Fund Clinton acknowledged the fact of receiving a million dollars from Qatar
The the Clinton Foundation (Clinton Foundation) confirmed that he had received as a gift a million dollars from Qatar when Hillary Clinton, now a democratic candidate for President of the United States, was Secretary of state.
While it is in violation of the rules and their obligations did not inform his Agency, reports Reuters.
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Qatari officials promised to give money in 2011 for the celebration of the 65th birthday of former U.S. President bill Clinton, husband of Hillary Clinton. Next year they planned to meet with him personally to give him a check. This became known from letters of John Podestà , the head of election headquarters Clinton at the disposal of the website WikiLeaks.
In 2009, Clinton signed the agreement on ethics, designed to increase transparency and prevent the influence of wealthy donors on US foreign policy. She promised that if foreign governments wish to provide financial support, to provide this information to the state Department.
The representative of the organization Brian Kustra confirmed this week that the Fund, made a donation of one million dollars from Qatar. However, he declined to say whether Qatar officials to meet personally with bill Clinton as they wanted.
The state Department said that it has no accounting records, which referred to this donation. The Ministry has indicated that to serve the notice in this case was necessary.
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The Clinton Foundation announced that it would no longer accept money from foreign governments if Hillary Clinton is elected President.
In August, the candidate in US presidents from Republican party, Donald trump asked the justice Department to appoint a special Prosecutor to investigate concerning the Clinton Foundation. According to him, this structure accepts donations from foreign donors. In return, they receive preferences from the U.S. state Department, which from 2009 to 2013 were headed by Hillary Clinton.
In June, trump also accused her rival and the Fund of the Clintons in corruption. Then he said that Hillary Clinton “has perfected the politics of personal gain and theft.”