{"id":26864,"date":"2015-11-03T11:38:27","date_gmt":"2015-11-03T16:38:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=26864"},"modified":"2015-11-03T11:38:27","modified_gmt":"2015-11-03T16:38:27","slug":"it-just-gets-messier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=26864","title":{"rendered":"It Just Gets Messier"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/freebeacon.com\/politics\/clinton-foundation-organization-will-not-refile-tax-returns-despite-mistakes\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Washington Free Beacon<\/a> reported yesterday that The <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Clinton Foundation\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Clinton_Foundation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">Clinton Health Access Initiative<\/a> (CHAI). which was spun off from the Clinton Foundation in 2010, is not going to refile its <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Tax return (United States)\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tax_return_%28United_States%29\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">tax returns<\/a>. The CHAI failed to comply with a <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Conflict of interest\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Conflict_of_interest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">conflict-of-interest<\/a> pledge after promising to do so.<\/p>\n<p>The article reports:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>The\u00a0Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI), which was spun off from the foundation in 2010, did not solicit a <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"United States Department of State\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?ll=38.8941666667,-77.0483333333&amp;spn=0.01,0.01&amp;q=38.8941666667,-77.0483333333 (United%20States%20Department%20of%20State)&amp;t=h\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"geolocation\">State Department<\/a> ethics review of multiple contributions from foreign governments as mandated by a conflict-of-interest pledge established before Hillary Clinton assumed the role of secretary of state in 2009. A CHAI representative told <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/2015\/04\/23\/us-usa-election-clinton-taxes-exclusive-idUSKBN0NE0CA20150423\" target=\"_blank\">Reuters<\/a> in April that the organization was planning to refile its 2012 and 2013 tax returns.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>However,\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.politico.com\/blogs\/under-the-radar\/2015\/11\/clinton-foundation-spin-off-wont-refile-tax-returns-215448\" target=\"_blank\">Politico<\/a><\/em> reported Monday that the same representative insists that the organization never promised to refile the forms and will not do so.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>\u201cContrary to what was reported, CHAI has consistently stated that they would conduct a review process to determine whether the transposition errors required a refiling,\u201d \u00a0CHAI spokeswoman Maura Daley stated. \u201cAfter conducting the review, the transpositional errors made had no material impact and we do not believe a refiling is required.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Clinton Foundation itself has had some problems with accountability. In April of this year, <a href=\"http:\/\/nypost.com\/2015\/04\/26\/charity-watchdog-clinton-foundation-a-slush-fund\/\" target=\"_blank\">The New York Post<\/a> reported the following:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>The <a href=\"http:\/\/nypost.com\/tag\/Clinton-Foundation\" target=\"_blank\">Clinton Foundation<\/a>\u2019s finances are so messy that the nation\u2019s most influential charity watchdog put it on its \u201cwatch list\u201d of problematic nonprofits last month.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>The Clinton family\u2019s mega-charity took in more than $140 million in grants and pledges in 2013 but spent just $9 million on direct aid.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Democratic voters really need to reconsider whether or not they want to put these people back in the White House. They are obviously ethically challenged.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Washington Free Beacon reported yesterday that The Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI). which was spun off from the Clinton Foundation in 2010, is not going to refile its tax returns. 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