Can You Say, Conflict Of Interest

Major Hillary Donor Conducted Review Of Erroneous Clinton Foundation Tax Returns

The international law firm that conducted the review of the Clinton Foundation’s inaccurate tax returns is a major donor to Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign, records show.

DLA Piper has donated $171,200 to Clinton so far in the 2016 election cycle, making it the fifth largest corporate donor to the Democrat’s campaign. DLA Piper employees also gave $700,530 to Clinton’s two Senate campaigns,records from the Center for Responsive Politics show. That’s in addition to $496,700 the firm’s employees gave Clinton during her 2008 White House bid.

The Clinton Foundation, which has received between $50,001 and $100,000 in donations from DLA Piper, tapped the firm to oversee the review of its tax returns for between 2010 and 2013 after the discovery of numerous inconsistencies.

“I advised the Foundation that it had no legal obligation to file amended returns,” Kathy Keneally, DLA Piper’s chair of tax litigation, said in a statement. “I also advised the Foundation, as I would advise any client, that if it decided to file amended returns, those amended returns should correct any and all errors.”

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