A spokesman for the 42nd president quickly said Clinton misspoke.
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The fundraiser is being held at the Rainbow Room, a fine-dining restaurant on the 65th floor of a Manhattan skyscraper. Chelsea Clinton would remain on the foundation’s board while the Clinton Health Access Initiative would accept corporate and foreign money.
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, (D), candidate for Democratic presidential nomination in 2015.
Hillary Clinton, who has been recovering from pneumonia over the last couple days, will not be in attendance, according to her campaign; however, the ritzy party is still being scrutinized because foundation officials will not disclose how much money has been raised or the names of the donors until after the election.
WASHINGTON (CNN) – Clinton Foundation president Donna Shalala says the charitable organization would need to transition some of its work to other organizations if Hillary Clinton is president – even though it didn’t do so when she was secretary of state.
Since its founding in 1997, the foundation has steered hundreds of millions of dollars to health and disaster relief programs, among other humanitarian efforts.
The Clinton Foundation is throwing former President Bill Clinton a lavish 70th birthday bash in New York City on Friday, where he will also raise funds for the charity. She has said no donor ever received inappropriate favors, but her staff have said she recognizes reorganization would be necessary to avoid any appearance of conflicts of interests. Sure enough, she got examined, that’s what the doctor said, but she also said she did have pneumonia.
“It’s a insane time we live in where people think there’s something unusual about getting the flu”, Clinton then said.
The promise to carve it out of the foundation aims to quash concerns that donors might try to seek special access in a Clinton White House.
In August, it was revealed that former Secretary of State Colin Powell advised Clinton on how he handled using a private email at State, and she said she was following his advice, despite the fact that she had been using a private email a year before Powell’s memo was sent.
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Bill Clinton’s final foundation fundraiser will be a birthday bash Friday night at the Rainbow Room in NY.
