House Republicans push for three different Clinton Foundation probes
By SARAH WESTWOOD (@SARAHCWESTWOOD)
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7/15/16 12:01 AM<cnt>Dozens of Republican lawmakers will ask three separate federal agencies to open investigations of the Clinton Foundation on Friday as questions over the well-connected charity's operations remain unanswered.
</cnt><cnt>Led by Rep. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., more than 60 House Republicans signed their names to a letter this week addressed to the FBI, the IRS and the Federal Trade Commission that detailed allegations of impropriety in the foundation's past dealings.
</cnt><cnt>"Hillary Clinton is asking the voters to trust her and allow her to be president of the United States and because of that, it is important that we get answers as to how this foundation is operated," Blackburn told the Washington Examiner.
</cnt><cnt>She highlighted the fact that the Clinton Foundation's original paperwork asked the IRS to grant it non-profit status in order to build a library and conduct research.e
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</cnt><cnt>"There is nothing that says anything about global initiatives, and so there seems to be no paperwork that says, 'Ok, they did the library, but now they're going to change and their focus is going to be global,'" Blackburn said.
</cnt><cnt>The Clinton Global Initiative has grown into one of the largest and most controversial arms of the Clinton Foundation. It operates by convening powerful CEOs, charity heads and celebrities at glitzy conferences and encouraging them to pledge "commitments" to specific projects.
</cnt><cnt>However, a portfolio released by the Clinton Global Initiative last month revealed less than half of those commitments ever yielded the projects they had promised.
</cnt><cnt>A similar effort led by Blackburn in May of last year to seek an IRS audit of the Clinton Foundation failed after the tax agency declined to open a probe of the organization's activities.
</cnt><cnt>Blackburn said more information has emerged in the months since, citing details that have surfaced related to Bill Clinton's contract with a top donor, Laureate Education, and a high-profile uranium deal that raised questions about Hillary Clinton's impartiality as the nation's chief diplomat.
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