The latest reports come amid continued scrutiny over whether the Democratic nominee’s family foundation interfered with Clinton’s ability to serve as the nation’s chief diplomat, specifically the relationships between foreign donors to the foundation and the State Department.
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But the outrage over this and many other recent Trump statements is unlikely to dissipate any time soon. nor are Republican efforts to topple Clinton with State Department emails.
The emails, revealed by the conservative watchdog group Judicial Watch, suggest that aides sought to connect a prominent Clinton Foundation donor with a U.S. ambassador, and in another instance assisted an associate of a 2008 campaign donor in finding a position at the State Department. “You’re paying and you’re getting things”, Trump said Wednesday as he campaigned in a Republican stronghold of the swing state of Virginia. Band also suggested that Abedin introduce the donor to former U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon Jeffrey Feltman.
The New York Times reported that in one exchange, the Foundation wanted to put a billionaire donor Gilbert Chagoury in touch with the us ambassador to Lebanon “because of the donor’s interests there”. “I’ll talk to jeff”.
We’ve learned that what initially grabbed the FBI’s attention to this a bank notified the Federal Bureau of Investigation noting that there was “suspicious activity” surrounding a foreign donor to the Clinton Foundation. “Everybody I know. helps their friends”, he said.
CNN reported yesterday that Judicial Watch, a conservative watchdog group, released 296 pages of emails from the Democratic presidential nominee, including 44 that Judicial Watch says were not previously handed over to the State Department by Clinton. And it’s called pay for play.
Judicial Watch president Tom Fitton said the documents explain why Clinton and her aides have been reluctant to release official communications.
Miller said the Justice Department’s decision to sideline an investigation into the Clinton Foundation “shows a troubling pattern of Obama and Clinton politicizing any government institution for their own personal political interests”.
The Department of Justice did not immediately respond to requests for comment. But that “State Department officials are regularly in touch with a wide variety of outside individuals and organizations, including businesses, nonprofits, NGOs, think tanks”. “In seeking to provide information, he was not seeking action by the Department”.
According to Mills’ attorney, her work for the Clinton Foundation while she was employed at the State Department was strictly voluntary.
According to CNN, as the agency was deep into its investigation of Clinton’s use of a private email server for official correspondence, multiple FBI field officials contacted the Justice Department about potentially pursuing a case regarding the relationship between the State Department and the foundation.
Clinton has been criticized for months for exclusively using personal email routed through a private server for government business. Pinchuk spoke on behalf of Ukraine’s president to try to soothe tensions with Washington over that country’s human-rights record and its growing closeness with Russian President Vladimir Putin, emails showed.
The Clinton Foundation has repeatedly said it is not being investigated.
“We demand that the DOJ open an investigation into the corrupt dealings of the Clinton Foundation”, it adds.
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And Judicial Watch does indeed have a right-wing bent, but voters deserve answers that address the substance of the emails.
