The Virginia-based news outlet reports several of the employees salaries were subsidized up to $10,000 annually using money from the program. The foundation is now under investigation by the Internal Revenue Service for alleged pay-to-play practices. Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s aide Huma Abedin responded to Band’s request positively, saying, “Ok will figure it out”.
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He purportedly drew more cash than any other former president, with representatives requesting allocations totaling $16 million.
Biden hit the campaign trail for Hillary Clinton and touted her as the clear choice for president this November, but he also found himself caught up in the ongoing Clinton Foundation saga and refused to say that the embattled organization has always acted ethically. “The appearances surrounding the foundation are problematic, and it is and will be an albatross around Mrs. Clinton’s neck”.
Hillary Clinton apparently jeopardized the laws on security by installing a personal web server in her home rather than use the State Department’s secured web server.
From its inception in 1997 as a modest vehicle for raising money to build a presidential library, the foundation has become a moneyed player in global philanthropy, reporting assets of $439 million in 2014.
A new investigation found that Bill Clinton and his staff used money from a federal program to subsidize the Clinton Foundation and private email and technology use. Still, “the emails and previous reporting suggest Mr. Trump has reason to say that while Mrs. Clinton was secretary, it was hard to tell where the foundation ended and the State Department began”. Then, the Associated Press reported that over half of Clinton’s nongovernmental meetings during her first two years as secretary were with Clinton Foundation donors – a report that led to the State Department’s announcing it wouldn’t release a full inventory of Secretary Clinton’s schedules before the election.
There also was an agreement – specifically, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) – entered into by the Clinton Foundation and the office of President-elect Barack Obama on December 12, 2008.
“The fact that even the vice president can’t vouch for the Clinton Foundation’s ethics speaks volumes about Hillary Clinton’s awful judgment”.
Because they are the Clintons and because they can’t completely sever their connection to the stream of cash, Chelsea will remain on the board of the foundation. Meanwhile, Foundation President Donna Shalala – yes, the same one who was part of Bill Clinton’s Cabinet – has said any changes must be made carefully, “with a scalpel”.
The charity has said it will not accept contributions from foreign or corporate entities during a prospective Hillary Clinton administration.
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Imagine that. Bill Clinton siphoning taxpayer cash from an account meant to “maintain the dignity” of ex-presidents.
