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| Chorus Grows For Clintons To Shutte |
| Chorus Grows For Clintons To Shutter Charitable Foundation
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| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
, 24-August-2016
12:16:23 PM |
| The foundation started by Hillary Clinton and former President Bill Clinton should shut down despite its good work, two major newspapers said in editorials on Wednesday, calling for its closure to avoid perceptions of "pay-for-play" amid the U.S. presidential campaign as critics step up their attacks over the issue.
Despite plans announced earlier this week to reorganize the foundation if Hillary Clinton wins the White House in November, USA Today said the global charity must close for the Democratic presidential candidate to avoid any appearance of unethical ties.
"The only way to eliminate the odor surrounding the foundation is to wind it down and put it in mothballs, starting today, and transfer its important charitable work to another large American charity such as the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation," the paper's editorial board wrote.
The Washington Post said in its editorial that the planned steps unveiled on Monday to rename the foundation, end foreign and corporate donations and have Bill Clinton resign from the board should have happened sooner - before his wife served as secretary of state - and still fall short.
"The foundation undoubtedly does worthwhile work. Should Ms. Clinton win, all of that work and all of the foundation's assets should be spun off to an organization with no ties to the first family," the Post's editorial board wrote.
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The call from two leading U.S. news organizations came as Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and other critics have upped their attacks against Clinton over the foundation and called for a special investigation in hopes of creating a rallying cry for fellow Republicans ahead of the Nov.
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