Ken Berwitz
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton violated federalethics statutes by giving “preferential treatment” to wealthy politicalcampaign donors and financial supporters of the Clinton Foundation, accordingto a formal complaint filed Friday by the Foundation for Accountability andCivic Trust.
The non-profit government watchdog group filed the complaint with the Office of Government Ethics,asking it to conduct a “full investigation” into Clinton\’s “apparent breach ofethics rules.” A copy of the complaint was exclusively obtained by The DailyCaller News Foundation.
The organization charged Clinton gave “preferentialtreatment to individuals with which she had financial ties” and “regularlygranted access” to rich donors, celebrities, and even powerful foreignnationals.
Clinton granted access to such people as billionaire GeorgeSoros, philanthropists Bill and Melinda Gates, designer Diane von Furstenbergand her husband Barry Diller, retired Citigroup Chairman Sanford Weill, realestate magnate Walter Shorenstein, former Loral CEO Bernard Schwartz and mediamogul Haim Saban, according to appendices attached to the complaint.
Clinton met twice as Secretary of State with Soros andappointed his personal candidate as the U.S. Government\’s special envoy toAlbania during a period of political unrest in that country. Soros has given atleast $2 million to super PACs supporting Clinton, according to the WashingtonPost.
FACT founder and former U.S. Attorney Matthew Whitakercharged in an interview with The DCNF that Clinton “allowed insider access andpay-to-play politics” where donors to the Clinton Foundation and to herpolitical campaigns received “regular access” to her office.
