Clinton Foundation hangs on to donations from Donald Trump

The Clinton Foundation has no plans to return tens of thousands of dollars in donations it received from Donald Trump — or at least none that it’s willing to share.

Trump has been feeling the heat after saying that Mexico sends “rapists” and murderers to the United States. His fellow Republican contenders, with the notable exception of Sen. Ted Cruz, have denounced those remarks, as has Hillary Clinton, who said on Tuesday that she was “very disappointed” in Trump’s comments.


A number of companies have severed ties with Trump: NBC dropped “The Apprentice”; Serta mattresses dumped him; NASCAR and the PGA distanced themselves; Macy’s stopped carrying his merchandise, including a cologne called “Success.”

But not, apparently, the Clinton Foundation, which still lists one “Donald J. Trump” on its website under the category of donors who have given between $100,000 and $250,000. The listing does not say when any donations were made.

Trump has since tarred the Clinton family as criminals, following a spate of stories accusing Bill and Hillary Clinton of trading political favors for donations.

“If this was a Republican sitting right there, this would absolutely be considered illegal. … This is about jail time,” he said on Fox News’ “Fox & Friends” back in April.

Trump has downplayed his contributions to the foundation, in comments to The Daily Caller. “I give donations to hundreds of different groups and hundreds of different foundations. I give it everywhere,” he said. “It’s supposed to be spent wisely. In some cases, foundations do not spend it fairly or wisely.”

Yet, asked whether it would return Trump’s money, the foundation signaled that it would not.

“We’re grateful to our more than 300,000 donors from across the political spectrum whose support has allowed us to efficiently and effectively fight HIV/AIDS and childhood obesity, increase opportunity for girls and women, lift people out of poverty, combat climate change and has improved the lives of millions of people all over the world,” Clinton Foundation Chief Communications Officer Craig Minassian said in a statement in POLITICO.