Many donors to Clinton Foundation met with her at State

Donald Trump has found common ground with other Republicans in his critique of the Clinton Foundation.

The meetings between the Democratic presidential nominee and foundation donors do not appear to violate legal agreements Clinton and former president Bill Clinton signed before she joined the State Department in 2009.

“Ending foreign and corporate contributions is a good step, but allowing them to continue at least through the first week of November looks more like an influence-peddling fire sale (Give while you still can!) than a newfound commitment to clean government”, USA Today’s lead editorial reads today.

Mook told “Morning Joe” that Clinton held 1,700 meetings with world leaders and hundreds more with USA government officials during her time in the State Department.

The foundation established by Bill and Hillary Clinton is at the centre of fresh controversy after it was revealed that half of the people who met her when she was secretary of state gave money to the organisation.

If you only read one thing: Hillary Clinton’s campaign is playing defense Wednesday over new reports about crossover between the Clinton Foundation’s donor roster and her schedule while at the State Department.

“She was secretary of state, she was meeting with foreign officials constantly”, Mook continued.

Brian Fallon, a spokesman for Ms Clinton, said the nature of some of her meetings was being misrepresented.

Marlon Marshall, the director of state campaigns for Clinton’s campaign, said they are organizing in every state and sidestepped specific questions about Missouri.

The AP’s analysis is the latest development in a damning series of events casting a shadow over Clinton’s service in the State Department. That’s perhaps even more significant, given Clinton’s power to shape policy based not on US interests, but on how much a government gave to the Foundation. The telephone records were finally released by the State Department as a result of an outstanding Freedom of Information Act lawsuit filed by the conservative advocacy group Citizens United.

While Trump was balancing his fundraising Tuesday with a public rally and a town hall in Texas, Clinton once again was courting donors.

Trump said that Clinton is “unfit” to hold public office. Trump’s most aggressive hit man, Rudolph W. Giuliani, called it a “Clinton family racketeering enterprise”.

Shortly after this meeting, Clinton’s State Department approved a significant increase in arms sales to his country’s armed forces – including $70,000 worth of “toxicological agents” during the Arab Spring and a controversial amount of missiles and armored vehicles. But when The Boston Globe, hardly a conservative or Republican news organization, says Clinton must suspend donations if she wins the presidency, it’s clear that the issue being raised is not partisan.