Kroll, The Clintons, DWS and the DNC, Independent? I Don't Think So.

[SandersDem]

Pulled from Reddit. Amazing Investigation by rhetstudent there.
https://www.reddit.com/r/SandersForPresident/comments/3y3r8o/details_on_how_the_dnc_and_kroll_the_group_hired/


After finding out that Kroll was the company hired to do the investigation on the data breach, I've been doing a lot of research on exactly how the DNC and Kroll are related. I knew they were connected, but it’s honestly insane how biased they’re going to be in this investigation. Please share this far and wide, and spread the news on just how unfair this investigation is.
So let’s get started. First of all, I found that Kroll is owned by Providence Equity Partners Inc. When they bought Altegrity, Inc., they “expanded the business partly by adding Kroll Inc.”:
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articl...ting-contracts
Altegrity has approximately 18k clients lobbying in the Senate and House combined:
http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/cli...4404&year=2015
Their president and CEO, Thomas Hartley, also worked for Bain and Company:
http://www.bloomberg.com/research/st...e=Kroll,%20Inc.
Going back as far as 2000, Bain and Company has contributed to HRC and DWS's campaigns:
http://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/reci...t=A&cycle=2000
http://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/reci...t=A&cycle=2008
http://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/reci...t=A&cycle=2014
In 2012, when Garth Williams, CFO of Kroll, was working as VP and Assistant Controller, International for American Tower Corporation, his company gave $61,600 to the DNC. They also gave to the Democratic Executive Committee of Florida, where DWS serves.
Williams’s background:
http://www.bloomberg.com/research/st...ociates,%20Inc.
ATC campaign contributions:
http://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/summ...071&cycle=2012
Okay, so what about the bigger company, Providence Equity Partners Inc.? Richard D. Parsons, chairman of Citigroup, HRC’s biggest campaign contributor, is also a Senior Advisor for this company.
Citigroup’s contributions to HRC’s campaign:
https://www.opensecrets.org/politici...9&cycle=Career
Biography for Parsons:
https://www.whitehouse.gov/administr...embers/parsons
In 2013, Parsons gave $15,000 to the DNC:
http://www.opensecrets.org/usearch/?...cof=FORID%3A11
And in June of this year, he made the maximum individual contribution of $2,700 to HRC’s campaign:
http://www.opensecrets.org/usearch/?...cof=FORID%3A11
I’m sure there is a lot more to it than this, but it’s Christmas Eve, and this is honestly all the time I have to investigate the various connections between Kroll and the establishment today. Basic takeaway? Providence/Kroll/Atlegrity is absurdly connected to the DNC.

[99th_Monkey]

1. HOOGE K&R!! AND it's a LIE that "Bernie agreed to Kroll doing the audit"

or at least the "proof" being offered up, falls way short of proving anything, except that
Bernie simply agreed to an independent audit, NOT to Kroll being the auditor.

Yet this claim is being repeatedly made, like here:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1251&pid=944070
...and here:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1251&pid=943931

I have pointed out that this is bullshit, here:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1251&pid=944568
...and here:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1251&pid=944545

If this one Politico article's quote is ALL this claim is being "supported" by then it is
complete bullshit and needs to be called-out.

[notadmblnd]

2. Wouldn't the judge decide who the auditor would be?

Senator Sanders has emphasized more than once that he want's an independent audit from day one. If I'm not mistaken it was submitted to the court when the Sander's campaign filed suit last Friday.

[Fawke Em]

12. If Bernie takes this information to the judge and asks for him/her to appoint

an impartial company, then, yes.

And, I hope Bernie's campaign is reading this and/or we should send this info to them so they can ask.

BTW, my company would be impartial. We've worked with the FBI for many years and we've worked with some Republicans (we are based in a red state, so that would be expected), but, AFAIK, we've never worked with anyone in the Democratic Party (see: we are in a red state - there's very few to work with).

I'm not impartial, of course, but I'm not an analyst and wouldn't be doing that work.

[notadmblnd]

14. I hope someone form his campaign read DU too

nt

[RoccoR5955]

3. The fox guarding the henhouse! n/t

[Ferd Berfel]

4. Classic. Typical of the Oligarchy

[nc4bo]

5. Oh F this sh t! Sanders needs an independent auditor

And/or a team who will oversee the entire process.

Btw. This is looking more and more like the tentacles of a certain idiot son & fam.?

[Enthusiast]

6. Kicked and recommended! This is fucking horrible. Horribly unfair.

[Paka]

7. The key word is independent.

Using Kroll for the audit would be anything but that.

[JDPriestly]

8. Clearly, an investigation by Kroll cannot be called "independent."

[Duval]

9. Kicked and recommended.

[AzDar]

10. K & R

[ViseGrip]

11. kick.....^^^^

[philly_bob]

13. How "street-smart" is Bernie?

If he doesn't know Kroll's corporate tool pedigree and agrees to Kroll as an auditor, I will a) be disappointed and b) reduce my support for him as presidential candidate.

I love the fact that he's a principled idealist, but agreeing to Kroll would make him a NAIVE principled idealist. And it's a dangerous world.

[jwirr]

15. Hey DWS this is how you got into the trouble in the first

place - hiring all those Hillary supporters to help you run the DNC. Wake up - find someone who is truly independent and will be transparent.

If the DNC goes ahead with this it is nothing more than a cover up and it will be seen that way. As far as I know Bernie did not say yes to Kroll. This is just another decision made by DWS without any approval from others.