Hillary Clinton is so completely owned and captured by Wall Street, she recently decided the only way to defend such blatant ties is to shamelessly say she helped them because of 9/11.

In case you need further evidence of how confident financial cronies are that she will do their every bidding, we learn the following from the Intercept:

The fact remains that the Clinton campaign is fundraising heavily from Wall Street. Contributions from the securities and investment industries comprise her fourth-largest pile of campaign money, totaling $2,044,471. Commercial banks have given $443,519 directly to her campaign. One major donor to her Super PAC, Priorities USA, is Donald Mullen, Jr., a man who was singularly able to profit from the financial crisis both before and after the crash of the housing bubble. Mullen, while a Goldman Sachs employee, pioneered the trades that allowed the mega-bank to profit from the collapse of the housing market. Mullen’s team utilized financial instruments called collateralized debt obligations to essentially bet against subprime mortgages. A 2010 Senate investigation brought to light emails between Mullen and his Goldman colleagues. As his colleagues began to see the decline of the market, Mullen wrote cheerfully, “Sounds like we will make some serious money.” In 2012, Mullen left Goldman Sachs to do the opposite of what he did in 2007: He started a hedge fund whose purpose was to buy up foreclosed homes and rent them out. New York magazine’s Kevin Roose described the career change this way: “A guy whose most famous trade was a successful bet on the full-scale implosion of the housing market is now swooping in to pick up the pieces on the other end.”

This guy literally profited from people losing their homes, then profited on the other side from the government bailout by buying these same homes from the victims who lost them. This is precisely how Wall Street makes money.

Mullen gave $100,000 to Priorities USA Action on June 30. According to Federal Election Commission data, this is the largest single contribution he has made to any soft money organization in his giving history. (In total, he has given $220,000 to soft money groups and $529,621 in individual contributions). Mullen could not be reached for comment. Today, Priorities USA is running ads focusing on a variety of issues, but avoiding direct attacks on Wall Street. Its primary social media account, on Twitter, has mentioned Wall Street only once, pointing to an article about Clinton’s financial plan that, as it turns out, leaves big banks intact.

But hey…

For related articles, see:

A New Low – Hillary Clinton Claims 9/11 is the Reason She’s Owned by Wall Street

New Poll Shows 60% of Americans Think Hillary Clinton is Untrustworthy and Dishonest

COMPROMISED – How Two of Hillary Clinton’s Top Aides Received Golden Parachutes from Wall Street

How UBS Sent Millions to the Clintons After Hillary Saved the Mega Bank While Secretary of State

Hillary Clinton Blasts High Frequency Trading Ahead of Fundraiser with High Frequency Trader

Cartoons Mocking “Goldman Rats” and Hillary Clinton Appear All Over NYC

In Liberty,

Michael Krieger



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