Clinton charity struggles to rise above claims of corruption

What Donald Trump calls “the most corrupt enterprise in political history” drew prime ministers, Hollywood stars, corporate chiefs and non-profit activists to a Manhattan hotel this month.

The 12th and final meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI), the Clinton Foundation’s signature event, hosted lofty discussions about clean energy in Haiti, disabled rights in Moldova and educational reform in the US that seemed worlds away from the dispiriting presidential election campaign.

Yet the valedictory was soured by Republican allegations that the charitable foundation was part of a “pay-for-play” scandal during Hillary Clinton’s state department tenure. In return for contributing to the foundation, critics say, corporations and foreign governments alike sought project approvals and access to top US officials.

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