Just two weeks old, the presidential campaign of Hillary Clinton continues to be buffeted by questions about foreign donations to the family's namesake charitable foundation, some of them highlighted in a new book, Clinton Cash, due to be released on 5 May.
Just as the aides to Mrs Clinton have sought to discredit the findings of the book and its author, Peter Schweizer, a conservative writer, top officials at the Clinton Foundation have admitted that it had made "errors" in some of its disclosures of foreign donations and would need to refile some of its tax forms. "Yes, we made mistakes, as many organisations of our size do, but we are acting quickly to remedy them, and have taken steps to ensure they don't happen in the future," Maura Pally, the foundation's acting chief executive officer, said.
The book, early copies of which have been circulated to major media organisations, suggests in essence that foreign governments and individuals were driven to donate to the Clinton Foundation in the hope, at least, that their generosity would be rewarded by favours from Mrs Clinton, either when she was Secretary of State until the start of 2013 or from inside the Oval Office were she to get there.
Eyebrows were raised particularly by details of a contribution from a foundation in Canada tied to Ian Telfer, chairman of the Canadian company called Uranium One. At the time he was seeking authorisation from the US government to sell Uranium One to Rosatom, the Russian nuclear agency.
- Independent
