The poll of 803 likely voters in Virginia between August 7 and August 17 lists Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton with a 16-point lead over Republican Donald Trump among likely Virginia voters.
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Of all the people outside of government who officially met with Hillary Clinton during her tenure as Secretary of State, more than half have donated to the Clinton Foundation, according to a new Associated Press report.
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has uncovered almost 15,000 new emails to or from Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton when she served as secretary of state, and a federal judge has ordered a speedy release of the emails.
But they say Trump shouldn’t just make the appeal at his rallies, which have almost all-white audiences and often are held in majority white communities. Their release drudges up the same negative perceptions of Clinton that have been dogging her campaign since it began. “It is now abundantly clear that the Clinton’s set up a business to profit from public office”, he said.
Meanwhile, many other black voters say the NY billionaire’s outreach is misguided or even offensive, and they say they still plan to back Democrat Hillary Clinton.
Clinton’s campaign said the AP analysis was flawed because it did not include in its calculations meetings with foreign diplomats or USA government officials, and the meetings AP examined covered only the first half of Clinton’s tenure as secretary of state.
Meanwhile, an investigation of the Clinton Foundation’s $140 million in grants and pledges in the year 2013 found that only $9 million went to direct aid to charities.
Essentially, Clinton Foundation staff could get people meetings with the Clintons, specifically the secretary of state. On Monday, Trump called for the foundation to be shut down and for a special prosecutor to be named to investigate it.
The spokesman, Brian Fallon, also said the report does not account for more than half her tenure leading the State Department and “omits more than 1700 meetings she took with world leaders, let alone countless others she took with other U.S. government officials, while serving as secretary of state”.
But it has also been heavily criticized for potential conflicts with the State Department under Hillary Clinton’s leadership. Trump says blacks have nothing to lose in supporting him, arguing that Democratic policies saddle black Americans with bad schools, crime-ridden streets and no economic opportunities.
State Department spokesman Mark Toner said a “wide range” of outside individuals and organizations contact the State Department through both formal and informal channels.
Grameen America, the bank’s nonprofit US flagship, which Yunus chairs, has given between $100,000 and $250,000 to the foundation – a figure that bank spokeswoman Becky Asch said reflects the institution’s annual fees to attend CGI meetings.
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Yes, the Clinton Foundation supports many good works, notably the fight against HIV/AIDS. The next day, according to Clinton emails, the State Department was working on a visa issue at Schwarzman’s request.
