As anyone who followed the IRS targeting of conservative groups knows, this will very much be a formality. It's only happening because enough Republicans made noise about it. And the findings will likely be exactly what we got from the FBI. Sure laws were broken, but no one will be held accountable. Certainly no one named Hillary. Yet the actual process itself should be interesting and continue Hillary's troubles.
The request to investigate the Bill, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton Foundation on charges of “public corruption” was made in a July 15 letter by 64 House Republicans to the IRS, FBI and Federal Trade Commission (FTC). They charged the foundation is “lawless.”
The initiative is being led by Rep. Marsha Blackburn, a Tennessee Republican who serves as the vice chairwoman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, which oversees FTC. The FTC regulates public charities alongside the IRS.
The lawmakers charged the Clinton Foundation is a “lawless ‘pay-to-play’ enterprise that has been operating under a cloak of philanthropy for years and should be investigated.”
Koskinen’s July 22 reply came only a week after the House Republicans contacted the tax agency. It arrived to their offices Monday, the first opening day of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia.
“We have forwarded the information you have submitted to our Exempt Organizations Program in Dallas,” Koskinen told the Republicans.
Obviously this is a "We are taking this very seriously" response. Nevertheless it will no doubt show up in campaign commercials and debate lines before too long.