Millions from Sweden, Morocco pouring into Clinton Foundation alarmed campaign manager: emails

Sweden and Morocco donated millions of dollars to the Clinton Foundation while Hillary Clinton’s State Department approved policy very favourable to their governments, emails released by Wikileaks show.

In the hacked emails, released Tuesday, campaign manager Robby Mook expressed concern about Clinton’s relationship with Sweden and Morocco.

In an email with the subject line “Foundation vulnerability points,” Mook outlined areas where the foundation’s work could potentially cause a problem for the campaign.

The list includes: “Money from foreign governments,” “Overseas events with foreign leaders or government officials” and “Potential conflicts from overseas-owned organizations (UK and Sweeden) (sic).”

The Clinton Foundation raised $26 million from Sweden while the Swedish government was lobbying the State Department to not sanction Swedish businesses working with Iran.

In 2009, diplomatic officials warned that Sweden was ramping up trade with Iran, even while the U.S. was placing heavy sanctions on Iran in an attempt to drive them to the bargaining table and halt their nuclear program.


Several emails released by Wikileaks show Mook and campaign chairman John Podesta raising concerns about a keynote speech Hillary Clinton was scheduled to deliver at a Clinton Foundation event in Morocco in May 2015.

King Mohammed VI of Morocco offered the Clinton Foundation $12 million on the condition that Clinton attend as the keynote speaker.