“It’s criminality. Everybody knows it”, he said as the crowd erupted in a sea of “Lock her up!” chants.
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But questions persist about the level of influence foundation donors had at the State Department. If her email fiasco, in which she did receive classified emails through her unsecured, and unapproved, server wasn’t a criminal offense (a double standard that’s for another time), this surely won’t.
“45 years later, I couldn’t be happier to have you by my side”.
“It’s called pay-for-play”, said GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump. “You’re paying and you’re getting things”.
For Trump, the controversies are a welcome opportunity to push the idea that Clinton is part of the Washington establishment and can’t be trusted to shun special interests.
The Clinton Foundation’s NY office did not respond to requests for comment.
Trump bluntly argued that Clinton’s actions at the State Department amounted to corruption, even suggesting Clinton was at the center of a racketeering scheme. We’re going to look at all of those as we move forward. She is spending most of the week fundraising, with several high-dollar events in California. After months of campaigning, Bernie Sanders is finally getting under Hillary Clinton’s skin.
The William J. Clinton Foundation was founded in 2001 and the Bill, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton Foundation in 2012. Though this change in policies seems to be a tacit acknowledgement that the perceptions about the Clinton Foundation are a cloud hanging over her candidacy, which is beset by low ratings from the public on honesty.
He also added that the Clinton Foundation couldn’t be simply passed off to be managed by a third party since the Clinton name is what draws the money. The rash of charges finally has had the effect of the Clintons virtually announcing their disassociation with the Foundation if Hillary wins the White House, although critics remain unimpressed. He urged Trump to “come clean” with the electorate about the business mogul’s “complex network of for-profit businesses” that are in debt to big banks, the Bank of China and business groups with ties to Russian Federation.
Hillary along with her daughter Chelsea are the two other Directors of Clinton Foundation, which is involved in massive charity work. Clinton last week also said he would stop giving paid speeches.
The decision to get in front of the question of how the foundation would operate during a Clinton presidency is interesting because it is such a departure from common Clinton practice. He also noted the foundation’s work around the globe, including efforts to help improve Haiti’s sustainability, foster job training in Latin America and support farmers in East Africa. That’s why he’s brought in to run his campaign, someone who ran a so-called news organization, Breitbart News, that’s peddled some of the worst conspiracy theories around.
The foundation has come under criticism for accepting donations from foreign governments after Hillary Clinton’s tenure as secretary of state from 2009 to 2013.
In December 2008, shortly before Hillary Clinton became secretary of state, Bill Clinton released a list of more than 200,000 donors to defuse speculation about conflicts. “I believe, as do many others, that it has done a great deal of good”, he said. “But there was no quid pro quo or anything like that”, Mook said.
“With Hillary Clinton being elected president, which we hope will be, they clearly need to change the way they do business, and they’ve indicated they will”, Cardin said.
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Hillary Clinton should explain what will happen to the Clinton Foundation if she’s elected. “We went and counted and she has been in more than 300 interviews with reporters this year alone”.
