The Clinton Foundation raised $26 million in Sweden even as the Swedish government was lobbying Hillary Clinton’s State Department to forgo sanctions that threatened business dealings with Iran, according to a newspaper report Wednesday.
The Swedish organization, named the William J. Clinton Foundation Insamlingsstiftelsem, wasn’t run by State Department ethics officials, according to the Washington Times.
The State Department declined to blacklist any Swedish firms with economic ties to Iran, according to diplomatic cables obtained by the paper.
“Sweden does not support implementing tighter financial sanctions on Iran” and believes “more stringent financial standards could hurt Swedish exports,” reads one cable sent to the State Department.
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