The decision comes amid intensifying scrutiny over the foundation’s practices as Republicans use its connections to wealthy worldwide players to attack Clinton’s tenure as secretary of state. Also, NBC News has learned exclusively that Bill Clinton has not given a paid speech since last November, and will not if his wife is elected.
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According to ABC News, the final meeting of Clinton Global Initiative which is the global wing of the foundation would be held in the Big Apple in September regardless of the outcome of the November elections.
Clinton made the announcement at a foundation staff meeting, according to The Associated Press.
According to the reps, the Clinton Foundation, which has been the target of attacks from Republicans, would only accept contributions from US citizens and independent charities going forward if Hillary Clinton wins.
The former president also said Thursday that whether Hillary Clinton wins or loses, the Clinton Foundation would end the Clinton Global Initiative, an annual gathering of global leaders, philanthropists, donors and celebrities to discuss topics of worldwide concern.
President Bill Clinton joins teens as he kicks off a “Voices Against Violence” conference in October 1999. If foreign donations to a family foundation could represent a “conflict of interest” for a president, couldn’t they have a possibly corrupting influence on the nation’s top diplomat as well?
This week, State Department officials have faced questions this week about the department’s interest in purchasing land for a USA embassy in Lagos from Lebanese-Nigerian businessmen Ronald and Gilbert Chagoury.
Hillary Clinton resigned from her board seat in 2015 after she announced her presidential candidacy.
Bill Clinton founded his family charitable foundation after he left the White House in 2001. “And I’ve been saying this for a long time”, Trump said. “It’d be impossible to keep the foundation open without at least the appearance of a problem”, he said.
Urena tweeted late Thursday that the Globe’s editorial had “absolutely no bearing” on the foundation’s decision.
He underwent emergency heart bypass surgery in 2004 and helped Hillary Clinton’s successful campaign for the Senate in 2000.
Before Trump ran for president, he and his daughter Ivanka gave at least $100,000 to the Clinton Foundation because of its work with Haiti in the aftermath of the 2010 quake, among other projects.
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Since his campaign reshuffle, Trump is apologetic, “sometimes in the heat of debate and speaking on a multitude of issues you don’t choose the right words or you say the wrong thing”.
