The records also highlight a blind spot in the ethics deal the Clintons and the Obama transition team hammered out in 2008 with the involvement of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee: While the pact subjected Bill Clinton’s moneymaking activities to official review, it imposed no vetting on donations to the Clinton Foundation by individuals or private companies in the U.S. or abroad.
Concerns about individuals seeking influence by dropping money in both buckets arose soon after the first few Bill Clinton speech proposals landed at Foggy Bottom. In a 2009 memo greenlighting those talks, a State Department ethics official specifically asked about possible links between President Clinton’s speaking engagements and donations to the Clinton Foundation. However, the released documents show no evidence that the question was addressed.
NIKK-It was known then about Bill’s speech and money to the Foundation...perhaps this.
OR THIS..Senator Collins of Maine questions Secretary of State Hillary Clinton about the Administration’s Afghanistan plan at a hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee, December 2, 2009
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eiT1sIda7A
THE LIST GOES ON!