The Clinton Foundation and the money

OPEN THE RECORD

Sources & limits.

Numbered citations in each article identify the relevant sources. These records have different purposes and evidentiary weight.

1. Associated Press explains its Clinton donor-access analysis, August 24, 2016 ↗

   AP’s methodological statement: analysis selected nongovernment contacts and did not represent every State Department meeting. This is a selection limitation, not evidence that the contacts were imaginary.

2. Associated Press: many donors met Clinton at State, August 2016 ↗

   AP reporting syndicated by KSL; donor and calendar comparisons establish overlap. They do not themselves establish a corrupt exchange.

3. TIME: newly released donor-related emails, August 9, 2016 ↗

   Contemporaneous reporting on Judicial Watch’s released State emails; shows requests and aides’ responses. Reporting distinguishes assistance offered from a demonstrated completed favor.

4. PolitiFact: Trump surrogate repeats wrong talking point on Clinton Foundation giving, 6 Sep 2016 ↗

   Explains why counting only grants to other groups makes an operating charity look like it spends “less than 10 percent.” Programs were about 80% of 2013 expenses.

5. CharityWatch: Clinton Foundation rating and methodology ↗

   Independent watchdog calculated a 78% program ratio for its fiscal-2023 analysis. Program spending includes operating programs, not only grants paid to other charities.

6. Clinton Foundation: 2024 audited financial statements, filed with New Mexico DOJ ↗

   Independent auditor’s report and organizational financial statements in a state regulator’s public registry. Accounting assurance is not a comprehensive investigation of influence or every donor relationship.

7. Clinton Health Access Initiative: 2024 annual report and financials ↗

   CHAI’s own organizational report, including financial statements. CHAI is separately incorporated; neither its budget nor its government awards should automatically be called personal Clinton income.

8. CNN: Clintons earned $153 million in paid speeches, Feb 2016 ↗

   CNN’s tally from financial disclosures, 2001 to spring 2015, including the Goldman Sachs fees.

9. NPR: Clinton tax returns and Laureate payments, August 12, 2016 ↗

   NPR reporting syndicated by Louisville Public Media, based on released returns. Paid personal income and charitable contributions are different financial streams.

10. TIME: the Bill Clinton Inc. memo and overlapping interests, October 2016 ↗

    Reporting on Doug Band’s 2011 memorandum released in the Podesta email leak. An aide’s promotional claims about deals are not an independent audit or a court finding.

11. Reuters: Clinton charity confirms Qatar’s $1 million gift while she was at State, Nov 2016 ↗

    The foundation confirmed the gift and that it did not notify State, as its 2008 ethics agreement required for new foreign-government gifts.

12. Grassley: New records on DOJ efforts to shut down the Clinton Foundation investigation, 15 Dec 2025 ↗

    The senator’s release and framing of FBI records. The records are primary; the headline is his argument.

13. Grassley letter and released FBI records: Uranium One and foundation inquiries, April 27, 2026 ↗

    April 2026 oversight letter plus preliminary-investigation records and later summaries. Grassley asks what the investigations concluded; allegations in opening records are not final findings.

14. Washington Post: Justice Dept. winds down Clinton-related inquiry once championed by Trump, 9 Jan 2020 ↗

    Reports, from unnamed officials, that U.S. Attorney John Huber’s review found nothing worth pursuing. There was no public final report.