And now the Clintons have promised to not accept donations from corporations or foreign entities should Ms. Clinton be elected president [“Clinton Foundation would restrict some donations”, news, August 19]. With Hillary Clinton’s help, Clinton Foundation donor Claudio Osorio won a $10 million loan in 2010 from the Overseas Private Investment Corporation meant to be used to build houses in Haiti.
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“I’ve become increasingly shocked by the vast scope of Hillary Clinton’s criminality”.
“No issue better illustrates how corrupt my opponent is than her pay for play scandals as secretary of state“, Trump said. The first thing McGehee noticed was the language of the pledge itself, saying it is “not surprisingly, very lawyerly”, which provides Clinton with an out to say maybe she technically did not violate the black letter of the pledge.
The former president has not given a paid speech since November and Urena said the plan is, should Hillary Clinton win, he would not give a paid speech for the entirety of her presidency.
Voters were wondering what would come of the Clinton Foundation if the family was in the White House again, and Thursday’s announcement made it clear that the nonprofit won’t shut down.
Both on the campaign trail and as the Democratic presidential nominee, she has given hardly any time to answering questions from the media about either controversy. “But, right now, we’re focused on making sure Hillary Clinton becomes president and letting the foundation do the retooling that they need to do”.
During Clinton’s tenure as the U.S. top diplomat, the foundation reached an agreement with the Obama administration to prohibit foreign donations to its programs, but questions persisted. And as a board member, Bill now has a say over what goes on within the company, but isn’t running its day-to-day operations, so his departure won’t change much. One of Clinton’s top aides at the State Department, Cheryl Mills, was also exposed in the e-mails to have conducted interviews with job candidates for the Clinton Foundation.
Hillary Clinton should explain what will happen to the Clinton Foundation if she’s elected. The decision means that the former president will convene in September his 12th and final Clinton Global Initiative, an annual meeting that coincided with the U.N. General Assembly and frequently included President Barack Obama, foreign heads of state, corporate executives and celebrities to address commitments aimed at addressing poverty, health care, education, climate change and other topics.
He said the official name would be changed from the Bill, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton Foundation to the Clinton Foundation.
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Voters’ negative views of the foundation appear to be rooted in how it is perceived: While 29 percent of voters say the foundation’s goal is mostly charitable in that it raises and spends money to provide help for those in need, nearly four in 10 voters (36 percent) say it is a mostly political organization that raises and spends money to further the interests of the Clinton family.
