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  • 2016-08-06 (xsd:date)
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  • Khizr Khan Received $375,000 from the Clinton Foundation (en)
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  • The speaking appearance of Muslim attorney and Gold Star father Khizr Khan at the 2016 Democratic National Convention, at which he criticized Republican nominee Donald Trump for his lack of empathy for immigrants, unleashed a firestorm of rebukes and attempts to discredit him, including unsubstantiated allegations that Khan has deep legal and financial connections to Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton. One of those attempts hinged on an image (see below) purporting to show a Wells Fargo bank statement in the name of Khan's law firm which lists a $375,000 wire transfer from The Clinton Foundation, Bill Clinton's nonprofit organization devoted to addressing global issues. Exactly how and where it originated is unknown, but the image made one of its first appearances on a page dated 4 August 2016 on the Get Off the BS web site, where it was introduced as follows: The document appears to be a Wells Fargo Business Market Savings account statement for the KM Khan Law Office, address listed as 415 Madison Ave., Suite 1500, New York, NY. In the transaction history is an 8/1 Clinton foundation incoming wire entry credited in the amount of $375,000. One of the first things you'll note about the document, however, is that it's heavily redacted — so heavily that you can't even find a complete date on it anywhere. The second thing you'll notice, if you look carefully, is that the business name is listed twice in the document, and the listings don't match. First it's listed as KM KHAN LAW OFFICE: Then it's listed as JM KHAN LAW OFFICE: At some point as the image was being passed around and reposted, someone noticed the discrepancy and created a new version: But if you'll notice, the new version has a defect as well: KM KHAN LAW OFFICE — singular — has now become KM KHAN LAW OFFICES — plural. This forged document — pick your favorite version, it doesn't matter — would have been laughed out of a court of law. Indeed, the evidence is so inconsistent that it's hard to believe anyone could mistake it, much less try to pass it off, as real. Needless to say, it doesn't prove that Khizr Khan received $375,000 from the Clinton Foundation; all it proves is that someone wants you to think he did. (en)
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