Republicans accuse her of perjury over her emails.
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Asked why the foundation didn’t simply turn over its programs to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation or some other charity, she said it was now looking for partners.
She’s fired back – pointing out examples of those critics exaggerating, over-reaching and telling half-truths. Her detractors would say it was just another route through which she could be influenced by donors.
After 18 months of repeatedly making false claims and phony excuses about her email setup while secretary of state, Hillary Clinton offered what looked like a straight-on apology.
That she never sent or received any classified material. In fact, three emails that passed through her homemade email server were marked classified.
Half of all of the nongovernmental people Clinton either met with or spoke to on the phone during her four years at the State Department were donors to the Clinton Foundation! The director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation has alluded to the high threshold for proving perjury.
These discoveries, among others, may not amount to much in terms of actual favors, but they cast doubt on the integrity of Hillary Clinton’s word.
She added: “All of us can’t be held responsible for the way that everybody thinks about and responds to and talks about the coverage”. “I can say what we do at the foundation and what the donors expect from us is that our work is impactful and lifesaving, and it is”.
The emails became public through a lawsuit filed by Judicial Watch, a conservative watchdog group, and were among 725 pages of Abedin’s correspondence. The foundation won’t accept money from foreign governments or corporations if she wins.
On CNN, Clinton rebutted an Associated Press report that 85 of 154 private citizens she met with or telephoned during a two-year period as secretary of State had contributed to the foundation, totaling $156 million.
“AP has been transparent in how it has reported this story”. He created one of the world’s most powerful global organizations, raised hundreds of millions of dollars, and helped millions of people worldwide – doing more good than any former president since Jimmy Carter, and maybe ever.
He said the Clintons are emotionally invested in their foundation, and rightly proud of its efforts.
Second, we’re actually talking about relatively few meetings. I made policy decisions to keep Americans safe. Band answers: “Then don’t”.
He said Wikileaks is in possession of “significant” Clinton documents that work “unexpected angles” and would be published before November. As we have said before, neither my husband, my daughter or I have taken a penny for work at the foundation. A judge ordered them turned over to the government.
Her defenders: Not even her defenders argue that she told the complete story from the start. Lock Hillary Clinton up without trial!
What’s not said is that the foundation wasted money. The reason most funds are spent internally is that, instead of handing out grants like most organizations, this one hires in-house experts and does the work itself. Moreover, that the foundation uses this money to fund everything from health services (including life-saving vaccines) to education and poverty alleviation for millions from Haiti to Bangladesh and all points between.
“The foundation undoubtedly does worthwhile work”, the Post’s editorial board wrote.
Last week, correspondence released by the group Judicial Watch showed Douglas Band, a Clinton Foundation lawyer, seeking to put a top donor in contact with the USA ambassador to Lebanon.
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Hillary Clinton said Friday she was certain no revelations from emails or foreign entities’ ties to her husband’s charitable foundation will derail her bid for the USA presidency.
