Contrary
to reports in the media, the crowd sourced investigation labeled by
some as "Pizzagate" did not begin with internet sleuths digging through
the Wikileaks Podesta Files releases looking for pizza parlors and
encoded language discussing human trafficking. It began with the
shocking discovery that Hillary and Bill Clinton provided assistance to
convicted child trafficker, Laura Silsby, resulting in a reduced
sentence for child trafficking.
Silsby
was arrested at the Haitian border attempting to smuggle 33 children
out of Haiti without documentation. Her sentence and charges were
reduced after an intervention by Bill Clinton. In the aftermath of
Silsby's arrest, her originally retained lawyer Jorge Puello was
arrested in connection with an international smuggling ring accused of
trafficking women and minors from Central America and Haiti. The
revelation of this news in November was either ignored by the Western
media or attacked by Clinton controlled publications.
I. Hillary Clinton Intervened Politically on Behalf of Laura Silsby
Laura Silsby is the former director of
The New Life Children’s Refuge. Emails from her organization can be found in
Wikileaks’ Hillary Clinton Email Archive discussing the NGO before her arrest. Silsby’s organization also appears in
Clinton’s emails, soliciting donations for their “ministry.” The Refuge was founded by Silsby and Charisa Coulter, both attendees of the
Central Valley Baptist Church in Meridian, Idaho. Silsby was reported to have a history of bad debts and unpaid wages.
Laura had claimed she planned to build an orphanage in the Dominican Republic, but a
State Department diplomatic cable revealed
that authorities in the country said she never submitted an application
for this purpose. They instead located to Haiti.
On
January 29, 2010, Silsby was arrested with nine other American
nationals attempting to steal 33 children from the country, most of whom
were not even orphans and had families according to some
reports.
CNN reported
on February 9, 2010 that this was not the first time Silsby had
attempted to traffic children out of Haiti. Haitian police acting on a
tip had intercepted Silsby in an earlier, separate attempt to remove 40
children out of the country. She was turned back at the Haitian border.
For a brief period, Haitian authorities were considering adding a
new kidnapping charge based on this evidence.
Hillary
and Bill Clinton took an extraordinary interest in Silsby’s case from
the moment she was arrested and almost immediately stepped in on her
behalf. The
Harvard Human Rights Journal stated
that one of Bill Clinton's first acts as special envoy for the United
Nations in Haiti "was to put out the fire of a child abduction scandal
involving American citizens." On February 7th, 2010,
The Sunday Times reported
that Bill Clinton had intervened to strike a deal with the Haitian
government, securing the release of all co-conspirators except for
Silsby.
Prosecutors ultimately
sought a six-month sentence in Silsby's case, reducing charges for
conspiracy and child abduction to mere "arranging irregular travel." A
shockingly light penalty given the circumstances of her arrest, which
would likely not have been possible but for the intervention of the
Clintons in Silsby's case.
On February 9th, 2010 Hillary Clinton consulted with Counselor Cheryl Mills and other attorneys in an
email discussing the U.S. Government's "options" regarding the arrested Americans. The
heavily redacted memo attached to that email does not reveal what these "options" consisted of. However, the
State Department's American Citizens Services is
only authorized to offer lists of local, English speaking attorneys to
Americans arrested or detained abroad. To go beyond that authorization
is a severe violation of protocol and is illegal.
Additional emails reveal
that the State Department was involved with making statements on the
Silsby scandal and preparing to assist Silsby's co-conspirators with
their return to the United States, although this is consistent with
State Department protocol in these situations.
II. Silsby's Lawyer and His Wife Were Both Arrested For Involvement in Human Sex Trafficking of Minors and Women
On February 11th, the
New York Times reported that Silsby's original lawyer, Jorge Puello, was suspected of
leading an international human trafficking ring involving women and minors. According the the Harvard Human Rights Journal Puello was ultimately arrested in an investigation being lead by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) in connection with the ring. He
was wanted in the United States, El Salvador and Costa Rica for his
involvement with a network trafficking Central Americans and Haitians.
At the time of his arrest, his wife was already imprisoned in El Salvador and “faced charges of presumed sexual exploitation of minors and women.” Puello was ultimately
sentenced to
three years in federal prison for "alien smuggling." Another
surprisingly light sentence given the original charges he was sought
for. It it not known at this time whether or not Laura
Silsby was associated with Puello's criminal enterprise.
III. The Daily Beast Engaged in an Illicit Cover Up Operation of the Above Information
On November 3rd, 2016, this author made a
post to Reddit containing
preliminary research and information on the above story. The post was
made to the pro-Trump subreddit r/the_donald due to the forum's
reputation as the only outlet on Reddit where news was not being
censored during the U.S. Presidential Election. The same day,
Wikileaks tweeted a link to the Reddit post labeling it as a "s
ignificant, if partisan, find."
On November 4th, 2016
The Daily Beast wrote
a non-factual and intentionally misleading article covering the
Clinton-Silsby scandal. They accused Wikileaks of publicizing a "Reddit
conspiracy theory" which was "
riddled with incorrect information." The author, Ben Collins neglected
to do basic research on the totality of the links presented in the post
as evidence. Mr. Collins attacked the policies of r/the_donald towards
freedom of speech and accused the forum of being racist without citing
extensive or definitive proof. At no point did The Daily Beast provide
proof that the allegations were not true, and did not disprove any of
the evidence submitted. A link to an extensive study of the case by the
Harvard Human Rights Journal which clearly linked Bill Clinton to the
scandal was totally ignored. They similarly failed to acknowledge or
address emails published by Wikileaks between Hillary Clinton and her
legal counsel which may potentially indicate that she violated State
Department policy for the treatment of U.S. citizens arrested or
detained abroad.
The Daily Beast is a holding of American media conglomerate
InterActiveCorp. Chelsea Clinton, Vice President of the Clinton Foundation and daughter of Hillary and Bill Clinton, sits on
InterActiveCorp's Board of Directors.
The proximity of the Clinton family to the organization responsible for
oversight and direction of The Daily Beast raises questions about the
publication's journalistic independence and their commitment to factual
and ethical reporting on current events and topics of public interest.
Given their slanderous and incorrect reporting on the Clinton-Silsby
scandal, it seems clear that they do not hold these values in high
regard.
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