Seth Meyers looks at the 'scandals' surrounding the presidential nominees
Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are both dealing with questions about their respective foundations and "pay to play" allegations, and on Wednesday's Late Night, Seth Meyers took a closer look at just what their "scandals" are all about.
The questions surrounding the Clinton Foundation and Clinton's use of a private email server while secretary of state have dogged the Democratic nominee all summer, but Meyers says there's no evidence that the State Department ever did any favors for Clinton Foundation donors. Now, the Trump Foundation is also in the spotlight, he said, "implicated in a legitimately illegal donation" to a campaign group tied to the Florida attorney general who at the time was considering a fraud investigation against Trump University. For those who don't know what the two foundations do, Meyers breaks it down: "The Clinton Foundation provides lifesaving care to AIDS patients while the Trump Foundation once gave $250 to Special Olympics and $100 to the March of Dimes. Did he think the name meant you could only give dimes?"
Critics suggest that because the attorney general, Pam Bondi, decided not to go after Trump University following the $25,000 donation, the money was given so she would look the other way. That wasn't the only donation to Bondi with a Trump name attached; in the fall of 2013, Trump and his daughter, Ivanka, separately gave $500 each to Bondi's campaign, since "everyone knows there's three things Ivanka Trump cares about: the real estate business, high end fashion, and down-ballot Florida politics," Meyers quipped. This shouldn't surprise anyone, he continued, since Trump has stated multiple times that he has donated money to politicians so he can call on them for favors later — something that Meyers notes should upset prominent Trump surrogates and former federal prosecutors New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) and former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani. Watch the video below. Catherine Garcia
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Catherine Garcia is night editor for TheWeek.com. Her writing and reporting has appeared in Entertainment Weekly and EW.com, The New York Times, The Book of Jezebel, and other publications. A Southern California native, Catherine is a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
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