ATLANTA (AP) - Former President Bill Clinton defended the Clinton Foundation during a stop in Atlanta on Wednesday.
Clinton was making a stop at Manuel's Tavern before heading to a fundraiser when he was asked about the recent controversy surrounding foreign and domestic contributions to the Clinton Foundation.
"The Clinton Global Initiative has helped more than 400 million people around the world, I'm proud of it," Clinton said. "Our own direct foundation efforts are helping hundreds of thousands of people all around the world. And in America, look at what we've done in America."
He also said that if his wife becomes president, they will have to put more safeguards into place than when she was Secretary of State.
Clinton said that he is proud of the work that his foundation has accomplished, and the criticisms against his wife are just part of the election season.
"So I just think, you know, it's election season, but I feel good about it," he said. "I made it clear that if she becomes President, we'll have to do more than we did when she was Secretary of State because if you make a mistake, there's always an appeal to the White House, if you're Secretary of State. If you're President, you can't. But we're gonna transition all these responsibilities that would require foreign or corporate donations, which I will accept. And I won't raise money for the foundation if she wins and I'm happy to do the transition as quickly as we can. We've already found partners who are going to do, take over some of this stuff, but we have to do it in a way that no one loses their job, no one loses their income and no one loses their life. That is all I'm concerned about."
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