What's That? The Clintons Were Involved in an Online "University Scandal" Too? - Granite Grok

What’s That? The Clintons Were Involved in an Online “University Scandal” Too?

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You cashed the checks, right?

This is a story about shifty degree programs offered by an online “University.” The University (coincidentally) received $55 Million taxpayer dollars from Hillary Clinton’s US State Department while paying Bill Clinton $16 million dollars over 4 years to promote the thing as an honorary chancellor.

(Jonathan Turley.org) While largely ignored by the media, the Clintons have their own university scandal. Donald Trump has been rightfully criticized and sued over his defunct Trump University. There is ample support for claiming that the Trump University was fraudulent in its advertisements and operations. However, the national media has been accused of again sidestepping a scandal involving the Clintons that involves the same type of fraud allegations.

The respected Inside Higher Education reported that Laureate Education paid Bill Clinton an obscene $16.5 million between 2010 and 2014 to serve as an honorary chancellor for Laureate International Universities. While Bill Clinton worked as the group’s pitchman, the State Department funneled $55 million to Laureate when Hillary Clinton was secretary of state. That would seem a pretty major story but virtually no mainstream media outlet has reported it while running hundreds of stories on the Trump University scandal.

There was even a class action — like the Trump University scandal. Travis et al v. Walden University LLC, was filed in U.S. District Court in the District of Maryland but dismissed in 2015. It is not clear why it was dismissed. However, the size of the contract to Clinton, the payment from State and the widespread complaints over alleged fraud should warrant a modicum of attention to the controversy. The controversy has many of the familiar complaints over fraudulent online programs that take advantage of hard working people.

Laureate, the largest for-profit college chain in the world, has been plagued with complaints.

Laureate Education has been sued over such programs as its Walden University Online offering, which many have alleged is a scam designed to bilk students of tens of thousands of dollars for degrees. Students says that they were repeatedly delayed and given added costs as they tried to secure degrees, leaving them deeply in debt.

Not all that long after Hillary’s State Department gave Laureate $55 million (feel free to ask why the US Department of State is giving the world’s largest College chain $55 million of your dollars), and Bill cashed his $16 million in checks and left, candidate Clinton was saying this on the campaign trail.

In recent weeks, Hillary Clinton has been sharply critical of for-profit colleges, saying in a visit to an Iowa community college that some schools “take all this money and put all these young people and their families into debt.”

“We have to take on those interests that want to keep the system the way it is because it generates a lot of money and a lot of interest payments,” she said.

Why didn’t she mention the “lot of money” Bill and Hillary made at the expense of Laureate’s Students? Nothing about how she handed over tens of millions of your dollars to a globalist for-profit college? And no questions from the adoring press. And no connections made between those in power and the dismissal of an inconvenient lawsuit.

Nothing about how she handed over tens of millions of your dollars to a global for-profit college of the ilk she was now bemoaning? And no questions from the adoring press. And no connections made between those in power and the dismissal of an inconvenient lawsuit.

And no questions from the adoring press. No connections made between those in power and the dismissal of an inconvenient lawsuit.

Maybe Katie Couric did a “documentary” and they just edited it all out?

This was an obvious pay-to-play involving the Clinton’s and a sketchy online University but the press wasn’t interested.

But they’ve got plenty of ‘ink’ for her general election opponent. And he may deserve the attention, but consider this. Transparency requires a vigilant press. President Trump would be scrutinized daily. President Clinton will get the same treatment day-to-day as Obama did, and as the Clinton’s have with almost all their scandals, including this one.

They will do everything in their power to hide it from you.

Updated – More details in this Fox News Story from last night. (Looking for replacement video)

https://youtu.be/1z7NQQvMyjA

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