Another day, another Clinton power grab.
Chelsea Clinton would remain on the board of her family’s foundation even if her mother is elected president, a spokeswoman said Thursday.
The announcement comes as a health project connected to the Clinton Foundation is exploring a number of changes to minimize potential conflicts of interest in the event of another Clinton White House, but may continue to accept foreign government and corporate funding.
A spokeswoman for the 36-year-old daughter of former President Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton, the former secretary of state and current Democratic presidential nominee, said Chelsea Clinton was committed to ensuring that those benefiting from the foundation’s work would continue to receive “that often life-changing help,” and as a result Chelsea Clinton “would remain on the board to help steward the implementation of changes which do that appropriately.”
Former President Bill Clinton announced last week that if Hillary Clinton were elected president, the Clinton Foundation would no longer accept foreign and corporate donations, he would step down from its board and he no longer would raise money for the organization. The changes were attempts to insulate Hillary Clinton from possible conflicts of interest should she be elected president and were outlined as she faced renewed criticism over the charitable foundation and her role of secretary of state.
But the continued role of Chelsea Clinton on the foundation’s board and directing additional corporate and foreign money to the affiliated health project could create exceptions to those changes and appear to be loopholes to allow control of the foundation and its projects to remain within the Clinton family.
Chelsea Clinton, who serves as the foundation’s vice chairwoman, is expected to help oversee new fundraising policies and move projects to partner charities and other organizations doing similar work.
The ex-president told staffers that he also would step down from the board of the Clinton Health Access Initiative Inc., a global health care project affiliated with the foundation, and it would consider “a range of options to ensure that its vital work will continue.” But the project, which has provided access to HIV/AIDS drugs for more than 11.5 million people in more than 70 countries, has not yet said whether it will continue to accept corporate and foreign donations.
Regan Lachapelle, a spokeswoman for the health initiative, noted that it was a “separate legal entity from the Clinton Foundation with its own board which will determine its next steps.”
An Associated Press report found that more than half the people outside the government who met or spoke by telephone with Hillary Clinton while she was secretary of state had given money — either personally or through companies or groups — to the Clinton Foundation.
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has assailed Clinton as the beneficiary of a “pay-for-play” operation that provided special access to the State Department for donors of the foundation.
Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, the chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, requested documents related to the Clinton Foundation from the State Department on Thursday. He wrote in a letter to Secretary of State John Kerry that the AP report and others raised questions over whether State officials acted to benefit the Clinton Foundation “in violation of executive branch ethics guidelines.”
The Associated Press contributed to this article.
Clintons will step down in name only.
Never happen, that’s where the money is. They will twist the existing laws or invent new ones but they will never give up the Foundation. It’s worth millions and by their own admission only gives 10 % of the donation money to charity. Where does all that money go.? They say her crimes are not proven. They said that about the Maffia too, till some sharp lawyer used the RICO law
It took Evita a Juan Peron ten years to destroy Argentina. How long will it take Hillary and Slick willy to bankrupt america..
Hillary and Bill will give up the Foundation funny funny ha ha no way in hell would that ever happen…. all they are doing is passing it over to
Chelsia I guess even Bill and Hillary would throw their daughter or should i say Hillarys daughter under investigation??????? puke puke puke
Trump/Pence 2016—2024 Trump/Pence will reside in the White House come November…. the people are fed up with all the cover ups and lies, lies lies…..there are going to be a lot of open positions after Trump gets elected…….let Trump/Pence pick their own team of new players…… Trump/Pence (will not) give out any pardons to the corrupted ones you can count your vote on that…
my daughter is not me. Oh , really.???????????????????????
AMERICA’S “ORGANIZED” CRIME FAMILY……..
Remember folks John Gotty was taken out of the picture and Greed will do the same with this administration !!
Again Clintons found a way to fool the American people. Her daughter keeps the foundation going n they think that”s ok. Greed has taken over her life. She is a mental case. Worse than the MAFIA.
I think somebody way higher up may have the last word on it all. Hillary cannot hide her illness much longer.
I have a better idea. Elect Donald Trump as president. Once Hillary’s presidential aspirations end a lot of the money given for the sake of buying influence will stop coming in. If Hillary loses this election her hopes of become president are probably gone for good due to her age.
The Clintons never cease to amaze me. Bill promised that the foundation would clean up its act if Hillary is elected president. Why wait? They should have cut off foreign and corporate contributions when Hillary became secretary of state. With donor information passing from the foundation to the State department any intelligent person could make the connection between the foundation and the secretary of state.
If the Clintons choose the board members well they will not have to sit on the board. They will have lackeys on the board who will collect the money and see that President Hillary knows who to reward. As we see from the hacked emails, Huma served as the go between while Hillary was secretary of state. They may have even had some sort of coding to let Hillary know how much the person donated. Chelsea may choose to be the go between since she would have an occasion to talk with her parents daily.
Pretty much the Clintons are rubbing our noses in it saying there is not a damn thing anyone can do about it??
Just like Hillary made the remark about the FBI saying she is not worried because there is not a damn thing the FBI can do to her or the Clintons as a whole……The FBI, Obama, Loretta Lynch, and Comey proved her point…..
there are only two steps to fix the problems here in the U.S.A. Vote in Trump/Pence is the best way, the the other is we all wait for the grim reaper to do his job…….. Lets go with the Trump/Pence way……..
Just more criminal activity with Chelsea heading the Foundation and all the foreign and corporate connections if Hillary is in office. The lawlessness will continue and Hillary in charge will have no one to go after her because she will be their boss. This is ridiculous, pathetic and disgusting. Congress, step up and stop it now. Somebody do something, because the Democrats do not care about their leaders criminal activity. They just want their jobs, never ending power and more and more money. They want Hillary as President. Please, Republicans, minorities, Trumpocrats, concerned Independents and Democrats, vote for Trump.
Another scam & they think we’re that lame to buy into it, Boy talk about Dated thinking,
No wonder the Dems cant WIN.
Common sense: Stepping down means you have already been climbed up! Where did you climb up to? Crime or somethings not right and you have been caught?
Chelsea’s husband is a hedge fund manager!