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On 1 December 2008 Obama announced the appointment of [[Hillary Clinton]] as [[Secretary of State]]. In late December Hillary entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the [[Obama administration]] about the potential [[conflict of interest]] with her role as Secretary of State and Mr. [[Bill Clinton]] actively soliciting political donations for [[United States presidential election, 2016|Hillary's 2016 presidential]] bid on behalf of the [[Clinton Foundation]].<ref>[http://www.grassley.senate.gov/sites/default/files/judiciary/upload/2015-08-28%20Ex.%20A%20(State%20DAEO%20for%20Pres.%20Clinton%20Activities).pdf Memorandum of Understanding] and associated documents, December 18, 2008.</ref> The memorandum stipulated complete disclosure of the foundation's donor list annually. According to ''[[Reuters]]'', Hillary Clinton violated the understanding from the very beginning and made no disclosures beyond the first year.<ref>http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-clinton-donations-idUSKBN0MF2FQ20150319</ref>

On December 1, 2008, Obama announced the appointment of [[Hillary Clinton]] as [[Secretary of State]]. In late December Hillary entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the [[Obama administration]] about the potential [[conflict of interest]] with her role as Secretary of State and Mr. [[Bill Clinton]] actively soliciting political donations for [[United States presidential election, 2016|Hillary's 2016 presidential]] bid on behalf of the [[Clinton Foundation]].<ref>[http://www.grassley.senate.gov/sites/default/files/judiciary/upload/2015-08-28%20Ex.%20A%20(State%20DAEO%20for%20Pres.%20Clinton%20Activities).pdf Memorandum of Understanding] and associated documents, December 18, 2008.</ref> The memorandum stipulated complete disclosure of the foundation's donor list annually. According to ''[[Reuters]]'', Hillary Clinton violated the understanding from the very beginning and made no disclosures beyond the first year.<ref>http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-clinton-donations-idUSKBN0MF2FQ20150319</ref>

With the theft of government records and scrubbing of the Clinton Chappaqua email server by Clinton and underlings, the exact extent of a conflict of interest and violation of the memorandum of understanding at present is unclear.<ref>[http://insider.foxnews.com/2015/03/30/gowdy-hillary-clinton-wiped-her-server-between-october-and-december-2014 Gowdy: Hillary Clinton Wiped Server Between October & December 2014],  On the Record with Greta Van Susteren, ''[[FOX News]]'', 30 March 2015.</ref><ref>[http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-clinton-email-scandal-20160327-story.html  How Hillary Clinton's email scandal took root], Robert O'Harrow Jr., ''Washington Post'', 27 March 2016.</ref>

With the theft of government records and scrubbing of the Clinton Chappaqua email server by Clinton and underlings, the exact extent of a conflict of interest and violation of the memorandum of understanding at present is unclear.<ref>[http://insider.foxnews.com/2015/03/30/gowdy-hillary-clinton-wiped-her-server-between-october-and-december-2014 Gowdy: Hillary Clinton Wiped Server Between October & December 2014],  On the Record with Greta Van Susteren, ''[[FOX News]]'', 30 March 2015.</ref><ref>[http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-clinton-email-scandal-20160327-story.html  How Hillary Clinton's email scandal took root], Robert O'Harrow Jr., ''Washington Post'', 27 March 2016.</ref>