The foundation said Thursday it would not accept corporate or foreign donations were Hillary Clinton elected, and former President Bill Clinton will also stop giving paid speeches.
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Bill Clinton said if Hillary Clinton wins the White House, the family’s foundation would only accept contributions from USA citizens and independent charities.
The former president also said he would hold the 12th and final Clinton Global Initiative in September.
According to the reps, the Clinton Foundation, which has been the target of attacks from Repub. Still, independent watchdog groups, and even some Clinton allies, say the foundation should be disbanded if she becomes president. In an attempt to turn the conversation Mook contrasted that to Republican nominee Donald Trump, who has refused to release his tax returns.
At the staff meeting, Clinton said he and his daughter, Chelsea Clinton, did not face any external pressure to make the changes, but wanted to avoid any potential issues or second guessing for Hillary Clinton should she move into the White House.
Hillary Clinton joined the foundation board after stepping down as secretary of state in early 2013, but she left the board past year before starting her campaign.
Recently released emails from Clinton’s top aides at the State Department have fueled the criticism, including one from Clinton aide Doug Band to her top aides at the State Department, Huma Abedin and Cheryl Mills, asking for a “favor” to “take care” of someone at State.
John Podesta, the chairman of the Clinton campaign, said in a statement on Monday that the foundation had laid out “unprecedented steps” that it would take if Hillary Clinton is elected.
So the campaign turned its attention on Clinton, the Clinton Foundation and her emails. “I don’t think you heard these questions when members of the Bush family continued to serve on boards for President Bush’s foundation”. According to Townhall.com, when individuals request meetings with Clinton, Abedin would deny the meeting, introduce them to the Clinton Foundation, the Foundation would accept a donation and then access to Clinton was granted.
“No matter how this group tries to mischaracterize these documents, the fact remains that Hillary Clinton never took action as Secretary of State because of donations to the Clinton Foundation”, Clinton campaign spokesman Josh Schwerin said about the newest emails.
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In response to a court order in other Judicial Watch litigation, she declared under penalty of perjury that she had “directed that all my emails on clintonemail.com in my custody that were or are potentially federal records be provided to the Department of State, and on information and belief, this has been done”. It says it has funded more than 3,500 projects in 180 countries, including helping farmers increase crop yields in Africa, providing quake relief in Haiti and making anti-HIV drugs more accessible to millions.
