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As promised, Clinton named the names of his contributors to ensure that there should be no suspicion of hidden influence peddling surrounding the Secretary of State by way of her souse. Those who have already ponied up millions for the Clinton Foundation include oil-rich governments such as Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. "If confirmed," Hillary Rodham Clinton "will be negotiating with those same countries," noted NBC's Andrea Mitchell. Going forward, Mitchell reported that the former President has formally agreed to curtail his personal fundraising and to submit possible new donors to the State Department for review.
CBS' Sharyl Attkisson claimed an Exclusive for her discovery of unwitting names on Clinton's list. When Clinton and his fellow former President George Bush launched a relief fund in the aftermath of the Hurricane Katrina disaster in the fall of 2005 they did not have their paperwork completely in place. So existing charities were used as ad hoc conduits for some $80m in donations. Bush used a Houston community fund; Clinton used his foundation. Attkisson reported that the funds were eventually moved in their entirety to the Katrina Fund. Nevertheless, thousands of Katrina givers are now publicly listed as Clinton Foundation supporters because their gifts were temporarily parked there for five months.
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