Lets be clear here. This is stupid.
1. Hillary will claim this is purely political especially after McCarthy's gaffe over Benghazi which has propelled her poll numbers to more than double over Sanders.
2. In the real world do they really expect no good, lying, Koskinen is going to do the RNC any 'favors' while Republicans are in the process of trying to impeaching him?
That said if Republicans appointed an independent unbiased investigative team I guarantee you they could prove the Clinton Foundation is nothing more then a slush fund with a plethora of inconsistencies like this one.
The Clinton family’s mega-charity took in more than $140 million in grants and pledges in 2013 but spent just $9 million on direct aid. This one's even better.
Go here Charity Navigator.
They evaluate charities. Type in Clinton Foundation. This is what you get.
We don't evaluate Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation.
Why not? We have determined that this charity's atypical business model cannot be accurately captured in our current rating methodology.
That is so Clintonesque. What they're really saying is we love the Clinton's and we're trying to cover their ass...but we can only go so far.
(Oh... and while your at it check out Sharpton's 'charity' National Action Network)
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The Republican National Committee asked the IRS Tuesday to audit the finances of one of the Clinton family's charities following its refusal to re-file tax forms even after acknowledging errors in reporting donations from foreign governments.
Reuters reported the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) said this week that it had decided against re-filing so-called Form 990s because the errors "had no impact" on the total amount of income it reported to the IRS. The charity claimed that the total amount of income was correct, but the breakdown of government and private funding was not. As a result, CHAI spokeswoman Maura Daley said the organization "does not believe a re-filing is necessary."
RNC Chairman Reince Priebus requested the audit in a letter to IRS Commissioner John Koskinen.
"Given CHAI’s history of repeatedly failing to accurately report the amount of money it received from foreign governments ... there is no way to tell whether there exists other undisclosed foreign government grants without the IRS conducting a full audit of CHAI’s financial records." Priebus wrote. "The American people deserve to know whether the largest philanthropic arm of the Clinton Foundation continues to misreport the funds it receives from foreign governments, and whether this might lead to the potential for further conflicts of interest.
In April, Reuters reported that the CHAI had failed to note grants from foreign governments separately from total revenue on its Form 990s in 2012 and 2013. At the time, the organization said it would re-file the documents for both years. It had previously re-filed returns from 2010 and 2011 for over-reporting the amount received in government grants by over $100 million.
The Clinton Foundation also said it would re-file its Form 990s after wrongly reporting that it had received no money from foreign governments on its tax returns for 2010, 2011, and 2012.
Reuters reported, citing tax experts, that it was unusual for a charity to make such large mistakes several years in a row. An IRS spokesman told the news agency that charities should re-file a Form 990 if it becomes aware of an error.
The Clinton Foundation and its affiliated charities have come under increased scrutiny as Hillary Clinton has cemented her status as the clear front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination. She resigned from the foundation's board earlier this year ahead of announcing her candidacy, but her husband Bill and daughter Chelsea remain directors.
Republicans and ethicists have repeatedly criticized the foundation for being less than forthcoming with its ties to foreign governments, especially during Hillary Clinton's tenure as secretary of state. Earlier this year, the charities admitted that they had not fully complied with an ethics agreement limiting donations from foreign governments that the Obama administration insisted Clinton agree to before becoming secretary of state.
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