The Clinton Foundation: "A Parking Lot For Clinton Campaign Workers"?

The Wall Street Journal’s Kim Strassel wrote today about the sheer number of political operatives who staff the Clinton Foundation, the nonprofit empire built by the Clinton family. Strassel described the foundation as “a Hillary super PAC that throws in the occasional good deed” and “basically a parking lot for Clinton campaign workers”:

The media’s focus is on Hillary Clinton’s time as secretary of state, and whether she took official actions to benefit her family’s global charity. But the mistake is starting from the premise that the Clinton Foundation is a “charity.” What’s clear by now is that this family enterprise was set up as a global shakedown operation, designed to finance and nurture the Clintons’ continued political ambitions. It’s a Hillary super PAC that throws in the occasional good deed.

That much is made obvious by looking at the foundation’s employment rolls. Most charities are staffed by folks who have spent a lifetime in nonprofits, writing grants or doing overseas field work. The Clinton Foundation is staffed by political operatives. It has been basically a parking lot for Clinton campaign workers—a comfy place to draw a big check as they geared up for Hillary’s presidential run.

Read more about Clinton Foundation alumni who have moved over to the Clinton campaign, including Huma Abedin, Dennis Cheng, Cheryl Mills, and Nick Merrill, as well as other political operatives who continue to work at the foundation.