Sexual abuse of boy by host father in State Dept.'s Exchange Students program called ""immature idiotic boy behavior." (pizzagate)

submitted ago by Orange_Circle

Found this in Hillary's emails when searching for CTR malfeasance. https://wikileaks.org/clinton-emails/emailid/18536

"In 2010, attorneys Zalkin and Leavitt filed a civil suit against ERDT on behalf of Le Mayeur, Herbon, and two other students. ERDT settled the case for an undisclosed amount without admitting liability.

Kelli Jones, who has since been promoted to President of ERDT, declined to comment on this story. But in a 2010 deposition, she told Leavitt that she did not consider Le Mayeur's account of Meyer's behavior to be sexual abuse, but rather "immature idiotic boy behavior."

The ERDT regional coordinator who handled the investigation is still in the same job. Whitfield, who was Meyer's friend and fellow coordinator, was fired. She is now working for another exchange organization hosting and placing students in Arkansas. Whitfield declined to comment on this story."

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zoltan907 ago

http://archive.is/jtdRQ "Hillary Clinton aide was relieved that sexually abused kids didn't blame State Dept. on NBC News report," Nov. 1, 2015

An email released by the State Department on Friday shows that a top Hillary Clinton aide was mostly relieved that an NBC News report which was a response to a story called "Critics blame State Department for turning a blind eye on sex abuse" wasn't "worse" when it aired on television. It took months for the State Department to suspend an organization it worked with that was singled out in the report, and it wasn't until nearly nine months later - after a host father went to prison for sexually abusing a foreign exchange student featured in the NBC News report - that it was removed from the list of sponsors. However, the State Department - under Hillary Clinton and after she left in 2013 - never apparently even publicly admitted that the sexual abuse charges had anything to do with dropping the organization, which appears to have gone defunct."

This is the email mentioned: https://foia.state.gov/searchapp/DOCUMENTS/HRCEmail_OctWeb/244/DOC_0C05789560/C05789560.pdf

"In the email, Kevorick wrote, 'One thing to note, none of the kids mentioned the state department or usg. Only Jessica Vaughan who is at the center for immigration studies and has long been a critic (and was a former junior [Foreign Service Officer] mentioned State with incredible disdain and explicit culpability.'...

"When told about the staffer's email which politicized her criticism, Jessica Vaughan mostly blew it off, but said that it strikes her as 'typical and in character.' She added, 'There has been no leadership-level interest in the exchange programs and their proper management. Nor any authentic concern about the participants. That is why the oversight is outsourced to the designated sponsor organizations, who - as a result - have near free rein to operate these programs.'

"Vaughan complained that 'people in the Secretary's office would have zero idea how these programs are really run. They think it's all happy Fulbright scholars falling in love with America. It's just not an area of interest for them, regardless of crimes or other problems. Same with most members of Congress, who hear only glowing Kumbaya stories from the sponsoring organizations. No different from the au pair problems a few years back -- nothing changed until a baby was killed by a nanny who was incompetent/inexperienced.'

"'I suspect that some of the more reputable outfits are doing a better job of screening participants, but I'm sure there are still some bad actors operating exchanges,' Vaughan said. 'State will ignore it until there's another scandal. They just don't like having to take responsibility for it, they aren't trained for it, it's a placeholder job for someone.'"