to the clinton foundation while his wife was secretary of state. some express the belief that questions about these donations to the foundation will severely damage clinton s candidacy. and while there are some polls indicating voters in some states have questions about clinton s trustworthiness, a new poll suggests more americans believe she s honest and trustworthy than they did earlier in the year before questions like these even began. in an interview with cnn s chief international correspondent christiane amanpour earlier today, bill clinton said the foundation s practices are transparent. he also talked about how his policies on crime while in office impacted racial tensions in cities like baltimore and he weighed in on a possible nuclear deal with iran. there is this book which has suggested that there are quid pro quos or inappropriate influence peddling regarding foreign donations, foreign government donations to the clinton foundations. did any of those donations ever
joining us from washington is charles krauthammer. on this show you say the clintons always walk up to a line of illegality and there is no smoking gun that says they did anything illegal with the clinton foundation. you heard bill clinton very inarticulate and that s rare trying to defend the situation. however, it s very simple. when you have a presidential candidate, hillary clinton who is gonna get the nomination of her party the fbi has a duty to, we the people to investigate any appearance of impropriety. does it not? well, if you look at the behavior of the fbi. the federal government has already indicted senator menendez. the wall street journal pointed out this morning on far less. the government has convicted the former governor of virginia for a quid pro quos. and you have got the case of chris christie whose news is all over the newspaper for allegedly being involved in
joining us from washington is charles krauthammer. on this show you say the clintons always walk up to a line of illegality and there is no smoking gun that says they did anything illegal with the clinton foundation. you heard bill clinton very inarticulate and that s rare trying to defend the situation. however, it s very simple. when you have a presidential candidate, hillary clinton who is gonna get the nomination of her party the fbi has a duty to, we the people to investigate any appearance of impropriety. does it not? well, if you look at the behavior of the fbi. the federal government has already indicted senator menendez. the wall street journal pointed out this morning on far less. the government has convicted the former governor of virginia for a quid pro quos. and you have got the case of chris christie whose news is all over the newspaper for allegedly being involved in
lawyer and as you say it warrants further investigation, do you think clintons committed a crime here? do you think they were guilty of bribery? i m not a lawyer. what i would say, if you look at the case of governor mcconnell in virginia mcdonnell in virginia you look at the senator menendez in new jersey there s no quid pro quos in those cases, they were simply prosecuted on the grounds that there was this pattern of gift giving which led to one thing there though in the case of mcdonnell in virginia or menendez, there s an indication that they took direct action themselves there s no indication that hillary clinton or bill clinton took direct action. it s a coincidence and some could say more than that, but you don t have direct action. i think they discover it once law enforcement began investigation. that s my point, my point as you point d out, i state this clearly in the book i don t have subpoena power, i m an
lawyer and as you say it warrants further investigation, do you think clintons committed a crime here? do you think they were guilty of bribery? i m not a lawyer. what i would say, if you look at the case of governor mcconnell in virginia mcdonnell in virginia you look at the senator menendez in new jersey there s no quid pro quos in those cases, they were simply prosecuted on the grounds that there was this pattern of gift giving which led to one thing there though in the case of mcdonnell in virginia or menendez, there s an indication that they took direct action themselves there s no indication that hillary clinton or bill clinton took direct action. it s a coincidence and some could say more than that, but you don t have direct action. i think they discover it once law enforcement began investigation. that s my point, my point as you point d out, i state this clearly in the book i don t have subpoena power, i m an