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Donald Trump may still insist Hillary Clinton is prosecuted after all – as his supporters continue to demand she is jailed over email scandal

A source revealed the new administration plans to pressure the US ambassadors it will name to bring up the foundation with foreign governments

 

FOREIGN governments will be encouraged to investigate the Clinton Foundation’s finances, as many are already turning off money spigots to the scandal-scarred group.

A source close to President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team told The New York Post that the new administration plans to pressure the US ambassadors it will name to bring up the foundation with foreign governments — and suggest they probe its ­financial dealings.

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A source close to Donald Trump has revealed he may ask his ambassadors to try and pressure foreign government’s into prosecuting Hillary Clinton

The news comes as Nigel Farage, who Trump highlighted as a good candidate for UK ambassador to Washington, revealed he would be flying to America at the end of this week.

Trump said last week that he

But Trump’s statement didn’t preclude the backroom moves to investigate the group.

“Haiti and Colombia will be key diplomatic posts for this ­because of all the money ­involved,” said the source.

In Haiti, recently leaked ­e-mails indicate “Friends of Bill” Clinton may have been given priority from the State Department as it prepared to spend some

$10 billion in aid after a devastating earthquake hit the country in 2010. The State Department has denied any special treatment.

In Colombia, Canadian mining magnate Frank Giustra pledged $100 million to the foundation in 2005 and later benefited from the foundation’s philanthropic work in the country, where he acquired large parcels of land and set up an oil business, ­according to watchdog groups.

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The Clinton Foundation, headed by Donna Shalala, the former health and human services secretary in the Clinton administration, has received millions from dozens of foreign governments including Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the Netherlands, Canada, Sweden and Ireland.

Days after Hillary Clinton’s election defeat, French federal comptrollers began following a trail of tens of millions in government money that ended up in Clinton Foundation coffers, according to a document reviewed by The Post.

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The Australian government last week announced that it would end its decade-long affiliation with the Clinton Foundation — a commitment that had amounted to as much as $25 million, according to the foundation’s Web site.

Norway is also scaling back. The country donated about $25 million in 2015.

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Hillary Clinton left the foundation to run for president in April 2015 but Bill and daughter Chelsea Clinton remained on the board of directors. It’s not clear whether Hillary will ­resume her role on the board.

 

 


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