“America can never elect a candidate who, like Hillary Clinton, did government favors for those giving her family and her foundation massive amounts of cash”.
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Clinton – who faces Republican Donald Trump in the presidential election on November 8 – has been dogged for over a year by questions regarding her use of a private email account and a personal computer server while she was secretary of state from 2009-2013, during President Barack Obama’s first term.
Kelly allegedly used his insider ties to build a consulting company and also earned approximately $2.4 million in worldwide consulting wages while serving as Clinton’s special envoy.
But the Clintons also have recognised the potential political and ethical dilemmas posed by their foundation. The next day, according to Clinton emails, the State Department was working on a visa issue at Schwarzman’s request. It alleges Clinton’s former top aide, Huma Abedin, provided “special expedited access to the secretary of State” for donors who had contributed from $US25,000 to $US10 million to the Clinton Foundation.
Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., is greeted by S. Daniel Abraham at Princeton University in Princeton, N.J. More than half the people outside the government who met with Hillary Clinton while she was secretary of state gave money, either personally or through companies or groups, to the Clinton Foundation.
“These emails show that there was a long line of Clinton Foundation friends who had no qualms about asking the Clinton State Department for meetings, favours, and special treatment”, said Scott Amey, general counsel at the Project on Government Oversight, or POGO.
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, FL- Republican Presidential nominee Donald Trump is set to make two stops in the Bay Area Wednesday.
Shalala insisted the changes are not a reactionary move.
Despite the Federal Bureau of Investigation characterizing Clinton’s handling of the emails as “extremely careless”, Director James Comey said “we did not find clear evidence that Secretary Clinton or her colleagues meant to violate laws governing the handling of classified information”. Laureate also has seven commitments with the Clinton Global Initiative.
State Department officials have said they are not aware of any agency actions influenced by the Clinton Foundation.
Trump stuck to script on Tuesday night, reading his speech from a teleprompter and focusing on Clinton in a continued attempt at a more disciplined campaign, which began last week at the same time former campaign chairman Paul Manafort resigned. Haim Saban is an entertainment magnate, long-time Clinton and Democratic Party fundraiser and founder of the Saban Center for Middle East Peace, a Mideast policy think tank based in Washington. Richard Lugar, a Republican from IN, questioned her at length about the foundation and potential conflicts of interest.
Bill Clinton announced this week that if his wife is elected, the foundation will accept only USA contributions, that he will step down from the board and will no longer raise funds for the charity.
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“The Clintons, as they approach the presidency, if they are successful, will have to work with their attorneys to make certain that rules of the road are drawn up to give confidence to them and the American public that there will not be favoritism”, Lugar said.
