One of President Barack Obama’s closest political allies has found himself at the heart of an FBI investigation into possible corruption — and depending on what is found, it could be big trouble for Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe.
McAuliffe, a high profile Democrat and steadfast Obama ally, is the target of a Justice Department investigation into possible campaign finance law violations. Federal investigators are checking to see if illegal donations were accepted by his gubernatorial campaign, according to a U.S. law enforcement official.
The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak publicly about an ongoing investigation, according to The Associated Press.
Spokespeople at the FBI and Justice Department declined comment Monday.
The law enforcement official did not say what specific contributions were drawing scrutiny, but said that campaign finances and donations to his 2013 campaign were part of the investigation.
The official said the investigation has been ongoing for some time and there was no indication that it was close to concluding.
McAuliffe’s predecessor in the governor’s mansion, Gov. Bob McDonnell, was convicted on federal corruption charges but has appealed his conviction to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Before winning his gubernatorial campaign in 2013 over Republican Ken Cuccinelli, McAuliffe made his name in national Democratic politics as a prolific, well-connected fundraiser with close ties to Bill and Hillary Clinton, as well as Obama.
Although McAuliffe is close to the Clintons, the official told AP that the investigation of McAuliffe is unconnected to a separate FBI investigation looking at the legality of private email servers that Hillary Clinton used while serving as secretary of state.
Last year, McAuliffe’s political action committee, Common Good Va., returned a $25,000 donation from a company with ties to Angola’s state-owned oil company after questions were raised about its legality. Federal law prohibits campaigns at any level from receiving money from outside the U.S.
If proven that McAuliffe intentionally accepted illegal campaign donations, it would be a clear sign of corruption in his administration.
McAuliffe’s international business connections also came under scrutiny prior to his gubernatorial campaign. He served as chairman of GreenTech Automotive, a company that hoped to bring supercompact automobiles to the U.S. market. The company attracted hundreds of thousands of dollars in foreign investment, in part through a federal program that granted visas to investors who met certain job-creation thresholds.
McAuliffe resigned from the company in December 2012. GreenTech, which received millions of dollars in economic incentives from state and local officials to build a plant in Mississippi, faced criticism for falling well below expectations in production and job creation.
The Associated Press contributed to this article
A carpetbagger from upstate N.Y. originally. Part of the 1992 Clinton team that totally turned the Democratic Party from a working class party to one of elitists and freeloaders.
A shill for Clinton and many out of state bucks and possibly Soros money bought him the gov mansion in richmond in return for payback for his role in the clinton elections/ Now turned 200,000 felons back to vote for guess who ?? Duh ?? Ask about the auto plant money was raised for that never materialized and where it went . He Obama and Clintons need to be wearing orange jump suits.
I don’t see much difference between the Clintons, Obamas and McAwful. All are, IMO, criminal and corrupt.
I agree with all the way.
Fantastic idea Sam. I like them wearing orange jump suits.
I don’t think Hillary looks good in Orange, possibly white with black stripes suits her better.
Look at our so called President with his tongue sticking out how grown-up is he? Not! They are absolutely all crooks I agree Soros was in on it all. I personally would love to see the lot of them go to prison.
The only straight thing about the Clintons and Obama for that matter, is the path to their banks. Stuff the voters is their cry.
Why do you think the Clintons started the Clinton foundation Not for women If it would be for them it will be called the Women,s foundation It is for them to recieve money from out of the USA period and not break the Laws but they go after little minions and not after who they should go after! and Obama saying that 200,000 people that are felons can vote and it be taken off the records of them so they can work where ever is not Constatutional Congress Makes Laws Not Illegal President Period and Share It too I am tired of Him doing these things against the USA PEOPLE
His term is not ending soon enough Obama is such a waiste of space no brain
WHAT WORRIES ME IS WHAT OBAMA WELL GET DONE TO DESTROY AMERICA BEFORE HE LEAVES OFFICE HE HAS TO BE TRIED AND HELD FOR CRIME’S HE HAS and IS STILL COMITING ON AMERICA PRISON CELL FOR ALL HILLARY ,BILL,AND ALL THAT HELPED THIS GANG OF KILLERS
He is such a crook. You wouldn’t believe. Round EM up and throw EM out.
Hurrah for busting Him !!!!
1992 was the LAST year I worked for a Democrat. I remember that in 1992 the chief of the Clinton campaign in Massachusetts had a gathering at her home. She had a large Victorian style house in a section of Boston that was about a block away from a high crime area. She was a longtime political hack. I heard her mocking the working class folks there behind their backs. She was serving wine and said that it was too “high class” for those “Bud drinkers”. That coming from a shanty living two minutes away from the highest crime area of Boston. She was a sneak. She gave unwarranted credit to those who never even worked on the campaign. 95% of the folks at that meeting, including myself, never again worked for or voted Democrat again. McAuliffe is that type of person too.
The Clinton’s, all three of them(The daughter received almost a million dollars for giving a speech to the same Wall Street firm her mother earned 29 million dollars, over the past four years. The Clinton’s are the most corrupted family in the history of the country’s political history, and that is saying a lot. They compare with Governor Huey Long, and some of the most corrupt people in both State and Federal government. This is going to blow the Clinton’s into a Federal prison when it comes before the people.Thank god for Trumpt! He should receive the congressional Medal of Honor for exposing this corrupt family of political theives, and liars. Never since this country became united, has such corruption been brought before the voters, have we seen the likes of this wide spread corruption and open sexual miss-conduct by a serving president and his wife. Both of them have a equally infamous sexual predators. People from their home state laugh like hell, when you ask them about the
Presidential family. They have a history back in their home state. Do not be fooled, vote for anyone else but them!!!!!!!
history before them came onto the Federal government after serving in that of their home state.It is a laughing stock all over the world
Well said!!
I sure would like to get almost a million $$ for giving a speech. I could give a good one. Lol
They all need to be in jail for crimes committed against the United States and the American people.
Agree with you. Hillary for Prison 2016
Yes they all should have already been in jail for their crimes to this great Nation.
The investigation has been going on for a YEAR and nothing done, so this is all show and nothing more. Same goes for the “investigation” of Hillary and/or Bernie as Democrats protect Democrats! Here, just a little Democrat leak to keep you from thinking about voting Trump and not concentrating on the evil twins. We need a non-politician with more experience, in management, business, handling and investing money, gets things done and actually loves America! Trump 2016
Democrats should start DISMANTLE,,,, I switch from Democrat to Republican in 1990 since I learned America Law System start breaking down and out of control spending….especially government pouring trillion taxpayer dollar to all Illegal Immigrant from Mexician people crossing into Border and start apply FREELOADER from Taxpayer and do nothing for America….. I am working hard to sent them back to Mexico and bring theirs ANCHOR BABIES WITH THEM…..!!!! Really…, We don’t need this BADIT…!!
HE BOUGHT THE HOUSE FOR THE CLINTON’S IN CHAPPAQUA. HOW DID HE DO THAT? AS A BOON FOR SERVICES RENDERED THEY HIM THE STATE OF VIRGINIA. WHERE IS YOUR PRIDE VIRGINIA? YOU LET CARPET BAGGERS TAKE OVER HOLY GROUND.
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/spiritofamericapartybook/2015/10/17/its-not-the-rebel-flag-the-communists-want-to-take-down
McCauliffe is evil as evil can be. He is a fraud. Both he and Hillary need to be sitting in a cold damp jail cell for life. Fry them both.
The closer it comes to obama’s reign of destruction, the more skeletons are coming out of the closets. Just in time for hillary to be arrested on FRAUD, LYING UNDER OATH, 4 COUNTS OF MURDER (JUST TO START )….OBAMA AND THE CLINTONS THINK THEY ARE ABOVE THE LAW…….WE THE PEOPLE DEMAND ANSWERS FOR WHAT HAS BEEN GOING ON WITH ALL THE TAX PAYERS MONIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I agree with you , Between the Clinton’s , Bush’s , and the Obamas’s . They have done their best to take away everything that America stands for . We the people need to stop all of them from all the crimes they have done and are still doing . Let’s put them all in prison and take away their pension . Let’s see how long they can live on what little money they allow the elderly to live on . They took the money from Social Security that belong to the people that worked hard and put in to the system and used it to support Illegals and lazy freeloaders who do not want to work .
“THANK YOU” MAIN STREET FOR THE ABOVE INSIGHT COMMENTS. IT JUST SHOWS THAT EVEN THE DEMOCRATS ARE RIPPING THE PEOPLE’S MONEY OFF AND ,FRANKLY, THEY REALLY DO NOT GIVE A RIP ABOUT THE “BUD DRINKERS” IN THIS COUNTRY..THE REPUBLICANS ARE NO DIFFERENT! LOOK AT McCONNELL, RYAN,AND BOEHNER. THEY ARE BLOWING SMOKE UP PEOPLE’S BUTTS AND GOING ALONG WITH OBAMA AND HIS SHENANIGANS.THE CLINTONS ARE GETTING FILTHY RICH ACCEPTING MONEY FROM WALL STREET AND FOREIGN HIGH UP POURING IT INTO THEIR “CLINTON FOUNDATION.”. IF HILLARY GETS IN AS POTUS BYTHE END OF HER TERM THE CLINTON FOUNDATION WILL HAVE BILLIONS.AFTER ALL SHE GOT A GOOD START BY RIPPING OFF THE SECRETARY OF STATE’S OFFICE FOR SIX BILLION WHICH IS UNACCOUNTED FOR. AND THE LAST STAB FOR THE DAY….KASICH WHO WAS CAMPAIGNING FOR PRESIDENT WENT ALONG WITH THE VOTE TO EMPTY SOCIAL SECURITY TRUST FUND AND PUT THE MONEY INTO THE COUNTRY’S GENERAL FUND. ALL THE MONEY HAS BEEN SPENT. WHAT LIES HAS HE MADE TO HELP THE PEOPLE OF THIS COUNTRY ? CONGRESS SUCKS,ALL OF WASHINGTON SUCKS.THE PEOPLE ARE REALLY SCREWED!
It would seem that Virginia voters are trying to become the number one STATE for corruption, beating the state of Illinois. Obama has more than this one tied to to him and Hiliary.
wow two thirds or more of americans know the dem s are crooks and killers yet they go unpunished, what does it take to get our country back, when have they stolen enough. trump 2016 or bust
Trump gave a donation to him. They are all in bed together. The voters didn’t open their eyes and see that Cruz was the only presidential candidate that actually has already proven himself to be for the people. Our loss and the Democrats gain.
Cruz was a sneaky snake! It’s time for pitchforks and fire torches to all in Washington!
Your reply is so true!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You are so stupid, Ted Cruz is a progressive Marxist. He is a liar, everything he says is for the conservative ear, when time to vote, he votes with the dems. News flash, Ted’s out of the race fool.
Thank the good Lord he’s out of the running.
Trump greased palms to secure permits to build, how about who asked for themoney in exchange for the permit? How do the clintons amass 550 million dollar?, how did mcauliffe pay cash for the clintons home? Bill must be switch hitting these days, hitlery only likes woman, this I can tell you
Cruz is owned by Goldman Sachs. Those weren’t loans for his Senate campaign. Do some research on Ted and Heidi they were working on Open Borders and one North American Bank. They are just another pair of money grubbing politicians doing their work in the name of God. He is just waiting for the Convention where he plans to step forward as a saviour but he doesn’t care about anything except power and money the people mean nothing to him. Plus Cruz married his cousin. Read his book about his father then do your research the book is a Huge Fabrication. His father worked for the original Cuban government.
Cruz? He totally threw Ben Carson off the podium with telling people there that Ben was dropping out, I don’t believe one word that snake in the grass has to say either. I live in the Bible belt, when a salesman/repairman/politician tells me he is a Christian I run. I am spiritual but I don’t sin Mon-Sat and go to church on Sunday to repent!
Cruz is a liar . . No doubt on that!
g. stevenson-
Simply put, Cruz is ineligible to be president of the United States – ever. Until he relinquished his Canadian citizenship, he was a citizen of Canada – but like D’OweBama before him, “sealed” his records of US citizenship – so there’s a good chance that Cruz is NOT a US citizen AT ALL, especially given the fact that Cruz’s mom and dad lived in Canada 3 years before he was born, AND voted in Canadian elections, AND signed up for Canada’s healthcare program – all things which ONLY Canadian citizens can do – at a time when Canadian law SPECIFICALLY FORBADE dual citizenship of ANY kind.
i’m certain that Cruz knows ALL of the foregoing is true, and ran for office FRAUDULENTLY, taking donations AS IF he was ‘natural born’ and therefore could lawfully hold the office if elected to it – so i think that Cruz should be PROSECUTED for that fraud, and have the court COMPEL him to return all the donations to his campaign on that ground!
Then, too, he’s a smarmy a-hole, a hypocrite “christian” who deceived the religious to get their votes. His own college roommates said they’d NEVER vote for him, AND he would often dress as a woman in order to hang out in sorority houses to peep on the women there. Ugh! Creep city.
Then he got endorsements from the NWO/OWG-promoting Bush crime family, has a wife that works for Goldman-Sachs and the CFR, both of whom ALSO promote the NWO/OWG wealthy jackasses who think that dismantling America is necessary to have global governance by a bunch of unelected and accountable-to-no-one banksters…which is traitorous/treasonous behavior, flat-out.
Oh, and i almost forgot about the DC madam’s attorney, who was going to release info on lyin’ Ted’s frequent use of whores, too.
He’s lucky he’s retreated from the public eye; had he continued his campaign, more people would have signed on to prosecute his smarmy, sneaky, creepy, lyin’ ass.
As a Virginian I hope they get enough evidence on this Liberal New Yorker to send him to prison. All those transplants and those desiring a free ride are the ones who voted for this character.
Are they really going to do something to this piece of crap or is it just the same old crap !?!??!!?
same old, same old, just another day !!!!
American people must write off all the Clintions, the Obamas and the Bushes now!! They are all evil people! America will be be much better off without them!
All are marxist, they are on both sides of the aisle. Great post by an informed patriot
If everyone start to look in their own State officials you may be surprised by all that are breaking laws and robbing the people
I can think of many in the USA Government doing that now. That is why most people want to go into politics , not to help the people, but to line their own pockets… Not to help to People It does NOT matter what Party you are with. They lie to get elected. Period
I’ll save them the time and money from the investigation. If he’s associated with OlBluegums and/or the witch of Benghazi, HE’S CORRUPT!!!! There, investigation over.
It seems if you have a DEM in front of your name, the sky is the limit. All of the lawlessness, corruption, lying, and murders go unfeathered. Let it be a real Conservative who does wrong, the DEMOCRATS are ready to hang them publically, resignations, jail time or impeachment. Not so with the evil.
DEMORATES, who seem
To get away with Murder and every other form of corruption. Donald Trump is needed now more than ever go expose and put into prison those who have been skating along without any punishment for their illegal gun running, in Mexico with Obama and Eric Holder ,where border patrol officer Brian Terry was murdered by the very gun that was being illegally given to Mexico., and in Benghazi, Libya , where our Ambassidor Chris Stevens, Sea n Smith ,Tyrone Woods, and Glen Doretty died because the Stand down order was given by Obama and / or Hillary Clinton ,not defending America against enemies both foreign and domestic, but by giving them financial aid while deminishing our great military forces to weaken us from the Muslin Radical
Extremists , ISIS / ISIL. Letting Lois Lerner get way with profiling and denying same tax privileges for Conservative Parties while letting all
Liberal tax reductions be played. They all belog in Prison never to see te light of day anymore starting with the Obama Administration and going to ge RINO’s who have sided with Obama instead of doing what we he people
wanted and not what their lobbyist wanted from them. We need to vote all of these people out of all government seats and not allow them to continue to abuse America and we the people.
No more allowing them to become lobbiests after they leave office. Vote
For Donald J.Trump, President 2016.
They are all people,.. criminals,, Without Morals. They can stand in front of good honest folks that know, and they know they know, without any shame at all. Amazing to me how they can stand before the mirror and look at themselves. No shame or remorse for what they do and plan to do to take away from the people that put them there in the first place. To them we are less than farm animals. We are a feed lot for them and that’s what they do,, feed off of us, the farm animals. Amazing.
November is coming. We need all to stand together, with Change to be.
Mr.Trump for all of true Americans.
Dinesh Dsousa ,if that’s how it’s spelled, got busted and plead guilty to a felony over 20 grand campaign contribution and nothing will happen to McAuliffe. Why?
HE’S Obozo’s PAL!!!!
There is no integrity or honor in Washington.
Worship the King and be blessed.Make a film and be banished.
I came from NY, being forced to leave because of the out-of-control taxes imposed by the DEMOCRAPS. I was hoping I left behind that massive corruption when we moved to Virginia. My luck, McAwful got appointed (do not believe he was elected) and brought his NY corruption with him. I PRAY Virginia learned this lesson and never “votes” for another Dumbocrat. We cannot afford them. I would like to keep MY money and live my life without being told what to say, what not to say, what to celebrate, etc., etc. Pay attention. No more Democraps and VOTE TRUMP 2016!!
The Democratic Party is so full of corruption, you could swim in it up to your eyeballs. They all need to go to jail. They can’t win being honest –Oh no they got to cheat and grovel to anyone who byes their message ,saying well fix anything that you need. And you blacks bought into that message hook line an sinker. Well guess what it was the republicans that voted you off that plantation —not the Dems. way back when. They lie and use you to get your votes. Wake up damn it. And don’t you believe one word that is coming out of obama’s mouth , cause again he is using you and us to get his way. HE IS A CRIMINAL. and His legacy be damn. It is all full of crap. He is using both sides to split the COUNTRY. And he is working behind closed doors to do just that.!! He is using that saul alinsky book —communist–socialism to bring this country down. Read it and find out what this criminal is doing to all of us. He is dirt. and Soros is helping to do the same. Get informed and start fighting. For Gods sake don’t think Hillary is going to help. Rather she is going to finish putting all of us in Fema camps. She is after everyones money. She is evil.
Hillary Should be wearing an orange jumpsuit for her role in Bengazi and the E-mail scandal. Obama should be wearing a jump suit for making a deal with Iran a terrorist county and supporter of terrorism. He also should be in prison for releasing Gitmo terrorist both of the above constitutes treason aiding and abetting the enemy. President Obama has also violated the US Constitution by making law…only Congress can make laws not the President. He changed immigration law and Oh how about the transgender restroom he’s trying to enforce on the states. And if to make matters worse now the attack on the 2nd amendment. But when you have a do nothing Congress except give the President everything he wants…he gets away with anything he wants. Paul Ryan shouldn’t be Speaker of the House much less a member of the House of Representatives. If you want your 2nd amendment preserved and all the crap that has about destroyed this country overturned the vote Donald Trump for President in 2016. We have to make America great again…before it becomes to late. To all you Socialist out there answer me just one question? With all the give away programs out there such as not having to pay for college education…what do you do when you run out of money? Socialism is great as long as there is money for all the give away programs but when the money is gone everybody get screwed. Wakeup up all you college students that are suppose to be so brilliant and smart! Need I Say More?
I HOPE when Trump gets in office he will help clean up the garbage in the Congress, let them take the same BS healthcare we have, destroy their we don’t care mentally,the backdoor handshakes, the take vacations when important issues are due to be voted on.
Blue or Red – politicians is spelled CROOKS!!
I did not vote for Obama. My instinct told me our country will be in bad shape. I felt bad when he won. In his second term, I think government agency are duplicated so those given jobs will vote democrat. It was then that two people had come to my door saying they are taking the census. Majority of our so called poor people are not really poor. They are getting so much help. They get extra food from both government and church food panties. Many who had gotten social security disability went to mental health clinics with some made up neurotic conditions. Many of them pay low rent for an apartment. They are given free medical treatment.. The middle class are the hard workers and getting less not unless their salary goes below a certain amount.
Look what happened to the republican governor and his wife, they got prison time coming. Oh, but the democrats will cover this scum bags butt as he’s as corrupt as they are.
Every politician’s donor list should be investigated. I’m tired of foreigners trying to buy American elections.
I have asked you this before ………… Arrest them all . Clintons , Obamas , Soros . Do your job we tax payers are paying you for. If you are afraid of Obama let us Vets have him . Don’t matter what hes doing , just open the White House doors and point us to where he is and we will take it from there .See ? Then everyone is A HAPPY AMERICAN AGAIN . Now doesn’t that sound better ?
Your hands are clean while we take him and put an end to his damn treasonist ways . Before we get through with him we we have him talking like a chatty kathy doll , we just want him to see his wrong doings to the American citizens of the USA . Tyranny has to be stopped and everyone in DC is blind to his BS . What is the problem that a POS can do what he wants , but the average guy can open a beer and get put in jail for DUI , something is wrong and it needs to be righted . Benedict Arnold was a traitor and he was executed , the same needs to be carried out on those two that sold out our Country . Just a citizen that wants things carried out the way they should be
Why even write articles like this? Nothing is ever done about these things. It’s sad, and the reason these things continue. These articles give people false hope. It used to make me happy that something was finally going to be done about these things, but NO…