Hillary Clinton dans l'embarras

Pendant le passage d'Hillary Clinton au secrétariat d'État, la fondation Clinton a accepté de généreuses contributions émanant de sept pays. Mme Clinton avait accepté une entente avec l'administration Obama qui consistait à respecter un code d'éthique concernant ces donations. Bien sûr on souhaitait éviter un conflit d'intérêt dans l'éventualité où un pays tenterait d'influencer les décisions de Mme Clinton qui a dirigé la politique étrangère américaine pendant tout le premier mandat de Barack Obama. Une contribution de l'Algérie ne serait pas conforme aux balises de l'entente. On peut déjà prévoir les attaques des adversaires républicains sur ce point si Mme Clinton annonce sa candidature pour la présidentielle 2016.

 "The donation from Algeria for Haiti earthquake relief, they said, arrived without notice within days of the 2010 quake and was distributed as direct aid to assist in relief. Algeria has not donated to the foundation since, officials said.

The contribution coincided with a spike in the North African country’s lobbying visits to the State Department.

That year, Algeria spent $422,097 lobbying U.S. government officials on human rights issues and U.S.-Algerian relations, according to filings made under the Foreign Agents Registration Act. Data tracked by the Sunlight Foundation shows that while the Algerian government’s overall spending on lobbying in the United States remained steady, there was an increase in 2010 in State Department meetings held with lobbyists representing the country — with 12 visits to department officials that year, including some visits with top political appointees. In the years before and after, only a handful of State Department visits were recorded by Algeria lobbyists.

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