Donors to the Clinton Foundation had special access to Hillary Clinton,when she was Secretary of State, fresh documents brought to light by two conservative groups on Monday showed, in a setback to the Democratic candidate's presidential campaign.
The Republican candidate Donald Trump has sought an investigation by a special prosecutor into the links between the foundation and the State Department under Ms. Hillary Clinton.
The Former President Bill Clinton said in a statement on Monday the foundation would stop accepting foreign donations, if his wife were to become the President. The foundation had made the same announcement last week. Ms. Hillary Clinton had pledged to dissociate from the functioning of the foundation, when she took over as the Secretary of State.
But, however, the staff of the foundation sought special treatment for donors from the State Department, according to the documents.
Among the new revelations is how the foundation staff intervened on be half of the Crown Prince of Bahrain, a donor.
The Crown Prince could not get a meeting with Ms. Hillary Clinton through State Department Channels, but did get one after Foundation Executive Douglas Band wrote to Huma Abedin, aclose aide of hers. “Good friend of ours,” Mr. Band wrote to Ms. Abedin,requesting a meeting for the Crown Prince.
Donald Trump said, “No issue better illustrates how corrupt my opponent is than her pay for play scandals as the Secretary of State,” Mr. Trump said,demanding an investigation.
In a separate development, a federal judge on Monday asked the State Department to expedite the process of reviewing and releasing a set of nearly 15,000 emails that were not handed over to the Department as‘work-related’ earlier. The FBI had uncovered these emails during its investigation of a private server Ms. Hillary Clinton had maintained.
The Clinton Foundation accepts money from foreign donors, including foreign governments, which Mr. Donald Trump alleges is a threat to the U.S.National Security.
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