Emails: Clinton sought State Dept. donations from big banks

Published February 13, 2016 5:58pm ET



Hillary Clinton was concerned about what banks were donating to a State Department project she pushed as secretary of state, emails show.

The project, building a U.S. pavilion at the 2010 World’s Fair in Shanghai, required private donations from dozens of corporations that also donated to Clinton’s political campaigns and her family’s foundation. Critics have cited the overlapping fundraising as an example of Clinton mixing diplomatic and personal networks.

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