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| Hillary Clinton has said her husband, former president Bill Clinton, should not have to resign his role as head of their family’s charitable foundation until the presidential election is decided in November. | Hillary Clinton has said her husband, former president Bill Clinton, should not have to resign his role as head of their family’s charitable foundation until the presidential election is decided in November. |
| The Democratic nominee said she did not see any ethical problems with her husband’s continued involvement with the Clinton Foundation, which raises money from wealthy donors around the world while she runs for president despite mounting criticism. | |
| “I don’t think there are conflicts of interest,” Clinton told ABC’s David Muir in a joint interview today with her running mate, Senator Tim Kaine, scheduled to air on Tuesday night. | |
| Bill Clinton told supporters in August that he would resign from the foundation’s board and stop raising money if his wife were elected. The foundation last month confirmed that Clinton’s daughter, Chelsea Clinton, would remain on the board even if her mother won in November. | |
| Clinton also dismissed accusations that allies and donors of the Clinton Foundation received special treatment while she served as secretary of state. | Clinton also dismissed accusations that allies and donors of the Clinton Foundation received special treatment while she served as secretary of state. |
| “I know that that’s what has been alleged and never proven. But nevertheless, I take it seriously,” Clinton said in the interview, which was taped on Monday between Labor Day campaign stops. | “I know that that’s what has been alleged and never proven. But nevertheless, I take it seriously,” Clinton said in the interview, which was taped on Monday between Labor Day campaign stops. |
| Trump and his campaign have seized on the issue, alleging that the Clinton Foundation is a “pay-for-play” operation. At campaign events, he has pointed to a recent analysis by the Associated Press that showed more than half the people Clinton met outside the government as secretary of state were donors to the Clinton family’s foundation. | Trump and his campaign have seized on the issue, alleging that the Clinton Foundation is a “pay-for-play” operation. At campaign events, he has pointed to a recent analysis by the Associated Press that showed more than half the people Clinton met outside the government as secretary of state were donors to the Clinton family’s foundation. |
| “The fact that a Hillary Clinton presidency would be compromised by tens of millions of dollars in foreign donations to the Clinton Foundation is no laughing matter either – it is downright terrifying,” said Jason Miller, a spokesman for the Trump campaign. “When that 3am phone call comes, we can’t have an ethically challenged president on the line who took truckloads of cash from other countries.” | “The fact that a Hillary Clinton presidency would be compromised by tens of millions of dollars in foreign donations to the Clinton Foundation is no laughing matter either – it is downright terrifying,” said Jason Miller, a spokesman for the Trump campaign. “When that 3am phone call comes, we can’t have an ethically challenged president on the line who took truckloads of cash from other countries.” |
| Meanwhile, Clinton and her campaign are pointing to a more recent Washington Post report that revealed the Republican presidential nominee paid a $2,500 penalty to the Internal Revenue Service for a 2013 donation from his charitable organization to an organization associated with the Florida attorney general, Pam Bondi. At the time, Bondi was debating whether to investigate the now defunct Trump University. She decided against it. | Meanwhile, Clinton and her campaign are pointing to a more recent Washington Post report that revealed the Republican presidential nominee paid a $2,500 penalty to the Internal Revenue Service for a 2013 donation from his charitable organization to an organization associated with the Florida attorney general, Pam Bondi. At the time, Bondi was debating whether to investigate the now defunct Trump University. She decided against it. |
| Earlier on Tuesday, Clinton questioned her opponent’s readiness to be the commander-in-chief and his grasp of foreign policy during a campaign event in Tampa, Florida, while her running mate delivered a speech on national security in North Carolina. | Earlier on Tuesday, Clinton questioned her opponent’s readiness to be the commander-in-chief and his grasp of foreign policy during a campaign event in Tampa, Florida, while her running mate delivered a speech on national security in North Carolina. |
| “His whole campaign has been one long insult to all those who have worn the uniform,” Clinton told a crowd, adding that a “man who is so wrong about our veterans isn’t right to serve as commander-in-chief. | |
| Clinton also attacked Trump over his inconsistencies on how to defeat Islamic State, quipping: “He says he has a secret plan to defeat Isis. But the secret is he has no plan.” | |
| She continued: “When it comes to fighting Isis, he has been all over the map. You would have to literally map it out. He has talked about letting Syria become a free zone for Isis. Look at the map, Donald. He has talked about sending in American ground troops. Not on my watch.” |