Clinton’s Charity Confirms Qatar’s $1 Million Gift While She Was at State Dept.
The Clinton Foundation has confirmed it accepted a $1 million gift from Qatar while Hillary Clinton was U.S. secretary of state without informing the State Department, even though she had promised to let the agency review new or significantly increased support from foreign governments, Reuters is reporting.
“Qatari officials pledged the money in 2011 to mark the 65th birthday of Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton’s husband, and sought to meet the former U.S. president in person the following year to present him the check, according to an email from a foundation official to Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign chairman, John Podesta. The email, among thousands hacked from Podesta’s account, was published last month by WikiLeaks,” writes reporter .
A foundation spokesman confirmed that it accepted the $1 million gift, but claimed this did not amount to a “material increase” in the Gulf country’s support for the charity. The spokesman declined to say whether Qatari officials received their requested meeting with Bill Clinton.
