Pelosi: Yeah, Hillary’s going to have to explain the Clinton Foundation shenanigans

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Hot Air: True enough but one gets the sense that Nancy Pelosi still remains very open to whatever explanation Hillary Clinton will offer once a reporter gets to really press her on the Clinton Foundation scandals. This exchange is notable both for Pelosis response and the venue in which its demanded. Pelosi got grilled on MSNBC, not Fox or CNN, with Thomas Roberts pressing in extensive detail and full context the sordid payoff from a charity trying to raise money to build schools in impoverished nations. The Clintons will have to answer for the foundation, Pelosi responds, but then promptly tries to rationalize the greed away:

Well, the Clintons will have to answer for the foundation. But I would imagine that President Clintons participation in that event increased the take, and the money spent at the foundation is for a very good cause as well. So it was sort of, uh, everyone benefited from it. But theres no question it raises questions that theyll have to answer.

Pelosis rationalization wont hold much water. Deborah Sontags article in the New York Times makes it clear that Pelosis speculation is simply untrue. But the Happy Hearts Fund raised less money at the gala featuring Mr. Clinton than it did at its previous one, Sontag reported, on top of which Clinton ended up taking 20% of the gross with his honorarium. Sounds like a bad investment, no?

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Nancy preemptively throws Hillary under the bus?

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