Chelsea Clinton Defends Foundation Before Global Initiative Meeting

The Washington Post is reporting that just as business, political, and philanthropic leaders gathered in Marrakesh, Morocco, for the first Clinton Global Initiative meeting on Africa and the Middle East, Chelsea Clinton, the former President’s daughter, said there is a “political dimension” to the controversy over multimillion-dollar gifts from foreign governments and corporations to her family’s foundation.    

Ms. Clinton, the Clinton Foundation’s vice chair, said the scrutiny has intensified with the launch of her mother Hillary Clinton’s White House run.  She dismissed the idea, raised by some Republicans and campaign watchdog groups, that foundation donors seek to curry favor with her powerful parents. 

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