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The '''Clinton Foundation''' is 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.

The '''Clinton Foundation''' (renamed in 2013 as the '''Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation''') is a charity that is exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Tax Code.  It was established by former President of the United States [[Bill Clinton]] with the stated mission to "strengthen the capacity of people in the United States and throughout the world to meet the challenges of global interdependence."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.clintonfoundation.org/clinton-global-initiative/about-us/leadership-team|title=Leadership Team|publisher=}}</ref> Its President since 2015 is [[Donna Shalala]], and its offices are located in [[New York City]] and [[Little Rock, Arkansas]].

 

Critics view it 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.

According to two prominent charity watchdog organizagions the Clinton Foundation has engaged in questionable fund raising and reporting practices with less than 10% of the money raised going to its  stated mission purposes such as AIDS treament, education, and healthcare in poverty stricken nations.<ref>https://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.profile&ein=311580204</ref>  

According to two prominent charity watchdog organizagions the Clinton Foundation has engaged in questionable fund raising and reporting practices with less than 10% of the money raised going to its  stated mission purposes such as AIDS treament, education, and healthcare in poverty stricken nations.<ref>https://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.profile&ein=311580204</ref>