While Bill Clinton prepares for what is expected to be an impassioned defense of their philanthropic efforts, which have been at the center of accusations that the Clintons used their foundation to sell access while Hillary Clinton led the State Department, Politico reports that the Clinton Global Initiative is preparing to lay off dozens of staffers.
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“We informed CGI staff of this transition more than four months before the end of the year, and have provided information about CGI-related roles that will continue”, a Clinton Foundation spokesperson told Politico, adding, “All full-time CGI employees will have their jobs with benefits at least through the end of the calendar year”.
“The tone will be positive but it will be an inherent rebuke of critics and controversy about the foundation by highlighting how the Clinton Foundation improves lives around the world”, said one adviser.
To repeat – only if Hillary wins.
The story came to light after the release of a groundbreaking book by Peter Schweizer – called “Clinton Cash” – which uncovered a serious of State Department decisions that appeared to favor big Clinton Foundation donors.
Speaking onstage in a New York City hotel ballroom for about an hour, he told supporters of the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation that it had brought about “a profound advance in the conduct and impact of modern philanthropy”. The foundation has pushed back against the attacks, but questions about the foundation continue to hamper Clinton’s campaign with some voters.
Bill Clinton “has suggested he wouldn’t put his work entirely on hold, including delivering speeches ‘on the subjects I’m interested in, ‘” the Wall Street Journal wrote in July.
“I’ve had this job longer than I ever had any job and I’ve loved it”, Clinton said.
The stuff that they’ve said so far is just bull, but if she was actually the president, it would raise too many questions. I think it’s fair’.
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Neal Keny-Guyer, the CEO of the global humanitarian organization Mercy Corps, was among a small group of longtime CGI participants who attended a private reception with Bill Clinton on the eve of the final meetings. Hillary Clinton and President Barack Obama have both declined to attend, something they both did in past meetings.
