Sometimes it’s just plain embarrassing. Sorry, I mean stupifying how much the media doesn’t know about what they’re talking about. I mean, they’re supposed to know. They’re supposed to have a clue, but there times when they really really don’t. One of those times was just the other day as CNN’s Dana Bash attempted to grill Clinton Foundation spokesman campaign manager Robby Mook on the announcement that if Hillary Clinton wins the Presidency that the Foundation will reject all foreign donations and also that Bill Clinton will not make any foreign speeches during her administration.
Her initial question betrays just how much she doesn’t know.
Bash: If it’s not ok for the Foundation to accept foreign donations while she is President, why was it Ok while she was Secretary of State?
First of all, Hillary Clinton was not a participant in the Clinton Foundation while she was Secretary of State. In fact she had no role in the Foundation at all until 2013, after she left the State Department and she then left it in 2015 before the announced her run for the Presidency. While she was Secretary the Foundation made an agreement with the government to not accept any foreign government donations from any countries that hadn’t previously given.
Should Senator Clinton be confirmed as Secretary of State, the Foundation incorporate CGI as a separate entity from the Foundation. President Clinton will continue in his role as principal host ancl be identified as CGrs Founding Chairman, but he will not serve as an officer or director of the newly established entity or otherwise serve as a fiduciary on behalf of it. President Clinton personally will not solicit funds. President Clinton will continue to send invitation letters to potential attendees and guests CGI. he will no longer send sponsorship letters (which seek contributions to C(1). Apart for attendance fees for CGI wiII not accept contributions from foreign governments. CGl also will suspend plans for CGI International events outside the United States during any service by Senator Clinton at the State Dept.
So in fact, it wasn’t ok then and it’s not ok now.