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Clinton Scandal: Is the Clinton Foundation, after being rocked by a series of scandals, going down for the count? Reports suggest that may be the case, as donations to the... More

Clinton Scandal: Is the Clinton Foundation, after being rocked by a series of scandals, going down for the count? Reports suggest that may be the case, as donations to the... More

Clinton Scandal: Is the Clinton Foundation, after being rocked by a series of scandals, going down for the count? Reports suggest that may be the case, as donations to the... More

Clinton Scandal: Is the Clinton Foundation, after being rocked by a series of scandals, going down for the count? Reports suggest that may be the case, as donations to the once-popular "charity" plummet.

It's unlikely anyone was as disappointed as Bill Clinton at the defeat of Hillary Clinton for the presidency. Her election would have ensured that the scandals now swirling around the Clinton Family Foundation would have disappeared with nary a peep. Now, Congress is likely to look into accusations that the Clinton Foundation, far from being a charity, was in fact a giant scam to make the Clintons rich and to help finance Chelsea Clinton's lifestyle and political ambitions.

As we noted back in August, the FBI and a handful of U.S. attorneys have been conducting a joint investigation into the Clinton Foundation for possible financial crimes and influence peddling. Even so, few thought that much would happen, since everyone knew it was a given that Hillary would win the presidency and immediately quash any investigation.

We now know that high-level Justice Department officials tried to halt all of the investigations into the foundation last summer, but the FBI defied the order and continued looking into the matter. This was not some kind of desperate campaign stunt by Hillary's foes: The signs of corruption have been in evidence for years, but were largely ignored by the Clinton-besotted Big Media.

But while the Big Media failed to do their job, others began digging. In a devastating 2015 book, "Clinton Cash," Hoover Institution fellow Peter Schweizer detailed how decisions by the State Department under Secretary of State Hillary Clinton seemed to systematically benefit organizations and individuals that gave millions to the Clinton Foundation and paid former President Bill Clinton millions to give speeches. The appearance of a pay-for-play system and even outright graft during Hillary's six years at State couldn't be ignored.

While all this was happening, formerly eager contributors began having second thoughts about giving to the Clintons. After Hillary left the Clinton Foundation in April 2015 to run her campaign, nervous contributors began shutting their wallets. In 2014, Clinton Foundation filings show, contributions plunged 37% to $108 million, down from $172 million in 2014. And the fat fees the Clintons got for speeches appear to be sharply off as well: That income plunged from $3.6 million to just $357,500.

"A lot of questions have been raised, and I think donors are understandably cautious about getting involved with this deeply troubled charity," Charles Ortel, a Wall Street analyst told the Daily Caller, which has stepped in to do much of the reporting the mainstream media refuse to do.

Will the decline continue? It's hard to say. Now that Hillary is no longer going to be the president, the Clintons' namesake family foundation has clearly hit the rocks. Donald Trump vowed to appoint a special prosecutor to look into the pay-for-play allegations directed at the foundation, but has since backpedaled a bit.

Even so, the signs aren't good for the Clintons. Take as but one example the government of tiny but oil-rich Norway, which has one of the world's largest sovereign investment funds. It will next year slash its giving to the Clintons by nearly 90% off the peak gift of $25 million last year.

No doubt, others are also sharply reducing their gifts to the Clintons — and will continue to do so in the coming years — now that Hillary won't have an even bigger office from which to solicit "donations." Without political clout to sell, the troubled Clinton Foundation has little if anything to offer.

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Clinton Foundation incoming Millions $$$ will dry up like a Dead Armadillo in Summer Sun... as well as the Stench that follows eventually... Hillary's Big Democrat Media Machine, New York Times, NBC, ABC, CBS, CNN, MSNBC and such, Failed to do their Job of reporting/investigative journalism by "Not paying Favoritism" toward a political candidate. Public saw right through DNC's Big Media's, mind thought game of , "Let me Explain what You heard from the Candidates" and what it means. Never Investigating or Questioning Hillary in detail of her wrong doings.(Too Many to List)  I still want to know how do you delete over 30,000 emails, which you say are of a personal nature on your private server, after you find out you are going to be investigated by the FBI.

I hope Trump Shuts out the DNC's Major Media Bull Dogs from all Press Conferences due to their One-Sided Slant journalism.     

With little influence to peddle, the Clintons will have to settle for speech fees in the $50,000 range rather than $250,000. Plus, I suspect charity donations to their foundation will be much less.  Whether AG Sessions proceeds with a prosecution is the rub.  Unless, HillBilly go to jail, like most grafters they will survive.

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