“Well first of all George, the steps that were taken when Secretary Clinton went to State Department were unprecedented”, Mook claimed before rattling off some of the positive work the foundation purports to have done.
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This election has seen former mayor Rudy Giuliani take playing the familiar role of your racist Trump-loving retired neighbor who will never let you forget 9/11 (except for the time he seemingly forgot about it).
Host Dana Bash asked why the Clinton Foundation would wait to cut off foreign donations rather than doing it now or during Clinton’s tenure as secretary of state. Look, what we’re focused on right now is making sure Hillary Clinton is elected president, so nobody wants to get ahead of themselves.
Emails indicating connections between donors or associates of the foundation and State Department personnel and Hillary Clinton aides have surfaced in recent weeks, drawing withering scrutiny and criticism from the media that has been panned for bearing down on the Republican Donald Trump while giving the Clintons a free pass.
Though the foundation made it clear it would honor the promise, the self-imposed donations ban isn’t being treated as across-the-board policy by other top-tier Clinton-owned endeavors, according to the Boston Globe.
When questioned about the arrangement, should Hillary win the presidency, Frank Giustra reportedly said “we plan to spin CGEP into an independent entity to continue this important work”.
After singing Trump’s praises, the former NY mayor blasted the media by saying that Clinton’s campaign never has to do any work or answer the peoples’ questions because the biased media scrutinizes Trump for her. “But, right now, we’re focused on making sure Hillary Clinton becomes president and letting the foundation do the retooling that they need to do”.
Pressure has mounted against the Clinton Foundation-officially known as the Bill, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton Foundation-following the release of Clinton emails earlier this month that show a Clinton Foundation official coordinating efforts with members of Clinton’s State Department staff. Hillary Clinton left its board past year, and Bill and daughter Chelsea will step down if she is elected president. Mook described the exchange as the counselor, Doug Band, trying to follow appropriate protocols to “provide some insight”.
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CHAI also saw a massive uptick in foreign donations when Clinton served as secretary of state.
