R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr

Why Hillary Clinton always seems to have an inbox full of scandal

Hillary’s presidential race will be over an obstacle course

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issue 14 March 2015
 

 Washington DC

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They may blame it on ‘the vast right-wing conspiracy’ or on sunspots, but the scandals keep accumulating

[/audioplayer]To the trained eye something is up on the Clinton front. Of course, there are the stories, often one a day, that make her more newsworthy here in the United States than Ebola. There are the usual Clinton tales about her staffing problems, problems between competing fundraisers, her public appearances for hundreds of thousands of dollars, often at state universities where the money is tight. There are sightings of her having lunch, a latte, buying a book at a local bookstore. But now there are these other stories.

In the last several weeks there have been stories about the Clinton Foundation, rechristened the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation, accepting millions of dollars in foreign donations from faraway governments during her tenure as Secretary of State.

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