Former president Bill Clinton told a bare-faced lie to the whole nation when he said the Clinton family did not pay for Chelsea’s wedding using Clinton Foundation donations intended for the Haiti Relief Fund, according to documents released by WikiLeaks.
WikiLeaks were responding to Bill Clinton after he took to Twitter to obfuscate and deny reports that the Clintons dipped into Clinton Foundation donations to pay for the wedding.
Bill Clinton tweeted,
“No Clinton Foundation funds—dedicated to Haiti or otherwise—were used to pay for Chelsea’s wedding. It’s not only untrue, it’s a personal insult to me, to Hillary, and to Chelsea and Marc.”
Attached to Bill Clinton’s tweet is a Washington Post ‘fact check’ titled, “Did The Clinton Foundation Pay For Chelsea’s Wedding?”
No Clinton Foundation funds—dedicated to Haiti or otherwise—were used to pay for Chelsea’s wedding. It’s not only untrue, it’s a personal insult to me, to Hillary, and to Chelsea and Marc.https://t.co/YEHqqYrsxW
— Bill Clinton (@BillClinton) January 13, 2018
That’s when Wikileaks, the most accurate outlet in journalism, jumped in to embarrass Bill Clinton and remind the world they have email proof that the Clintons did in fact pay for Chelsea’s wedding with Haiti relief funds.
Bill Clinton claims that no Clinton Foundation "funds" were used to pay for Chelsea Clinton's wedding. However, the leaked email from then top Bill Clinton aide Doug Band doesn't say "funds" it says "resources": https://t.co/hHY9OUwry3 https://t.co/mU2xJhASnL
— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) January 14, 2018
Wikileaks then linked back to a Wikileaks document released in November 2016.
Bill Clinton claims that no Clinton Foundation "funds" were used to pay for Chelsea Clinton's wedding. However, the leaked email from then top Bill Clinton aide Doug Band doesn't say "funds" it says "resources": https://t.co/hHY9OUwry3 https://t.co/mU2xJhASnL
— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) January 14, 2018
The document was an email between Hillary Campaign Chairman John Podesta and Clinton official Doug Band.
In the email exchange Band mentions Chelsea taking from the Clinton Foundation to pay for her wedding.
It’s all in black and white, Bill. The Clinton crime family used funds donated to the Clinton Foundation to pay for your daughter’s lavish wedding. Meanwhile, the people of Haiti, for whom the donations were intended, were left to rot.
https://twitter.com/baxter_dmitry/status/951837862516985856
James Woods said it best:
The balls on this guy! You looted Haiti like a peg-legged pirate. You, your crooked wife, and your cheesy slush fund “foundation” worked in concert to turn it into the shithole it has become. #BagmanBill #ClintonFoundation #Haiti https://t.co/kPRxesS72C
— James Woods (@RealJamesWoods) January 13, 2018