Clinton charity gave $2M to company owned by Bill’s ‘friend’

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.”
The “commitment” to Julie Tauber McMahon’s
firm from the Clinton Global Initiative was placed
on its 2010 conference agenda at Clinton’s
urging.The initiative “commits $2 million to support the

work of Energy Pioneer Solutions, a company
founded to deliver energy savings to
communities in rural America,” said a 2010
statement from the charity.
Clinton even went to bat for the company when
it came to lobbying for federal funds. He helped
steer a $812,000 federal grant to it by endorsing
the funds via then-Energy Secretary Steven Chu,
the Journal said.
McMahon owns 29 percent of Energy Pioneer
Solutions, which was given the money to make
people’s homes more energy efficient.
The fit, blond mother of three, who lives just
minutes from Bill and Hillary Clinton’s home in
Chappaqua, Westchester, is the daughter of Joel
Tauber, a millionaire donor to the Democratic
Party.
McMahon, 54, is rumored to be a woman dubbed
“Energizer” by the Secret Service at the Clinton
home because of her frequent visits.
Secret Service agents were even given special
instructions to abandon usual protocol when the
woman came by.
“You don’t stop her, you don’t approach her, you
just let her go in,” says the book, based on
agents’ accounts.
“Energizer” is described in the book as a
charming visitor who sometimes brought cookies
to the agents.
The book describes one sun-drenched afternoon
when agents took notice of the woman’s
revealing attire.
“It was a warm day, and she was wearing a low-
cut tank top, and as she leaned over, her breasts
were very exposed,” an agent is quoted in the
book.
“They appeared to be very perky and very new
and full . . . There was no doubt in my mind they
were enhanced.”
“Energizer” reportedly timed her arrivals and
departures around Hillary Clinton’s schedule.
McMahon has denied in reports having an
intimate relationship with Bill Clinton.
The payout to McMahon’s company raises red
flags for the Clinton Global Initiative.

Other Clinton friends — including former
Democratic congressional candidate Scott Kleeb,
Democratic National Committee Treasurer
Andrew Tobias and Mark Weiner — share
ownership of Energy Pioneer Solutions.
Under federal law, tax-exempt nonprofits like
Clinton’s are not supposed to act in anyone’s
private interest, the Journal reported.
Spokespeople for Bill and Hillary Clinton declined
to comment.
A foundation spokesperson defended the payout
as “a common practice in the broader
philanthropic space.

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