FACT CHECK: Hillary Said 90% of Clinton Foundation Donations go to Charity. Actual Number? 5.7%

Informationliberation.com ^ | 10/20/2016 | Chris Menahan

[GilGil]

FULL Title:FACT CHECK: Hillary Said 90% of Clinton Foundation Donations go to Charity. Actual Number? 5.7%

Hillary Clinton told a whopper of a lie during last night's debate when she claimed 90% of the money donated to the Clinton Foundation is paid out in charity.

The truth is only 5.7% of their "massive budget" in 2014 went to charitable grants, "the rest went to salaries and employee benefits, fundraising and 'other expenses.'"

As The Daily Caller reports: Just 5.7 percent of the Clinton Foundation’s massive 2014 budget actually went to charitable grants, according to the tax-exempt organization’s IRS filings. The rest went to salaries and employee benefits, fundraising and “other expenses.”

The Clinton Foundation spent a hair under $91.3 million in 2014, the organization’s IRS filings show. But less than $5.2 million of that went to charitable grants.

[1Old Pro]

Hillary probably means that after “operating expenses” they give 90%.

LOL, yep, 85% to Chelsea and Bill and political purposes, 5 percent to charities. IMHO, this should have been the lead story out of the debates - fuzzy math.

[MortMan]

I think she may have lied by omission. The Clinton Foundation dispenses their money to subsidiary Clinton operations. These subsidiary operations are set up as charities. Therefore, 90% of their money is transferred from the parent organization of their criminal empire to its next tier down, where only 5.7% is spent on actual charitable work.

The Clintons very carefully construct some of their lies, often years in advance.

[rhoda_penmark]

Of course not but you shouldn’t wrestle with pigs.

[rhoda_penmark]

“It’s all for the little children” is the phony lib mantra of course.

[GilGil]