article_snippet.sent: According to The Wall Street Journal, in 2014 the Clinton Foundation "received money from the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Oman, among others.
article_snippet.sent: And several news outlets have reported that banks and other companies with business before the U.S. government were donors to the Clinton Global Initiative, a sister group that was spun off from the Clinton Foundation.
article_snippet.sent: CNN's Alexandra Jaffe wrote last month that "listings for the Clinton Global Initiative's Annual Meeting found partnerships with at least six banks that were under investigation, involved in litigation or had been fined by government agencies and regulators at the time of the Clinton Global Initiative's Annual Meeting.
article_snippet.sent: In every case, the bank in question was listed as a sponsor of the event even after the investigations were widely reported in the media.
article_snippet.sent: A bank giving money to charity in hopes of buying leniency from the U.S. government is a cause for concern, but until and unless a smoking gun appears in the form of a clear exchange of money for favors, it becomes hard to say what, exactly, is wrong with donating cash to aid in a good cause like combating world hunger or helping to rebuild Haiti.
article_snippet.sent: Even among the banks fined for wrongdoing that contributed to Clinton charities, noted Jaffe, "there's no indication the Clintons had any knowledge of the ongoing investigations into banks supporting the foundation's efforts.
article_snippet.sent: A more serious critique of the Clinton foundations is that the Clinton foundations have been an administrative and financial quagmire from the Clinton foundations origins, running deficits, expanding uncontrollably and cutting deals that not only raise ethical questions but cast the family's management skill in a less-than-flattering light.
article_snippet.sent: In a well-known case of deception, a con man named Raffaello Follieri charmed a con man named Raffaello Follieri way into the foundation's good graces, earning public praise from Clinton for promising $50 million to the Clinton Global Initiative -- money that never materialized.
article_snippet.sent: In 2007 and 2008, the foundation ran a $40 million deficit and in 2012 had an $8 million deficit.
article_snippet.sent: So we already knew that the Clintons' charities suffered from poor management and took money from companies and governments that were clearly trying to curry favor.
highlights_snippet.sent: More notable is mismanagement, ethical history of Clinton charities .