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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMore than 50% of people outside of gov't who met with HRC as SOS gave $$ to the Clinton Foundation
MANY DONORS TO CLINTON FOUNDATION MET WITH HER AT STATE
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At least 85 of 154 people from private interests who met or had phone conversations scheduled with Clinton while she led the State Department donated to her family charity or pledged commitments to its international programs, according to a review of State Department calendars released so far to The Associated Press. Combined, the 85 donors contributed as much as $156 million. At least 40 donated more than $100,000 each, and 20 gave more than $1 million.
Donors who were granted time with Clinton included an internationally known economist who asked for her help as the Bangladesh government pressured him to resign from a nonprofit bank he ran; a Wall Street executive who sought Clinton's help with a visa problem; and Estee Lauder executives who were listed as meeting with Clinton while her department worked with the firm's corporate charity to counter gender-based violence in South Africa.
The meetings between the Democratic presidential nominee and foundation donors do not appear to violate legal agreements Clinton and former president Bill Clinton signed before she joined the State Department in 2009. But the frequency of the overlaps shows the intermingling of access and donations, and fuels perceptions that giving the foundation money was a price of admission for face time with Clinton. Her calendars and emails released as recently as this week describe scores of contacts she and her top aides had with foundation donors.
Donors who were granted time with Clinton included an internationally known economist who asked for her help as the Bangladesh government pressured him to resign from a nonprofit bank he ran; a Wall Street executive who sought Clinton's help with a visa problem; and Estee Lauder executives who were listed as meeting with Clinton while her department worked with the firm's corporate charity to counter gender-based violence in South Africa.
The meetings between the Democratic presidential nominee and foundation donors do not appear to violate legal agreements Clinton and former president Bill Clinton signed before she joined the State Department in 2009. But the frequency of the overlaps shows the intermingling of access and donations, and fuels perceptions that giving the foundation money was a price of admission for face time with Clinton. Her calendars and emails released as recently as this week describe scores of contacts she and her top aides had with foundation donors.
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More than 50% of people outside of gov't who met with HRC as SOS gave $$ to the Clinton Foundation (Original Post)
True Earthling
Aug 2016
OP
Corporate lobbyists pay a lot more than that to visit with a few Republican Senators.
tonyt53
Aug 2016
#3
https://www.charitywatch.org/ratings-and-metrics/bill-hillary-chelsea-clinton-foundation/478
63splitwindow
Aug 2016
#8
Response to True Earthling (Original post)
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Kingofalldems
(38,454 posts)2. The ones mentioned sound fine to me.
What's your issue with them?
tonyt53
(5,737 posts)3. Corporate lobbyists pay a lot more than that to visit with a few Republican Senators.
cheapdate
(3,811 posts)4. Okay.
niyad
(113,284 posts)5. aaaaand. . . . your point is?
CAG
(1,820 posts)6. Good for them. More people in developing countries
Were given lifesaving drugs because of their generosity
Historic NY
(37,449 posts)7. Already knowing the FBI saw these.........
The meetings between the Democratic presidential nominee and foundation donors do not appear to violate legal agreements Clinton and former president Bill Clinton signed before she joined the State Department in 2009.
63splitwindow
(2,657 posts)8. https://www.charitywatch.org/ratings-and-metrics/bill-hillary-chelsea-clinton-foundation/478
ehrnst
(32,640 posts)9. Good. She's an impressive leader. I can see why people would think the Foundation
is run well, and would trust that their donation would be used well.