"HILLARY Clinton is facing a backlash in Germany after it was revealed the country's taxpayers handed over £4million to her foundation via the government at the height of the US elections."
"According to reports, the failed Democratic nominee's US-based charity received the cash to help plant trees in Africa at exactly the time she declared Angela Merkel her "favourite" politician.
But the revelation of the financing arrangment has been met with scorn.
Mrs Clinton said on board her plane: “One of my favourites
is Angela Merkel because I think she’s been an extraordinary, strong
leader during difficult times in Europe, which has obvious implications
for the rest of the world and, most particularly, our country.
“And I hope I’ll have the opportunity to work with her in the future."
The
Clinton Foundation has been the subject of much controversy since the
publishing of a top selling book “Clinton Cash”, by author Peter
Schweizer.
According to reports the tome alleges
foreign groups and governments gave money to Mrs Clinton's charity in
return for access to the State Department while she was Secretary of
State.
Now eyebrows are being
raised after it was revealed German taxpayers handed over millions in
the third quarter of the year, during the period Mrs Clinton was running
for President – while at the same time being investigated by the FBI.
And it has been claimed the foundation's donors list shows the Federal Ministry of the Environment had made the transaction.
German politician Vera Lengsfeld, of
Angela Merkel's Christian Democratic Unionist Party, said there are
serious questions to answer.
Ms
Lengsfeld, the daughter of an East German secret police officer, wrote
in her blog: "Why does a federal ministry support the election campaign
of an American presidential candidate?
"Apparently German taxpayers had to finance Hillary Clinton's election campaign without knowing it."
The German Federal Ministry for the Environment has denied that the donation was linked to the election.
It
confirmed the transaction took place and insisted the money was to
provide "financing under the International Climate Protection Initiative
(ICI)".
The ministry also claimed the public funds served to "support forestry and landscape renaturation in East Africa".
German
taxpayers are also funding Clinton Foundation projects that involve the
"restoration of forest ecosystems" in India, Kenya, El Salvador,
Mexico, Vietnam, Uganda and Peru – according to reports.
Barbara Hendricks, the Federal Environment Minister's spokeswoman, said of the Africa deal: "This is a project that is carried out directly by the Clinton Foundation in Kenya and Ethiopia with German co-financing.
Barbara Hendricks, the Federal Environment Minister's spokeswoman, said of the Africa deal: "This is a project that is carried out directly by the Clinton Foundation in Kenya and Ethiopia with German co-financing.
"The experiences with the Clinton Foundation have been positive so far.
"Examination of the project so far has not led to any complaints."
Former US president Bill Clinton founded the Clinton Foundation after he left office in 2001.
It
has gone on to accept £1.5billion in donations over the years and
attracted support from former British prime ministers Tony Blair and
Gordon Brown."
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10/11/2016, Hillary Clinton called for 'open borders' in speech to bankers, express.co.uk
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10/11/2016, "Hillary Clinton: I went into Putin's 'private inner sanctum' and we talked about tigers," express.co.uk
"HILLARY Clinton may have berated Russian president Vladimir Putin during her debate with Donald Trump on Monday but behind closed doors she's hooked."
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