“If it (the foundation) would in any way harm the credibility of the Clinton administration, I don’t think it’s worth having it, because the credibility and accountability of the president has to be first,” Feingold said, according to the Gazette and confirmed by the Feingold campaign.

“So from my point of view, they (the Clintons) should be very, very open. If it turns out it’s problematic, it probably should be shut down,” he said.

Feingold’s comments show he felt compelled to address what The New York Times called “overlapping interests between the Clinton Foundation and the State Department” during Hillary Clinton’s stint leading the department from 2009 to 2013. The “overlap” stems from the fact that many donors to the foundation, including foreign governments such as Saudi Arabia, had interests that could be influenced by the department.