Bill should not have to step down from Foundation: Hillary

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on Tuesday said that her husband Bill Clinton should be able to continue his foundation work until after the November election, a remark slammed by the rival Donald Trump campaign, which alleged that she operates in a permanent ethical blind spot.

Bill, who founded the Clinton Foundation after he stepped down from the US presidency to carry out charity and humanitarian work globally, is the head of the foundation. Of late the Hillary’s political rivals have been alleging the Clinton Foundation of undue influence on the State Department when she served as the Secretary of State in the first term of the Obama Administration. The allegations have been denied by both of them.

Meanwhile, Hillary, facing criticism that she is avoiding the media, on Tuesday flew for the first time this election cycle on a new campaign plane along with the press corps for addressing rallies in some of the key battleground states. “I am so happy to have all of you with me,” the 68-year-old, who has not held a full-fledged press conference in 275 days, told reporters upon boarding the new plane christened ‘Hillary Force One’.