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December 20, 2007

Clinton Foundation Shares Donors With Clinton Presidential Campaign

Hillary Clinton’s senate and presidential campaigns have shared many donors and employees with the William J. Clinton Foundation, which her husband, former president Bill Clinton, founded, reports The New York Times.

Some of the larger donations to the foundation raise questions about the donors’ influence with the two politicians, according to the paper.

The Times has compiled a list of 97 donors who gave or pledged a total of $69-million to Mr. Clinton’s organization, which was established to finance his presidential library in Arkansas but has evolved into a global philanthropy. At least two dozen of these early donors are “Hillraisers,” which means they have brought in $100,000 or more for Ms. Clinton’s presidential campaign. One of the Clinton foundation’s lead fund raisers, Terry McAuliffe, is now Ms. Clinton’s campaign chairman and chief fund raiser.

Some donations made to the presidential foundation came at a time when the donors — which include companies, foreign governments, entrepreneurs, and the Saudi royal family — were facing scrutiny or had an interest in changing legislation, the newspaper reports.

“Donors did not seek, nor did President Clinton give, favors from the federal government,” the foundation said in a statement.

A spokesman for Ms. Clinton’s campaign said in a written statement, “Senator Clinton is not involved in the fund-raising or operations of the Clinton Foundation.”

President Clinton has promised to make public the names of all future donors to his foundation if his wife is elected to the Oval Office.

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