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Reader Opinion: The cracking Clinton Foundation

“The Associated Press’ reporting relied on publicly available data provided by the State Department about Hillary Clinton’s meetings, phone calls and emails, cross-referenced against donor information provided by the Clinton Foundation and its related charities on its websites”, Colford wrote. He also was a generous Clinton Foundation donor. Donors were also given expedited access. Other organizations – the Red Cross, the Carter Center, the Bill and Melissa Gates Foundation – might pick up some of the Clinton Foundation’s charity work, though not all.

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An investigation revealing that donors to Hillary Clinton’s family foundation appeared to have been given an inside track to personal contact with her while she was secretary of state is being dismissed by the presidential candidate. On the upside, if this collapse happens (and that’s a huge if), the Clinton-era would be short-lived. Doug Band, the executive director of the foundation, sent an email on behalf of Salman – whom he referred to as “Cp” for crown prince – to top Clinton aide Huma Abedin on June 23, 2009.

Others will see it as a case of a dedicated government official taking some time from busy days to do work that benefits thousands of people in poor and developing countries and to move ahead with programs that the government is not necessarily equipped to do in a speedy manner. “I’m proud of what they’ve done”.

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“But it raises questions”, Brzezinski said. “If there’s something wrong with creating jobs and saving lives, I don’t know what it is”. Why did these foreign interests funnel money through a Canadian charity? It’s not a zero-sum game.

The foundation announced on Monday that it would stop accepting at least some foreign and corporate donations if Clinton wins the presidency and that her husband, former President Bill Clinton, would resign from the foundation’s board.

This all comes after a controversial story by the Associated Press reporting, “More than half the people outside the government who met with Hillary Clinton while she was secretary of state gave money.to the Clinton Foundation”.

“We’re trying to do good things”.

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Jason Miller, a spokesman for the Trump campaign, said in a statement released Friday, “It is unacceptable that the State Department is now refusing to release her official schedule before the election in full”. After all, he once gave it $100,000, so he must have thought it was doing something worthwhile. “You’re really going to actually say that if Bill Clinton doesn’t have the opportunity to shake down billionaires, that AIDS will not be cured?” Foundation should “probably” shutter if Clinton wins Senate Dems” campaign arm knocks GOP for Trump support GOP chairmen subpoena tech firms tied to Clinton’s email server MORE (R-Wis.), reportedly signaled that the Clinton Foundation should go further than Bill ClintonBill ClintonDem Senate candidate: Foundation should “probably’ shutter if Clinton wins Will the U.S. and Canada start a trade war over lumber?

Former U.S. president Bill Clinton