Hillary Clinton told ABC News’ David Muir Monday that her husband, former President Bill Clinton, should not have to step down before the election from his position at the Clinton Foundation.
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And more: The State Department inspector general is investigating Clinton Foundation projects, the families of two Americans killed in Benghazi have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Clinton over insecure communications, and two congressional committees just sent subpoenas to three tech companies that worked on Clinton’s private server.
Team Clinton wasted no time trying to take a victory lap after what they saw as an own goal scored by the opposing side.
Clinton’s job plan has previously emphasized a restoration of the manufacturing industry and jobs centered around clean energy.
Clinton said Monday that no decision she’d ever made as secretary of state had been “influenced by anybody”.
“He started this great work”. And he has said, if I am so fortunate enough to be elected, he will not be involved.
Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Kaine will deliver a national security address in Wilmington on Tuesday, while former President Bill Clinton is speaking Tuesday in Durham. At some point an aide to Bill Clinton, he previously lobbied the State Department on behalf of Clinton Foundation donor Gilbert Chagoury, who was barred from the United States because of possible ties to terrorist group Hamas.
Before she became secretary of state, Hillary Clinton was forced to sign an ethics agreement with the Obama administration – a Memorandum of Understanding – forcing her to disclose all donations to the Clinton Foundation.
“All of these questions about the Clinton Foundation, I am more than happy to answer”, she said. “And I think that is appropriate”.
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Then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton used her top aides to circumvent ethics agreements, emails released on August 23 reveal. For more than a year, the Democratic presidential candidate has been dogged by allegations that she used her position as secretary of state to sell access to major Clinton Foundation donors.
