article_snippet.sent: That to eliminate any questions while the Clinton Foundation're in this time, the Clinton Foundation won't take new government funding, but that the work will continue as it is.' Accepting funds from companies tied to foreign governments presents the appearance of a conflict of interest for the Clinton Foundation, since it's one avenue through which countries could try to influence Hillary and extract sweetheart deals from Washington.
article_snippet.sent: the Clinton Foundation reported to the IRS that the Clinton Foundation received zero dollars from foreign and U.S. governments.
article_snippet.sent: the Clinton Foundation listed the donors on the Clinton Foundation publicly available donor lists, but omitted the donors in the Clinton Foundation tax filings.
article_snippet.sent: Jose Fernandez, a former assistant secretary of state, was the principal State Department representative on Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, and said that Clinton did not intervene with Clinton work.
article_snippet.sent: No one 'has ever produced a shred of evidence supporting the theory that Clinton ever took action as secretary of state to support the interests of donors to the Clinton Foundation,' according to foundation spokesman Brian Fallon.
article_snippet.sent: He said that is was 'utterly baseless' to say that Clinton helped push the deal through while the Clinton Foundation received a windfall in donations.
article_snippet.sent: When Hillary Clinton joined the Obama Administration as Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton signed an agreement saying that the Clinton Foundation would not receive money from foreign governments and disclose all donors.
article_snippet.sent: All of the business dealings linked to the Clinton Foundation took place during the Obama Administration's 'reset' in US relations with Russia.
article_snippet.sent: Hillary Clinton also engaged in activities in the post-Soviet world not directly tied to the Clinton Foundation.