Plunge in Clinton Foundation donations fuels GOP scrutiny amid DOJ probe

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Newly released tax documents showing a plunge in Clinton Foundation donations after Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential election defeat have fueled long-standing Republican allegations of possible “pay-to-play” transactions at the organization, amid a Justice Department probe covering foundation issues.

The tax filings, which were made public this month, show the Clinton Foundation pulled in $62.9 million in 2016, but only $26.6 million the following year, representing a nearly 58 percent drop. Tax documents for 2018 are not yet available.

A spokesman for the foundation told The New York Post, which first reported the figures, that they “anticipated a decline” in 2017 and said it was “largely attributable to the absence of sponsorship and membership contributions for CGI [Clinton Global Initiative].”

The final CGI meeting was held in 2016, and the wind-down was a likely factor in the donation drop. Representatives for the Clinton Foundation did not immediately respond to Fox News’ request for comment.

But the filings further emboldened congressional Republicans concerned the foundation benefited first from Clinton's position atop the State Department and later as a presidential candidate, by way of donors seeking political favors -- only for that cash flow to dry up when it was clear Hillary Clinton was out of government.

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Really Repukes? She had you for lunch during the Benghazi hearings. She'll chew you up and spit you out on this topic should you decide to hold hearings.

[Freethinker65]

1. While you are at it, let us dive into the former Trump Foundation shall we?

[spanone]

2. the Hillary hysteria never quits with these shits

[Kurt V.]

3. as a former first lady, can't she say fuck off?

in a first lady/us sen/sos sort of way

[Botany]

4. Yes an A+ rating, Bill, Hillary, and Chelsea Clinton never got one dime from it, and it has kept ...

.... 10 million people from dying from AIDs too please look @ that.

[KCDebbie]

5. Maybe donations to CGI dropped because

Those companies and nations donating didn't want to take the risk of Trump finding out about it using US foreign aid and policy to make things difficult for them...

Because we ALL know that Trump is just that petty!

[wishstar]

6. The Trump Foundation was shut down by NY State for not even being registered or filing reports

so it had a big drop in donations too, but only because it was forced to shut down after failing to comply with NY's charity regulations and is now being investigated for misuse of funds whereas the Clinton Foundation remains in good legal standing.

The Clinton Foundation was always expected to have lower donations because Clintons closed out the Global Initiative portion of the charity and limited fundraising to avoid any possible future conflicts of interest.