Clinton Campaign Coordinated With State Department to Answer Foundation Questions About Haiti

Clinton faced questions about $500,000 donation from Algeria

Top aides to Hillary Clinton coordinated with the State Department to answer questions about the Clinton Foundation, according to recently released hacked emails.

Prior to announcing her candidacy, Clinton faced questions about a $500,000 donation to her family’s foundation from Algeria, which violated her agreement with the Obama administration that the Clinton Foundation would not accept new foreign donations while she was secretary of state.

Following a report in the Washington Post that the foundation raked in millions from foreign governments while Clinton was at the State Department, Clinton’s team discussed over email how to address questions about the Algeria donation from other outlets.

“All – not surprisingly, we’ve received a number of follow up questions asking for confirmation of the Algeria donation,” Clinton Foundation spokesman Craig Minassian wrote on Feb. 26, 2015. “We could let it sit or confirm for other outlets with the following draft statement.”

The statement, which was later modified and given to CNN, made the case that the Algeria donation was entirely spent to aid Haiti after the earthquake in 2010.

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