Bill Clinton's Loopholes: What He Can Still Do

Bill Clinton pledged to dial back his international charity work and personal earning power so Hillary Clinton can go to State. But in reality, a set of Obama-backed restrictions leaves a lot more that the ex-president can do than cannot.

He can still give speeches around the world and pull down six-figure speaking and consulting fees.

He can still ask for multi-million dollar checks to fund the Clinton Foundation's work.

His foundation can host big events overseas and accept major contributions from foreign governments to fund its international disease-fighting, development and environmental initiatives.

And if he wants to do something that makes ethics officials at State uneasy, they can flag their concerns to the Clintons, but likely won't be able to veto Bill's proposed activities, experts say.

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Comments

[freshnotbitter]

Bill can do anything he wants and there isn't a damn thing anybody can do about it.

Trust me.

[ballewb]

More speculation with little to no substance

[edwarvir]

He had a chance to leave the drama out
of his presidency why he didn't I will never know..
It's still not too late, and HOPE SPRINGS ETERNAL

[Yarrr]

More Clinton drama. Yawn.

[blueskybigstar]

Where do they get those pictures. Look at his eyes. He looks cornered.

[argent1]

Seems halting an enterprising Bill Clinton would be unconstitutional. Should they put him in Gitmo for four years?

[blueskybigstar]

Then they don't have to hire her. If he agrees to it, then he should abide by it.

[Fabienne]

Can you imagine Bill Clinton "self-censoring"?

[klondiker]

Nearly every story fits into the Clinton-Obama-Drama-Division narrative comes from either Politico or AP or NY Post. Go figure.

[unite4change]

They have resorted to creating the news instead of reporting it.

[ballewb]

And HuffPo seems to have resigned itself to lending this stuff credibility by reposting and linking to it.