The Clintons’ daughter, Chelsea, would remain on the foundation’s board. In total, the 85 donors contributed as much as $156 million, while at least 40 donated more than $100,000 each, and 20 gave more than $1 million. “Both Clintons. What were they thinking while she was secretary of state to continue this, and it does show it was about access to a certain extent, to a large extent”. State Department officials have said they are unaware of any agency actions influenced by the foundation.
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Founded in 2001 by former President Bill Clinton, the foundation claims it is working to solve a range of issues from health and wellness to gender inequality across the world.
“If [the foundation] would in any way harm the credibility of the Clinton administration, I don’t think it’s worth having it, because the credibility and accountability of the president has to be first”, Feingold said Wednesday at a campaign stop, according to The Janesville Gazette.
The changes aim to address criticism from Republicans and some Democrats that the foundation has created a significant conflict of interest as Hillary Clinton seeks the presidency.
Fallon said earlier Tuesday the standard set by the Clinton Foundation’s ethics restrictions was “unprecedented, even if it may never satisfy some critics”.
And the complex plan for allowing donations from us citizens and permanent residents, keeping some parts of the Clinton Foundation alive, and maintaining scores of Clinton-family allies on the payroll is less an opportunity for a clean slate than a guarantee of new controversy. “If Hillary Clinton doesn’t support these steps, she boosts Trump’s farcical presidential campaign and, if she’s elected, opens herself up to the same kind of pay-to-play charges that she was subject to as secretary of State”. He bore down again during a speech later in Akron, Ohio, telling a crowd that if elected, he would have a special prosecutor appointed to investigate the foundation.
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. “She sold favors and access in exchange for cash”.
The State Department said it was proceeding as quickly as it could. He added that he is looking to transition some of the foundation’s roles to other nonprofits if his wife wins, but he doesn’t want it to hinder any ongoing projects or jeopardize the jobs of the foundation’s employees. “I believe my aides also acted appropriately”, Clinton told MSNBC.
The report did confirm that neither Clinton nor husband Bill violated legal agreements they signed when she became Secretary of State in 2009 by receiving money for these meetings. More than half the people outside the government.
Hillary Clinton said Friday she was certain no revelations from emails or foreign entities’ ties to her husband’s charitable foundation will derail her bid for the U.S. presidency.
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However, in the case of Irish American Maureen White, a committed fundraiser and supporter of the Clintons’, a request for a meeting with Hillary via the foundation during a visit to Washington was granted.
