Rep. Jim Himes (D., Conn.) suggested Thursday that it wasn't "pure as the driven snow" for Chelsea Clinton to remain on the board of the Clinton Foundation as it announced this week it would forgo foreign donations if Hillary Clinton became president.
CNN host John Berman asked Himes about the latest change from the Clinton Foundation, as scrutiny mounts surrounding allegations of pay-for-play links between it and the State Department.
"The Wall Street Journal says today that Chelsea Clinton intends to stay on the board of the Clinton Foundation," Berman said. "Is that just smoke? Does that meet the bar that Hillary Clinton herself said?"
"I would hope and as you know, the Clinton Foundation this week announced a number of measures they intend to take if the Secretary is elected president," Himes said. "I would hope that they would take a 'purer than Caesar's wife' approach, white as the driven snow. I don't want to jump in to whether you can set up a system whereby the president's daughter is in this. They should take the approach of just being pure as the driven snow and create a very clear line."
"It doesn't sound to me like you think that having Chelsea Clinton on the board is pure as the driven snow," Berman said.
"Well, you know, I don't, first of all we have a presidential election to have here and, you know, if Hillary Clinton is elected president then this becomes a very real question. Something they may or may not do, an election that they may or may not win. I think it's a little premature to be judging that," Himes said.