Clinton campaign fears hackers may have obtained emails

“I definitely think if she wins the presidency they have to disband it”, Rendell told Joseph.

The breach has not been confirmed by either the foundation or Clinton campaign, nor have they commented on the recent reports.

Bill and Hillary Clinton’s New York-based charity was reportedly suspected of being hacked, causing the couple and their business partners to employ the cyber-security firm, according to Reuters.

In an online posting last week, Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton pointed out that in 2009, Secretary of State-designate Hillary Clinton wrote to State Department Designated Agency Ethics Official James H. Thessin: “For the duration of my appointment as Secretary if I am confirmed, I will not participate personally and substantially in any particular matter involving specific parties in which The William J. Clinton Foundation (or the Clinton Global Initiative) is a party or represents a party….” The foundation should remove a political – and actual – distraction and stop accepting funding.

Former President Bill Clinton tells staff members on Thursday that it will also hold its final Clinton Global Initiative meeting in September in NY, regardless of the outcome of the November election.

The Globe argues that the “inherent conflict of interest was obvious” back when Clinton became Secretary of State. “It’d be impossible to keep the foundation open without at least the appearance of a problem”. “If Clinton is elected, the foundation should be shut down”, the Globe wrote Tuesday.

FireEye is the company that the Clinton Foundation has hired to look into signs that the organization was hacked and what information was stolen.

Another concern: hackers or outlets such as the anti-secrecy WikiLeaks website could release documents and emails damaging to her presidential campaign, several people familiar with the foundation’s activities said.

The Clinton Foundation said it does not have a record of the TAQA donation, but March 2012 emails showed foundation officials pressing Clinton’s former chief of staff Cheryl Mills for approval.

There isn’t smoking gun evidence of a big donor to the Clinton Foundation getting preferential pay-to-play treatment inside Clinton’s State Department, but there is smoke.