WSJ and NY Post Tie Clinton Foundation to $2M to Energy Firm Owned by RI’s Weiner

WSJ and NY Post Tie Clinton Foundation to $2M to Energy Firm Owned by RI’s Weiner

A blockbuster story in the Wall Street Journal and then a follow on story in the New York Post have tied a $2 million commitment from the Clinton Foundation to a controversial for profit energy company that is owned in part by Rhode Island’s Mark Weiner.

“The Clinton Global Initiative, which arranges donations to help solve the world’s problems, set up a financial commitment that benefited a for-profit company part-owned by people with ties to the Clintons,” reports James Grimaldi of the Wall Street Journal. 

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The New York Post, reports that one of the founders of the energy company — Pioneer Energy —  named Julie Tauber McMahon as one of the owners of the firm and that she has unfettered access to Bill Clinton. 

“Bill Clinton’s foundation doled out $2 million to a power company partly owned by a wealthy blond divorcée about whom questions have been raised as to whether she is the frequent visitor to his home nicknamed ‘Energizer,” writes the Post.

Beyond McMahon, the Nebraska-based firm was founded and has been run by former Democratic Congressional candidate Scott Kleeb, according to Securities and Exchange Commission documents. Weiner, a top Democratic fundraiser and close political ally of the Clintons has an ownership interest in Pioneer Energy, but he is not listed as an officer of the company according to SEC documents.

Weiner is one of the most influential political fundraisers in the Democratic party. His bio states, "Weiner is the founder of Financial Innovations, Inc., one of the largest political mass-marketing firms in the United States. Mr. Weiner and Financial Innovations are highly visible in the political arenas on local, national, and international levels, managing the merchandising efforts of numerous national organizations and conventions."