amount of money from a company that did business with ISIS. And they literally did business with ISIS.
The Clinton Foundation Has Received Between $50,001 And $100,000 From Lafarge.(“Contributor And Grantor Information,” Clinton Foundation, Accessed 8/1/16)
According To Le Monde, Lafarge “Entered Into Deals With Armed Groups In Syria, Including The Islamic State (IS) Group, In Order To Protect Its Business Interests In The Country.” “French cement maker Lafarge entered into deals with armed groups in Syria, including the Islamic State (IS) group, in order to protect its business interests in the country, French daily Le Monde reported Tuesday.” (“French Cement Maker Lafarge 'Made Deals With IS Group In Syria',” France 24, 6/22/16)The Deal With ISIS Centers On A Cement Works Lafarge Purchased In Syria In 2007. “At the heart of the ‘murky deals’ alleged by Le Monde is a cement works that Lafarge bought in 2007 some 150 kilometres (95 miles) northeast of Aleppo. The Jalabiya cement works went into operation in 2010, a year before the start of Syria's ongoing civil war.” (“French Cement Maker Lafarge 'Made Deals With IS Group In Syria',” France 24, 6/22/16)
Lafarge Purchased Licenses And Paid Taxes To ISIS To Allow For Access To Its Syrian Cement Works And The “Free Circulation Of Its Goods.” “In one case Lafarge – seeking access to its factory for workers and supplies – sent a man named Ahmad Jaloudi on a mission ‘to get permission from IS group to let employees past checkpoints.’ … In another case a ‘pass stamped with an IS group stamp and endorsed by the (group's) finance chief in the Aleppo region’ proves the company had struck a deal with IS group to allow for free circulation of its goods, the newspaper reported. In order to keep making cement Lafarge bought licenses from and paid taxes to IS group middle-men and oil traders, the newspaper alleged.” (“French Cement Maker Lafarge 'Made Deals With IS Group In Syria',” France 24, 6/22/16)
Obviously this is a major issue. Far more so than the antics of the Khandashians who appear to live in television studios these days. And yet the media is largely refusing to cover it. The only media mentions of the issue appear in FOX News. And even they're buried within a condescending and dismissive report about Trump. The only outlets willing to cover it are conservative or foreign.
The scope of this kind of news blacklist is both troubling and unprecedented. If the Clinton Foundation took money from a company that did business with ISIS, it ought to be asked to account for that and return the money. Especially as the Foundation is a fake charity whose real purpose is the promotion of the Clintons.