“From
2009 up to 2013, the year the Ukrainian crisis erupted, the Clinton
Foundation received at least $8.6 million from the Victor Pinchuk
Foundation, which is headquartered in the Ukrainian capital of Kiev,
a new report claims. In 2008, Viktor Pinchuk, who made a fortune in
the pipe-building business, pledged a five-year, $29-million
commitment to the Clinton Global Initiative, a program that works to
train future Ukrainian leaders 'to modernize Ukraine.' The Wall
Street Journal revealed the donations the fund received from
foreigners abroad between 2009-2014 in their report published earlier
this week.”
“Between
2009 and 2013, the very period when Hillary Clinton was serving as US
secretary of state, the Clinton Foundation appears to have received
at least $8.6 million from the Victor Pinchuk Foundation. That places
Ukraine as the leading contributor among foreign donators to the
Clinton Foundation.”
“...
critics have pointed to some disturbing aspects regarding the
donations, including the coincidence of the Ukrainian crisis, which
began in November 2013, and the heavy amount of cash donations being
made to the Clinton Foundation on behalf of wealthy Ukrainian
businessmen. In any case, given that Hillary Clinton appears to be
considering a possible run in the next presidential elections, more
scrutiny will be devoted to her past work with the charity that bears
the Clinton name.”
“After
being introduced to former US President Bill Clinton by Doug Schoen,
a political analyst and pollster who has worked for both Clintons,
Pinchuk and his wife began making donations to Clinton-family
charities, WSJ reported. During Hillary Clinton’s time at the State
Department, Schoen began work as a congressional lobbyist for the
Ukrainian oligarch. Schoen defended his lobbying activities, saying
there was no connection to Pinchuk’s hefty donations.”
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