During a campaign stop in Southern Nevada, former President Bill Clinton talked with overflowing crowds about his wife’s plan for college affordability, the Trump campaign’s “road rage”, and why immigration reform is so desperately needed in America. “So let me dispute any indication that Mrs. Clinton’s behavior on policy was changed in any way”, Shalala said.
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“The Clinton Foundation’s lack of disclosure surrounding this high-dollar event is deeply troubling and makes a mockery of Bill Clinton’s claim that the foundation is ‘as transparent as we can be, ‘” Miller said. Those questions are only likely to intensify should she become president, forcing the Clinton Foundation to begin taking steps to insulate her from future political fallout.
Already, the Democratic presidential nominee has faced significant criticism about ties between the charitable foundation started by her husband and her role as secretary of state.
Clinton’s Republican opponent Donald Trump and his GOP supporters have criticized Clinton for the appearance of a “pay-for-play” system while she served as secretary of state. Chelsea Clinton would remain on the foundation’s board while the Clinton Health Access Initiative would accept corporate and foreign money.
“All this stuff has been dragged out, and not one example – not even one – of something wrong has been cited”, Bill Clinton said. “They waited so long they released that email”. “It never happened. It just did not happen”, Shalala said.
A State Department spokeswoman said in August that the department found nothing inappropriate about the emails.
It is unclear how much money the event will raise, but a similar event on Bill Clinton’s 60th birthday raised millions.
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“For that party, I looked at the list and other than two people, all of them are people who have been annual donors to the foundation and are longtime friends of the president”, Shalala said. She did it for me for a long time.
