Time for an independent audit of the Clinton Foundation, says … Common Cause

Hotair ^ | 04/26/2015 | Ed Morrissey

[SeekAndFind]

Will the Left circle its wagons around the Clintons, or ride off into the sunset without them? The Clinton Foundation announced this week that they would conduct a voluntary internal audit after the exposure of their failure to properly declare millions of dollars from foreign governments to the IRS. A leading progressive group, Common Cause, says that’s not good enough (via Instapundit and the Washington Examiner):

Citing concerns about potential conflicts of interest and the influence of hidden overseas donors, Common Cause called on presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton and the Clinton Foundation today to commission an independent and thorough review of all large donations to the foundation and to release the results.

“As Mrs. Clinton herself observed earlier this week, voluntary disclosure is not enough,” said Common Cause President Miles Rapoport. “A report in Thursday’s New York Times indicates that the Clinton Foundation violated an agreement to identify all of its donors. The foundation’s omissions create significant gaps in the information that voters need to make informed decisions at the polls.”

To ensure that the audit is complete, Rapoport said the foundation should enter into a contractual agreement with auditors to open its books fully and to make public the complete report of their review.

In the meantime, Common Cause wants the Clintons to stop taking cash from foreign governments and corporations, which would mean shutting down entirely:

And to further guard against potential conflicts of interest, the foundation should stop accepting donations from foreign governments and ​foreign corporations, he said.

[Leaning Right]

Oh, yeah. A voluntary internal audit. That’ll work..

I plan to do the same thing the next time I get an information request from the IRS. And if my voluntary internal audit finds no errors, the IRS will just have to accept that conclusion and move on.

[Chewbarkah]

Why do I suspect that Common Cause is just a beard for a fake audit? Here’s the plan — super-honest and independent statesmen, like Jamie Gorelick and Sandy Berger, can head the commission, destroy the evidence, suppress the facts, and declare the Clinton Foundation innocent. The media will dutifully report that it was all a right wing conspiracy and genuflect before the throne.

[goodnesswins]

YES...I’ve been waiting to hear again about Haitians not really getting helped...the help gets taken by the overlords...except in cases like Samaritans Purse

[Timocrat]

The Clinton Foundation announced this week that they would conduct a voluntary internal audit after the exposure of their failure to properly declare millions of dollars from foreign governments to the IRS.

Astonishing there are some who accept this nonsense at face value and don't burst out laughing.

[outofsalt]

Didn’t Sarbanes Oxley make it a legal requirement that statements of financial standing be signed by the principals of an organization and equivalent to sworn statements?

[wiggen]

“called on presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton and the Clinton Foundation today to commission an independent and thorough review of all large donations to the foundation and to release the results.”
So she gets to pick who audits the foundation? How much better s that than internal?