But a 2009 incident, which alarmed critics, involved a chief adviser to Clinton trying to arrange a meeting between a senior American government official and Clinton Foundation donor Gilbert Chagoury, a Lebanese-Nigerian billionaire and philanthropist. The list includes the governments of Saudi Arabia and Australia, the British bank Barclay’s, and major USA companies such as Coca-Cola and ExxonMobil. After months of campaigning, Bernie Sanders is finally getting under Hillary Clinton’s skin.
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“There’s all this scrutiny because Hillary Clinton has been transparent”, Mook said.
Gingrich said he had a two-hour briefing from the Republican National Committee on the various pieces of the Clinton charitable enterprise, and plans to work with the party to create succinct lines of attack based on the charity.
Clinton campaign manager Robby Mook sat down for a pair of interviews on Sunday morning-one with CNN’s Dana Bash on State of the Union, and one with ABC’s George Stephanopoulos on This Week. “Is it ok to accept foreign and corporate money when Secretary of State but not when POTUS???”
In previous years combined total income of about £1.5 million has flowed through the London-registered Clinton Foundation UK.
A fair amount of voters are also suspicious of the influence that foreign interests may have had on Clinton during her tenure as secretary of State.
Hillary Clinton delivers remarks at a gathering of law enforcement leaders at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York, US, August 18, 2016. “The foundation is doing an enormous amount of work, and it takes time when you’re in a number of countries around the world to retool, refocus the mission and adapt”, Mook said.
The Associated Press reported that Bill Clinton made the announcement to staff during a meting yesterday. Bill Clinton will also decline any paid speeches, something he’s done since November.
According to the Clinton Foundation’s most recent annual report online, CHAI accounts for over $143,000,000 of the just under $250,000,000 (57.3%) of the Foundation’s spending in 2014.
If Clinton wins, imposing the new restrictions could prove awkward in some cases.
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Clinton said he and his daughter, Chelsea, had not faced any external pressure to make the changes, but wanted to avoid potential issues or second guessing for Hillary Clinton should she move into the White House. A foundation official said the Canadian group would no longer use the Clinton name. “It was not related to the foundation… the State Department at every step was following all the appropriate protocols”. “They’re not going to accept any donations from foreign entities”. If questions arose, the agreement allowed for the White House to weigh in.
