He’s also said if Hillary Clinton is elected, the foundation will cease accepting donations from foreign countries and from corporations – accepting only contributions from American individuals and charitable organizations.
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Bill Clinton previously said it would be the last as the organization awaits the nation’s vote.
Clinton’s aides say she’ll return to the campaign trail on Thursday.
The wider organization has been under scrutiny since Hillary Clinton was revealed to have met Foundation donors while she was serving as secretary of state.
U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton holds a news conference on the airport tarmac in front of her campaign plane in White Plains, New York, United States September 8, 2016.
The Clinton Health Access Initiative, which has worked to lower the cost of HIV medicine in sub-Saharan Africa, accounts for about two thirds of the foundation’s expenses, much of that from foreign sources, according to the foundation’s financial reports.
Still, her staff have said she recognizes reorganization would be necessary to avoid any appearance of conflicts of interests. Along with Bill Clinton and Chelsea, three other board members appointed by the Clinton Foundation who are also longtime friends and advisers to the Clinton family will step down from the board: Bruce Lindsey, Ira Magaziner and Maggie Williams.
Dr. Lisa Bardack adds that Clinton is “recovering well with antibiotics and rest” after she became overheated, dehydrated and felt dizzy at a 9/11 memorial ceremony on Sunday.
“Removing Chelsea Clinton from CHAI is a tacit admission that her presence on the parent foundation’s board clearly poses a conflict”, said RNC spokesman Raj Shah.
Bill Clinton’s final foundation fundraiser will be a birthday bash Friday night at the Rainbow Room in NY.
“There’s no evidence that policy was impacted by anyone requesting an appointment. And keeping her in in a leadership position on the board I think, personally, is very important”.
The Trump campaign on Wednesday called the move a “PR gimmick”. Emails have shown that the former secretary routinely met with influential foundation donors, and that Mrs. Clinton’s top-level State Department staffers were willing to do political favors to those who gave money to the organization.
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The Clinton campaign is releasing more detail about her pneumonia diagnosis. Meanwhile, more than half of the non-government meetings Clinton held as Secretary of State were with Clinton Foundation donors, the Associated Press reported.
