{"id":28628,"date":"2016-06-27T10:58:30","date_gmt":"2016-06-27T14:58:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=28628"},"modified":"2016-06-27T10:58:30","modified_gmt":"2016-06-27T14:58:30","slug":"this-is-a-rather-incredible-coincidence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=28628","title":{"rendered":"This Is A Rather Incredible Coincidence"},"content":{"rendered":"

What you are about to read is a rather tangled story, but it is relevant to today’s events. In October 2015, The Daily Beast <\/a>reported that Ng Lap Seng, a mega-rich Chinese national, had been arrested.<\/p>\n

The article reports:<\/p>\n

Ng Lap Seng is charged with conspiracy to bribe a United Nations<\/a> official. In the \u201990s he funneled $1 million to the DNC and the Clinton-Gore ticket.<\/strong><\/p>\n

…Ng being the mega-rich Chinese national who used a proxy to pour more than $1 million into the Democratic National Committee<\/a> and the Clinton-Gore campaign back in 1996. Scandal was joined by embarrassment when it turned out that Ng had been favored with 10 visits to the White House, including an elevator ride with Hillary Clinton.<\/strong><\/p>\n

…The complaint charges Ng and an assistant named Jeff Yin with \u201cConspiracy to Obstruct the Function of and to Make False Statements to United States Customs and Border Protection<\/a>.\u201d Ng was arrested when he was about to board one of a $30 million fleet of private planes for a flight home. He was sporting a gold and diamond watch said to be worth $200,000. He had three cellphones and 20 credit cards.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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…The FBI offered at least a partial answer on Tuesday with a second criminal complaint<\/a>, this one charging Ng and Yin with \u201cConspiracy to Bribe<\/a> a United Nations Official.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The UN official being John Ashe<\/a>, one-time president of the General Assembly<\/a> and still the permanent representative from Antigua and Barbuda<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The complaint alleges that the Chinese billionaire paid Ashe at least $500,000 in bribes to use \u201chis official position to obtain for Ng potentially lucrative investments in Antigua.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

On June 23, 2016, Fox News <\/a>posted the following:<\/p>\n

Former U.N. General Assembly<\/a> President John Ashe of the twin-island Caribbean nation of Antigua and Barbuda died on Wednesday in the United States as he was facing criminal charges in a bribery case. He was 61.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ashe died at his home in Dobbs Ferry, New York<\/a>, according to Sgt. Vincent Ingani, of the Dobbs Ferry Police Department. He gave no other details.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Current U.N. General Assembly President Mogens Lykketoft<\/a> confirmed his death, saying Ashe died of a heart attack.<\/strong><\/p>\n

…Ashe was a former U.N. ambassador from Antigua and Barbuda who served in the largely ceremonial post of president of the 193-nation assembly from September 2013 to September 2014.<\/strong><\/p>\n

He was accused last year by U.S. federal authorities of turning the position into a “platform for profit” by accepting more than $1 million in bribes.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The alleged conspiracy involves six others including a billionaire Chinese real estate mogul, two diplomats and a humanitarian organization officer.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ashe pleaded not guilty to the charges and his lawyer had said he would be vindicated. It wasn’t clear how Ashe’s death would affect the bribery case.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It is amazing how many people involved in legal or financial dealings with the Clintons wind up in jail or dead.<\/p>\n

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