Why The Clinton Foundation Will Continue What It Is Doing

                                                                  by Paul Baumgartner October 24, 2016

Because of many scandals, many news agencies have pleaded for the Clintons to shut down the Clinton Foundation [9] [10] [1] [2].  But the Clinton Foundation will continue.  What Hillary says she plans to do with the Foundation is that Bill and Hillary will step down from the board, and let Chelsea still run it, and they will no longer accept donations from foreign countries [3].  With Bill & Hillary off the board, the road would be paved for all 3 Clintons to receive a salary from the Foundation.  Bill would still be able to collect enormous fees for speaking engagements.  Bill Clinton himself has said, “There is nothing wrong with what we’re doing [4].”
 
If you believe everything Bill Clinton says, I have a bridge and some swamp land to sell you.  Here is what will stay the same:

Income from Foundation donors. http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2016/aug/14/paul-manafort/paul-manafort-says-clintons-tax-returns-show-incom/

Business with Criminals. http://www.nationalreview.com/article/419791/clinton-foundation-reeks-crooks-thieves-and-hoods-deroy-murdock

Foreign governments making donations to Clinton Foundation, Clinton speeches, Clinton Hosted events, or Clinton campaigns. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/foreign-governments-gave-millions-to-foundation-while-clinton-was-at-state-dept/2015/02/25/31937c1e-bc3f-11e4-8668-4e7ba8439ca6_story.html

Blur between duties of Clinton Foundation and Clinton held government position. http://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/judicial-watch-new-abedin-emails-reveal-top-clinton-foundation-executive-doug-band-sought-diplomatic-passport-clinton-state-department/

Foundation will still be used as a way for donors to get access to Hillary. http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/08/24/bias-alert-new-york-times-finds-latest-clinton-foundation-bombshell-unfit-to-print.html

People will be hired to work full time for Clinton Foundation & Hillary’s government at the same time.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/08/24/watchdog-clinton-finance-director-was-middle-man-between-foundation-state.html
http://news10.com/2016/08/11/clinton-aide-at-the-state-department-also-worked-for-the-clinton-foundation/

Cash will flow to Foundation when Hillary makes foreign deals. http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/04/24/us/cash-flowed-to-clinton-foundation-as-russians-pressed-for-control-of-uranium-company.html?_r=0&referer=http%3A%2F%2Fr.search.yahoo.com%2FRV%3D1%2FRE%3D1474486670%2FRB%3D%2FRO%3D8%2FRU%3Dhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2015%2F04%2F24%2Fus%2Fcash-flowed-to-clinton-foundation-as-russians-pressed-for-control-of-uranium-company.html%2FRS%3D%5EADAHMvx_PMUR.CxzLXX1u9IhnpdWZA-

More cash flow from exploitative deals. https://youtu.be/qOZ7qmKzwcc

The Foundation will continue to accept money from terrorists. http://www.breitbart.com/2016-presidential-race/2016/08/28/trump-campaign-clinton-foundation-shut-hezbollah/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social

Donations, speeches and consulting jobs with shadowy corporations with invisible tentacles. http://www.judicialwatch.org/bulletins/teneo-the-clinton-machine/

Multimillion dollar stints for hosting special events. http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/10/20/abedin-implicated-clinton-in-foundation-trade-off-with-morocco-amid-12-million-commitment.html

More money going to fancy conferences than to direct aid. http://nypost.com/2015/04/26/charity-watchdog-clinton-foundation-a-slush-fund/

Large amount of funds go to consulting firms to perform charitable services that also hire the Clintons at huge salaries, like Teneo. http://www.politico.com/story/2016/04/teneo-final-221807
 

Footnotes

1.  Amy Cozick and Steve Eder, New York Times, “Foundation Ties Bedevil Hillary Clinton’s Presidential Campaign,” August 20, 2016, http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/21/us/politics/hillary-clinton-presidential-campaign-charity.html?_r=0

2.  The Editorial Board, USA Today, “Mothball the Clinton Foundation: Our view,” August 23, 2016, http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2016/08/23/hillary-clinton-foundation-donald-trump-editorials-debates/89226920/

3.  Sy Mukherjee, Fortune, “What Bill and Hillary Clinton's Controversial Foundation Actually Does,” August 27, 2016, http://fortune.com/2016/08/27/clinton-foundation-health-work/

4.  Interview with Eric Bradner, CNN, “Bill Clinton on foundation: 'There is nothing wrong with what we're doing',” September 13, 2016, http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/12/politics/bill-clinton-foundation-hillary-trust/