The foundation will only take donations from U.S. citizens and independent charities if the former secretary of state wins the election, former President Bill Clinton told staff as he outlined several changes to the foundation’s operations, some of which will take place even if Hillary Clinton loses in November.
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The former president announced Thursday during a meeting with members of the Clinton Foundation that the organization would no longer accept foreign or corporate donations if Hillary Clinton wins the election.
Even if Hillary were somehow able to completely separate the donations-to say nothing of her and her husband’s speaking fees, which have often come from numerous same corporations who fund their family foundation-from her official decision-making, she simply has no way of preventing the appearance of pay for play. Trump himself said last week that Clinton “lacks the mental and physical stamina to take on ISIS”. In the same interview with “Fox & Friends”, he said he’s not flip-flopping when it comes to his proposal to deport the estimated 11 million people living in the United States illegally – though his new campaign manager said Sunday his stance is “to be determined”.
“Countries that influenced her totally and also countries that discriminate against women and gays and everybody else”, the celebrity businessman and former Atlantic City casino magnate said via phone.
Trump has slammed the Democratic nominee for accepting donations from places with spotty human rights records and said the money should be given back.
Either way, we’re with Trump on this one (and for that matter, the liberal Huffington Post – which has also suggested the Clinton foundation be shut down).
“We will complete these transitions as soon as we can do so responsibly”, Bill said.
The Clinton Foundation confirmed to NPR these details, which were originally reported by the Associated Press.
Under the changes, the foundation would no longer take money from any foreign entity, government, foreign or domestic corporations, or corporate charities.
“And while the media was talking about the Twitter war with some cable television show host, we also saw that Judicial Watch just released 725 more pages of State Department documents that apparently show a top aide to Secretary Clinton gave expedited and direct access to top Clinton Foundation donors”, Pence said during the rally. “Nobody is presuming the outcome of the election, therefore implementing changes to programs before then would needlessly hurt people who are being helped by our charitable work around the world”, he said.
Former Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell, a Democrat, told the New York Daily News that it would “be impossible to keep the foundation open without at least the appearance of a problem” if Ms. Clinton succeeds in gaining the White House in November.
The Clinton Foundation did not respond to a request for comment.
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The Clinton Foundation disburses funds domestically and overseas, handing out some $218 million in 2014. I have done that and believe it or not, I regret it, ” said Trump. The Clinton campaign shot down any notion that the emails revealed impropriety.
