To hear Hillary Rodham Clinton’s aides and supporters tell it, questions about her family foundation’s fund-raising while she was secretary of state are “nothing more than a tangled web of conspiracy theories” by Republican operatives.
Sorry: The steady flow of disturbing news has concern growing in Democratic circles.
That’s likely one reason the foundation’s acting CEO, Maura Palley, released a long statement admitting “mistakes” that she insisted were mostly minor clerical errors.
Hmm. Charity Navigator, the philanthropic watchdog, has the Clinton Foundation on its “watchlist,” as it does “when we become aware of conduct that may affect a donor’s decision to support that charity.”
Watchlist status, according to CN, remains in effect until “we see evidence that the issues identified . . . have been resolved.” Only 23 charities are listed (including Al Sharpton’s National Action Network).
Which is why Team Clinton’s counter-attack is failing even on the left.
Ask Bill Allison, a senior fellow at the left-leaning Sunlight Foundation, which monitors government transparency. He told The Post: “It seems like the Clinton Foundation operates as a slush fund for the Clintons.”
Liberal columnist Jonathan Chait wrote that even in a best-case scenario, the Clintons have been “disorganized and greedy.”
And Jim Cooper, a veteran New York Democratic fund-raiser and bundler who was enlisted as a “HillStarter” by the Clinton campaign, says he’s holding back for now from tapping his network.
“I was sitting there trying to draft the e-mail, and I just couldn’t do it,” he tells The Washington Times. “I just wish that there would have been a more forceful response from the Clinton campaign to some of this.”
Until Hillary herself delivers just that, this story’s not going away.
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