During an Aug. 10 CNN interview, Hillary Clinton surrogate and former Michigan governor Jennifer Granholm said Clinton “abided by the ethics agreement” between the Clinton Foundation and the Obama administration.
Our ruling
Granholm said Clinton “abided by the ethics agreement” between the Clinton Foundation and the Obama administration.
That’s a misleading response that ignores what occurred at Clinton’s State Department.
Experts told us emails between Clinton aides and a foundation aide may not have been prohibited by the specific terms of the ethics pledges. But they demonstrate a blurring of the lines between official government business and Clinton’s personal connections – breaking the firewall Clinton agreed to preserve.
The statement contains an element of truth but ignores critical facts that would give a different impression. We rate it Mostly False.
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