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Haiti

Earthquake money, a gold mine, and the children stopped at the border

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Where the reconstruction money went

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A bad record, but not evidence of theft.

Government auditors found U.S. reconstruction in Haiti achieved mixed results, with delays and scaled-back targets, and in 2023 still called for better management and evaluation. This was mostly U.S. aid money, not foundation money. [1][2]

In 2016 Mike Pence said State Department staff steered recovery contracts to friends of the Clintons. FactCheck.org found the underlying ABC report showed aides flagging donors, but not that contracts were steered; State said it found “no evidence that preferential treatment was given.” [3]

What we can’t tell you. State investigated itself; no independent review of the flagged contracts is public.

The sources

  1. GAO: Haiti reconstruction achieved mixed results, 2015 ↗

    Independent federal audit found reduced targets, delays and sustainability concerns. USAID expenditure is not interchangeable with Clinton Foundation spending.

  2. GAO: USAID and State should improve Haiti reconstruction management, 2023 ↗

    Later independent audit of U.S. reconstruction activities since 2010. Documents ongoing management and evaluation problems rather than establishing personal theft by the Clintons.

  3. FactCheck.org: assessing the claim about Haiti recovery contracts, 2016 ↗

    Tests claims that Clinton-linked donors obtained disaster contracts because of donations. Documented contacts and overlapping interests are distinguished from demonstrated preferential award.

Tony Rodham and the gold mine

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A relative on the board of a firm that won a Haitian permit.

In March 2015 the Washington Post reported that VCS Mining, which mines gold in Haiti, had named Hillary Clinton’s brother Tony Rodham to its board, and that this had raised controversy. [1]

What we can’t tell you. We could read only the opening of the Post’s article.

The sources

  1. Washington Post: Role of Hillary Clinton’s brother in Haiti gold mine raises eyebrows, 20 Mar 2015 ↗

    Reported account of Tony Rodham’s board seat at VCS Mining and the permit timeline.

The children at the border

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A real crime against children, unconnected to the Clintons.

In January 2010 Laura Silsby, an Idaho church leader, and nine others were stopped trying to take 33 children out of Haiti. Most had living parents. Silsby was convicted of arranging illegal travel and released in May 2010; the others were freed earlier. [1]

Online posts later connected her to the Clintons and to trafficking. No court record or investigation shows either Clinton was involved.

The sources

  1. ABC Australia: final missionary released after Haiti conviction, May 18, 2010 ↗

    Contemporaneous account: Laura Silsby was convicted of an irregular-travel offense; nine others were released. This is a real child-protection case, not evidence the Clintons ran a trafficking network.

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