NBC’s Chuck Todd on Clinton Foundation: ‘Shut it down’
NBC News political director Chuck Todd says the Clinton Foundation needs to be shut down immediately if Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton is elected president.
{mosads}”Let me go to bottom line: There is no way under any circumstance the Clinton Foundation should be operating if she becomes president,” Todd told Chicago’s WGN Radio on Thursday.
“I just don’t see how they can keep that going.”
The “Meet the Press” host’s comments come after emails published Wednesday by WikiLeaks show a close Bill Clinton confidant writing in a 12-page memo about how he and another staffer held dual roles within the Clinton network of interests, securing about $50 million in speaking fees and other projects for Clinton while also raising tens of millions of dollars for the charitable Clinton Foundation.
The 2011 memo from Doug Band was written to underscore the vital role he and his international strategy company, Teneo, played in securing large sums of cash for the former president and the foundation.
“Throughout the past almost 11 years since President Clinton left office, I have sought to leverage my activities, including my partner role at Teneo, to support and to raise funds for the Foundation,” Band wrote. “This memorandum strives to set forth how I have endeavored to support the Clinton Foundation and President Clinton personally.”
Todd cautioned Hillary Clinton against “half measures,” urging her to shut down the foundation.
“She’s got an opportunity, again, if she doesn’t do half measures here, if they shut it down to at least limit the political damage.”
Todd took over as “Meet the Press” moderator in 2014, replacing David Gregory.
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