Bill Clinton defends embattled family foundation
ATLANTA — Former President Bill Clinton says he’s proud of people who have donated to the Clinton Foundation and the work the organization has done, as he waded into a dispute that Republicans are hoping will damage his wife’s presidential campaign.
“We’re trying to do good things,” Bill Clinton said Wednesday. “If there’s something wrong with creating jobs and saving lives, I don’t know what it is. The people who gave the money knew exactly what they were doing. I have nothing to say about it except that I’m really proud. I’m proud of what they’ve done.”
He also defended Hillary Clinton’s contact with donors to the foundation while serving as secretary of state, saying foundation donors like Bangladeshi economist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus have no trouble reaching officials around the world.
An Associated Press report Tuesday found more than half of the non-government officials who met with Hillary Clinton during the first half of her tenure as secretary of state gave money to the Clinton Foundation.