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Critics view the foundation as an international [[criminal]] organization with ties to the [[Russia]]n [[mafia]].<ref>http://russia-insider.com/en/politics/russian-mafia-money-laundering-clinton-foundation-and-john-podesta/ri17036</ref> It is an elaborate global slush fund and [[money laundering]] operation with sloppy accounting,<ref>http://insider.foxnews.com/2016/08/12/judge-jeanine-goes-clinton-foundation-money-laundering-op-not-charity</ref> poor public disclosure, and dubious mission related activities.<ref>http://www.nationalreview.com/article/419791/clinton-foundation-reeks-crooks-thieves-and-hoods-deroy-murdock</ref> It has been referred to as a parallel government.<ref>https://www.commentarymagazine.com/politics-ideas/campaigns-elections/clintons-parallel-government-and-obamas-great-miscalculation/</ref> Originally founded in 1997 under the name the '''William J. Clinton Foundation'''<ref>http://www.openendowment.org/organization/view?id=31-1580204</ref> for the purposes of building and maintaining the '''William J. Clinton Presidential Library''', the organization has by some estimates handled as much as $100 Billion in cash inflows and outflows. The fund currently has an estimated $350 Million in assets. Clinton supporters, however, claim that it coordinates important efforts against disease and poverty.<ref name=cnn>{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2016/08/24/politics/clinton-foundation-explainer/index.html|title=What is the Clinton Foundation and why is it controversial?|date=st 26,2016|accessdate=Nov. 26, 2017}}</ref>

Critics view the foundation as an international [[criminal]] organization with ties to the [[Russia]]n [[mafia]].<ref>http://russia-insider.com/en/politics/russian-mafia-money-laundering-clinton-foundation-and-john-podesta/ri17036</ref> It is an elaborate global slush fund and [[money laundering]] operation with sloppy accounting,<ref>http://insider.foxnews.com/2016/08/12/judge-jeanine-goes-clinton-foundation-money-laundering-op-not-charity</ref> poor public disclosure, and dubious mission related activities.<ref>http://www.nationalreview.com/article/419791/clinton-foundation-reeks-crooks-thieves-and-hoods-deroy-murdock</ref> It has been referred to as a parallel government.<ref>https://www.commentarymagazine.com/politics-ideas/campaigns-elections/clintons-parallel-government-and-obamas-great-miscalculation/</ref> Originally founded in 1997 under the name the '''William J. Clinton Foundation'''<ref>http://www.openendowment.org/organization/view?id=31-1580204</ref> for the purposes of building and maintaining the '''William J. Clinton Presidential Library''', the organization has by some estimates handled as much as $100 Billion in cash inflows and outflows. The fund currently has an estimated $350 Million in assets. Clinton supporters, however, claim that it coordinates important efforts against disease and poverty.<ref name=cnn>{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2016/08/24/politics/clinton-foundation-explainer/index.html|title=What is the Clinton Foundation and why is it controversial?|date=st 26,2016|accessdate=Nov. 26, 2017}}</ref>

==2001-2005 investigation==

==Early investigations==

From 2001 to 2005 there was an ongoing investigation into the Clinton Foundation. A [[Grand Jury]] had been impaneled. Governments from around the world had donated to the “charity”. Yet, from 2001 to 2003 none of those “Donations” to the Clinton Foundation were declared.

From 2001 to 2005 there was an ongoing investigation into the Clinton Foundation. A [[Grand Jury]] had been impaneled. Governments from around the world had donated to the “charity”. Yet, from 2001 to 2003 none of those “Donations” to the Clinton Foundation were declared.

In 2002 [[James Comey]] took over the investigation. Around this same time [[Lois Lerner]] transferred to the Internal Revenue Service to run the Tax Exemption Branch in the Department of the Treasury. [[Rod Rosenstein]] ran the Tax Division of the Department of Justice from 2001 to 2005. [[Robert Mueller]] was the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

In 2002 [[James Comey]] took over the investigation. Around this same time [[Lois Lerner]] transferred to the Internal Revenue Service to run the Tax Exemption Branch in the Department of the Treasury. [[Rod Rosenstein]] ran the Tax Division of the Department of Justice from 2001 to 2005. [[Robert Mueller]] was the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

==Financial disclosures==

==Financial disclosures==