Opinion: Clinton Foundation Should Disclose Donors

Bill Clinton, who says he will maintain the anonymity of his foundation’s donors even if his wife gets elected President, should disclose their names to avoid the potential for political conflicts, writes The Wall Street Journal in an opinion piece.

Ms. Clinton says the foundation is not her business. However, donations to the Clinton Foundation increased significantly as she drew closer to a presidential run, rising to $135-million in 2006, 70 percent more than the year before. With this growing generosity to the foundation concern is also growing about whether these contributors have given their money with expectations of preferential treatment and influence over foreign and domestic decisions.

At the Clinton Global Initiative last year, Mr. Clinton said he believed he would “have extra responsibilities for transparency should Hillary get elected, The Chronicle of Philanthropy reports. He said he would consider naming future contributors to his charity but not people who had given in the past with the understanding that their gifts would be anonymous.