Bill Clinton may have inadvertently admitted on Wednesday, “The people who gave the money [to the Clinton Foundation] knew exactly what they were doing.”

“We try to do good things. If there is something wrong with creating jobs and saving lives, I don’t know what it is,” Clinton said in Atlanta. (RELATED: Giuliani: The Clinton Foundation Scandal Is ‘Going To Be Bigger Than Watergate’ [VIDEO])

“The people who gave the money knew exactly what they were doing,” the former president added.

“I saw people were criticizing people for meeting with Elie Wiesel and Muhammad Yunus, the Nobel prize winner,” Clinton said. Adding, “I just thinks it’s election season.” (RELATED: Emails Show Big-Time Clinton Donor Directly Asked To Be Placed On State Dept. Arms Control Panel)

One Clinton Foundation donor Rajiv Fernando was eventually appointed to the International Security Advisory Board despite not having any experience in arms control or international security. (RELATED: Top Clinton Foundation Official Asked Hillary’s State Department For Favors For Associates, Donors)

In newly released emails, it was revealed that the Crown Prince of Bahrain, a major Clinton Foundation donor, was given an audience with Hillary Clinton after he went through the Clinton Foundation. (RELATED: Bahrain’s Prince Got Audience With Clinton After Donating $32 Million To Her Foundation)

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Bill Clinton defends Clinton Foundation: ‘We’re trying to do good things’https://t.co/lr056SdkcX — FOX & Friends (@foxandfriends) August 25, 2016

On Tuesday, Sen. Tom Cotton said, “[Y]ou have these very shady foreign oligarchs involved with the Clinton Foundation, and involved intimately with the State Department under Secretary of State Clinton. That’s why I’ve said that Hillary Clinton and Bill Clinton should immediately suspend all donations to the Clinton Foundation from foreign governments and from corporations.” (RELATED: Sen. Tom Cotton: ‘They’re Having A Fire Sale At The Clinton Foundation For White House Access’)

Later arguing that the Clintons are “having a fire sale at the Clinton Foundation for White House access.”

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