<u+201c>mr. band called the arrangement <u+2018>unorthodox.<u+2019> the rest of us call it outright corrupt," donald trump said.  | ap photo by madeline conway 10/27/16 05:56 pm edt updated 10/27/16 05:56 pm edt looking to bolster his campaign<u+2019>s argument that hillary clinton is corrupt, donald trump on thursday jumped on a hacked memo , recently released by wikileaks, that detailed fundraising efforts for what an aide described as <u+201c>bill clinton inc.<u+201d> the 2011 memo, apparently stolen from clinton campaign chairman john podesta<u+2019>s private email account, was written by doug band, a longtime aide. in the memo, he described his work to raise money for the clinton foundation as well as to arrange paid speaking opportunities for the former president. band labeled that <u+201c>for-profit activity<u+201d> <u+201c>bill clinton inc.,<u+201d> a designation that has raised eyebrows and made headlines since wikileaks published the document on wednesday. story continued below <u+201c>we appreciate the unorthodox nature of our roles, and the goal of seeking ways to ensure we are implementing best practices to protect the 501(c)(3) status of the foundation,<u+201d> band wrote in the 12-page memo, referring to teneo, the global consulting firm he co-founded in june 2011. hillary clinton is not mentioned by name in the document, but trump on thursday seized on it to argue that her family is corrupt. he added a riff about the memo into his stump speech at a rally in springfield, ohio, declaring, <u+201c>the more emails wikileaks releases, the more lines between the clinton foundation, the secretary of state<u+2019>s office and the clintons<u+2019> personal finances, they all get blurred.<u+201d> <u+201c>just today we read about clinton confidant doug band bragging that he had funneled tens of millions of dollars to bill clinton inc., through the foundation donations, paid speeches and consulting contracts,<u+201d> trump said. <u+201c>mr. band called the arrangement <u+2018>unorthodox.<u+2019> the rest of us call it outright corrupt.<u+201d> by nolan d. mccaskill trump then alluded to the 2011 review of the clinton foundation<u+2019>s governance, which was conducted by the law firm simpson thacher. he blasted the foundation as a <u+201c>pay to play scheme,<u+201d> though the clintons have repeatedly denied that the charity<u+2019>s work ever compromised hillary clinton<u+2019>s actions as secretary of state, or that any <u+201c>pay to play<u+201d> ever happened. <u+201c>if the clintons were willing to play this fast and loose with their enterprise when they weren't in the white house, just imagine what they'll do given the chance to once again control the oval office,<u+201d> trump said. <u+201c>and we've had enough, honestly. i think we<u+2019>ve had enough of the clintons.<u+201d> trump, currently trailing in the polls less than two weeks before election day, has tried to refocus his campaign<u+2019>s message on corruption in washington. jennifer palmieri, the clinton campaign's communications director, told msnbc on thursday that the campaign does not believe the latest email dump will hurt clinton's standing in the race. <u+201c>we don't believe that this is something that voters are going to focus on or voters are going to care about,<u+201d> she said. she also reiterated the campaign's defense of the clinton foundation: <u+201c>the foundation, as is known, has done great work. the state department has looked at this. they have said that there is no decision that hillary clinton made as secretary of state that was based on people who donated to the clinton foundation.<u+201d> by bill scher by joshua zeitz by thomas wright by jack shafer
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