Former Sen. Richard Lugar, a Republican from IN who questioned Hillary Clinton at length about the foundation and potential conflicts of interest IN her 2009 nomination hearing, said this week that he was hopeful that she would make a clean break from the foundation if she’s elected president. It’s a real Catch 22.
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After months of campaigning, Bernie Sanders is finally getting under Hillary Clinton’s skin.
Bill also said he would be stepping down from the board of the organization and that he would be shutting down the Clinton Global Initiative, regardless of whether Hillary wins.
Or, you know Bill being indicted for anything from sexual assault to stealing candy from a baby.
CGEP, which says Canadian law prevents it from disclosing its donors’ names without their permission, was founded by Bill Clinton, the former USA president, and Canadian businessman Frank Giustra in 2007 to improve work opportunities for people in poor countries.
Refocus them on bank accounts in Switzerland or the Cayman Islands? She along with her daughter Chelsea are the two other Directors of Clinton Foundation, which is involved in massive charity work globally.
Foundation spokesman Craig Minassian confirmed the moves, which were first reported by the Associated Press. That same adviser also tried to land a job for a former foundation employee at the State Department. Information on the possible role of Chelsea Clinton in the foundation was not available.
No announcement was made about the Clinton Family Foundation, a separate entity.
Additional changes revealed yesterday would occur should Hillary Clinton win the presidency: The foundation would no longer accept contributions from any foreign government and former President Bill Clinton would no longer give paid speeches.
The Boston Globe’s editorial board on Tuesday also called for disbanding the Clinton Foundation, saying that doing so would remove “a political – and actual – distraction”.
He underwent emergency heart bypass surgery in 2004 and helped Hillary Clinton’s successful campaign for the Senate in 2000.
She said the country can’t ignore the challenges and “certainly we must not inflame them”.
“After all, if everything was above board while Hillary Clinton ran the State Department as the Clintons have said, then why change a thing?”
At a town hall meeting hosted by Fox News’ Sean Hannity, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said the foundation should return money it has raised from countries with poor records on human rights.
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“It’d be impossible to keep the foundation open without at least the appearance of a problem”, the former chairman of the Democratic National Chairman (DNC) told The New York Daily News.
