Clinton associates in Panama Papers: ‘Not like Vladimir Putin’

Published April 18, 2016 3:54pm ET



Several Americans and foreign nationals tied to Bill and Hillary Clinton used a Panamanian law firm to establish hidden offshore holdings, a report over the weekend revealed, and one insisted that in spite of the findings, it’s not at all like “Vladimir Putin trying to hide money.”

The connections involve several familiar faces, some of whom have already tarnished the Clintons as a result of past dealings, and others who are relatively new. Among them are the late billionaire investor Marc Rich, a former international fugitive pardoned by former president Clinton on the final day of his presidency; Chinese billionaire Ng Lap Seng, who inspired a Democratic fundraising scandal while Clinton was president; the Chagoury family, which has pledged $1 billion to the Clinton Global Initiative; and Gabrielle Fialkoff, a finance director for Hillary Clinton’s 2000 New York Senate campaign.

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