USA Today said if Hillary Clinton refuses to close down the foundation, she “opens herself up to the same kind of pay-to-play charges that she was subject to as secretary of State”.
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Part of Clinton’s strength in both states comes from their large and growing minority populations, a theory supported by the CNN poll.
“Hillary Clinton created an illegal private email server – deliberately, willfully, and with pre-medication”, Trump said Wednesday. “I made policies based on what I thought was right”, Clinton said. “Those are the only ones she cares about”. On Tuesday alone, she raised more than $6.2 million at four events in Southern California and the Bay Area. But the questions about emails and the foundation keep piling up, and she is certain to be challenged at the first debate with Trump on September 26.
Bill Clinton said changes at the foundation are needed if Hillary Clinton becomes president that weren’t necessary when she led the State Department.
On Monday, the State Department said it was reviewing almost 15,000 previously undisclosed emails recovered as part of the Federal Bureau of Investigation inquiry, which was closed after investigators recommended against criminal charges. Combined, the 85 donors contributed as much as $156 million.
Pushing back, Clinton said of the AP report, “I know there’s a lot of smoke and there’s no fire”.
He also defended Hillary Clinton’s contact with donors to the foundation while serving as secretary of state, saying foundation donors like Bangladeshi economist and Nobel Peace Prize victor Muhammad Yunus have no trouble reaching officials around the world. “That is absurd”, she said. “Hillary Clinton ran the State Department like a failed leader in a third world country…”
“She’s going to do nothing for African-Americans, she’s going to do nothing for the Hispanics. And there are no excuses”.
Bill Clinton announced that next month’s Clinton Global Initiative meeting in NY will be the final gathering.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has criticized the links between the foundation and the State Department, accusing the Clintons of establishing “a business to profit from public office”.
Clinton leads GOP nominee Donald Trump by one point in North Carolina among all adults in a CNN/ORC poll released Wednesday, 44 percent to 43 percent.
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Bill Clinton announced that next month’s Clinton Global Initiative meeting in NY will be the final gathering.
