Foundation aide cited Bill Clinton as he complained about ‘500 different conflicts of interest’: WikiLeaks

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A top official at the Clinton Foundation said he could name “500 different examples” of conflicts of interest, including some involving former President Bill Clinton, according to more of the emails purportedly hacked from the account of Hillary Clinton’s campaign chairman.

The official, Doug Band, allegedly wrote on November 17, 2011, that he had been required to sign a conflict-of-interest statement as a board member of the foundation’s Clinton Global Initiative, but that the former president “oddly” didn’t have to sign one “even though he is personally paid by 3 cgi sponsors, gets many expensive gifts from them, some that are at home etc”.

“I could add 500 different examples of things like this,” said Band, who’s no longer affiliated with the foundation. At the time, according to previous releases of emails which are being released by WikiLeaks, Band was fighting openly with Chelsea Clinton as she expanded her role at the foundation and accused Band of misusing his influence. In one email he allegedly called her a “spoiled brat kid.”