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The Clinton Foundation Is Dead - But The Case Against Hillary Isn't

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While everyone's been gearing up for President Trump's 
inauguration, the Clinton Foundation made a major announcement 
this week that went by with almost no notice: For all intents 
and purposes, it's closing its doors.

In a tax filing, the Clinton Global Initiative said it's firing 
22 staffers and closing its offices, a result of the gusher of 
foreign money that kept the foundation afloat suddenly drying up 
after Hillary Clinton failed to win the presidency.

It proves what we've said all along: The Clinton Foundation was 
little more than an influence-peddling scheme to enrich the 
Clintons, and had little if anything to do with "charity," 
either overseas or in the U.S. That sound you heard starting in 
November was checkbooks being snapped shut in offices around the 
world by people who had hoped their donations would buy access 
to the next president of the United States.

And why not? There was a strong precedent for it in Hillary 
Clinton's tenure as secretary of state. While serving as the 
nation's top diplomat, the Clinton Foundation took money from at 
least seven foreign governments — a clear breach of Clinton's 
pledge on taking office that there would be total separation 
between her duties and the foundation.

Is there a smoking gun? Well, of the 154 private interests who 
either officially met or had scheduled phone talks with Hillary 
Clinton while she was secretary of state, at least 85 were 
donors to the Clinton Foundation or one of its programs.

In November, we asked the question: "Is The Clinton Foundation 
Doomed?" The answer is yes.

All the way back in May, we outlined how the Clinton Foundation 
had taken in $100 million from a collection of Gulf sheikhs and 
billionaires, along with millions from private businesses, who 
expected — and received — special access to the State 
Department's top official, Hillary.

In his 2015 book "Clinton Cash," author Peter Schweizer showed 
how during Hillary's years in government "the Clintons have 
conducted or facilitated hundreds of large transactions (either 
as private citizens or government officials) with foreign 
governments, corporations and private financiers." He called the 
sums going to the Clintons "staggering."

Using the Freedom of Information Act, Judicial Watch in August 
obtained emails (that had been hidden from investigators) 
showing that Clinton's top State Department aide, Huma Abedin, 
had given "special expedited access to the secretary of state" 
for those who gave $25,000 to $10 million to the Clinton 
Foundation. Many of those were facilitated by a former executive 
of the foundation, Doug Band, who headed Teneo, a shell company 
that managed the Clintons' affairs.

As part of this elaborate arrangement, Abedin was given special 
permission to work for the State Department, the Clinton 
Foundation and Teneo — another very clear conflict of interest.

As Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton said at the time, "These 
new emails confirm that Hillary Clinton abused her office by 
selling favors to Clinton Foundation donors."

The seedy saga doesn't end there. Indeed, there are so many 
facets to it, some may never be known. But there is still at 
least one and possibly four active federal investigations into 
the Clintons' supposed charity.

Americans aren't willing to forgive and forget. Earlier this 
month, the IBD/TIPP Poll asked Americans whether they would like 
President Obama to pardon Hillary for any crimes she may have 
committed as secretary of state, including the illegal use of an 
unsecured homebrew email server. Of those queried, 57% said no. 
So if public sentiment is any guide, the Clintons' problems may 
just be beginning.

Writing in the Washington Post in August of 2016, Charles 
Krauthammer pretty much summed up the whole tawdry tale: "The 
foundation is a massive family enterprise disguised as a 
charity, an opaque and elaborate mechanism for sucking money 
from the rich and the tyrannous to be channeled to Clinton 
Inc.," he wrote. "Its purpose is to maintain the Clintons' 
lifestyle (offices, travel accommodations, etc.), secure 
profitable connections, produce favorable publicity and reliably 
employ a vast entourage of retainers, ready to serve today and 
at the coming Clinton Restoration."

Except, now there is no Clinton Restoration. So there's no 
reason for any donors to give money to the foundation. It lays 
bare the fiction of a massive "charitable organization," and 
shows it for what it was: a scam to sell for cash the waning 
influence of the Democrats' pre-eminent power couple. As far as 
the charity landscape goes, the Clinton Global Initiative won't 
be missed.

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