The Feds are investigating the Clinton Foundation & Trump couldn’t be happier

The Department of Justice is reportedly actively investigating the Clinton Foundation to determine if donors were promised special access to Hillary Clinton while she was secretary of state in exchange for their donations.

The Hill broke the story, citing officials speaking on the condition of anonymity who said the new inquiry has begun with FBI agents in Little Rock, Arkansas, where Bill and Hillary Clinton’s foundation got its start, taking the lead.

One witness has already been interviewed, they said, and more activities are expected in the coming weeks.

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In addition to determining if the charity was involved in any pay-to-play politics, officials are also trying to determine if any other illegal activities took place. This could include whether any tax-exempt assets were converted for personal or political use and whether the foundation complied with applicable tax laws, officials told The Hill.

A witness said to have been interviewed by FBI agents in the matter called the proceeding “extremely professional and unquestionably thorough,” and confirmed the questions revolved around the possibility that access and special favors were being offered to those who gave to the charity.

Clinton spokesperson Nick Merrill criticized the FBI for reopening the investigation, which stalled prior to the 2016 election and was assumed by most to be beyond her, calling it “disgraceful” and a “sham.”

He also suggested that it was done as nothing more than a distraction from the FBI election tampering and collusion investigation into connections between the Trump administration and Russia.

“This is a philanthropy that does life-changing work, which Republicans have tried to turn into a political football. It began with a now long-debunked project spearheaded by Steve Bannon during the presidential campaign,” he added. “It continues with Jeff Sessions doing Trump’s bidding by heeding his calls to meddle with a department that is supposed to function independently.”

“Time after time, the Clinton Foundation has been subjected to politically motivated allegations, and time after time these allegations have been proven false. None of this has made us waver in our mission to help people,” Clinton Foundation spokesman Craig Minassian said. “The Clinton Foundation has demonstrably improved the lives of millions of people across America and around the world while earning top ratings from charity watchdog groups in the process.”

Trump responded to the news on Twitter, claiming collusion with Russia has been proven to be a hoax (it hasn’t), that Clinton is colluding with the FBI and Russia (what?!), and took shots at both the media (of course), as well as the new tell-all book by Michael Wolff, Fire and Fury.

Naturally, he wasn’t the only one with feelings about the whole thing that he wanted to air on Twitter.