The sprawling charitable network, founded after Bill Clinton left office in 2001, has raised more than $2 billion for initiatives focused on global health, climate change, economic development and increasing opportunities for women and girls.
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Yup! The Clinton Foundation will scale back but only IF Hillary is elected president.
The foundation said Thursday it would not accept corporate or foreign donations were Hillary Clinton elected, and former President Bill Clinton will also stop giving paid speeches.
New emails obtained by conservative watchdog group Judicial Watch and released Monday show then-Clinton Foundation executive Doug Band asking top Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin to arrange a meeting with the then-secretary of state for the Crown Prince of Bahrain, Sheikh Salman bin Hamad al-Khalifa.
“The Foundation has already laid out the unprecedented steps the charity will take if Hillary Clinton becomes president”.
The best way to think about the Clinton Foundation is probably as a 21st-century version of a classic political machine.
Clinton’s campaign manager continued to claim the foundation was doing everything it could to minimize possible influence and, “To make sure there is no possible conflict of interest”.
LawNewz also reported that the foreign arm of the Clinton Foundation, the Clinton Giustra Enterprise Partnership, is not subject to the guidelines either and would not shut down if Clinton wins the election.
But to critics, that doesn’t seem to outweigh the inherent conflict of interest.
“And we will change the official name from the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation to the Clinton Foundation”, he added.
The former president outlined the Clinton Foundation’s accomplishments and planned shift in scope in an email to about 500,000 supporters.
No documents have shown Clinton making decisions in favor of donors while secretary of state. Money accepted from countries such as Saudi Arabia drew scrutiny from both Republicans and Democrats early in Clinton’s presidential bid. While the Clintons are now promising to build that firewall for themselves if they win the White House, this announcement does nothing to prevent foreign entities from splashing the foundation pot during the final months of the general election.
As for the motion picture adaptation of Clinton Cash, which has been viewed online more than three million times, Bradley calls it “pretty darn good”. North Carolinians see through her secret dealings and the pay-to-play structure she developed at the State Department.
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The largest program of the Clinton Foundation, the family philanthropy of U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, is still weighing whether to continue accepting foreign donations should Clinton be elected, a spokeswoman said on Friday. The Obama White House had particularly disliked the gatherings of world leaders, academics and business people, called the Clinton Global Initiative, that the foundation was holding overseas. “What they announced only addresses the most egregious potential conflicts”.
