Chelsea Clinton Claims She ‘Hasn’t Earned a Dime’ From The Clinton Foundation

Chelsea Clinton claims that ‘Russian disinformation’ is being used to make people believe that she profited $84 million from United States Agency for International Development (USAID). 

After Elon Musk and President Trump vowed to permanently shut down the corrupt agency, a viral claim surfaced alleging that Chelsea personally received $84million via the Clinton Foundation. 

Dailymail.co.uk reports: The former First Daughter responded on social media Monday, writing: ‘Lies and conspiracies about my family and me are nothing new. 

‘Still, I am particularly troubled by the absurd claims that continue to pervade social media this week, fact checks be damned.’

Facts: I’m proud of the Clinton Foundation work that has helped tens of millions of people worldwide. Our impact speaks for itself.

‘I don’t take a cent from the Foundation. Never have. In fact, my family personally contributes meaningfully to our work each year,’ she continued.

‘Misinformation isn’t just noise—it’s a weapon. Efforts to undermine good work won’t stop us, and we stand in solidarity with those who are committed to truth, public health, progress, and the endless potential of our future.’

And the fact-checking website Snopes stated that the claim Chelsea had received the money directly was false. 

‘A graph that social media users claimed showed Chelsea Clinton received $84 million from USAID is actually a reference to the Clinton Foundation,’ they wrote. 

‘Further, government data from fiscal years 2008-24 showed that USAID had not given more than $7.5 million to that foundation. Finally, tax returns show Chelsea Clinton does not receive any compensation for her work at the foundation.’

But even though Snopes clarified that Chelsea hadn’t received direct compensation, the Clinton Foundation has received financial awards from the US government, such as in 2010 when the were granted $49,998 for AmeriCorps National.

And AmeriCorps has roots in the Clinton Foundation, as former-President Bill Clinton signed the National and Community Trust Act of 1993 that brought the federal organization to life.

USAID also gave money to the Clinton Health Access Initiative, a self-run off-shoot of the Clinton Foundation, totaling $7.49million – spending the majority of it between 2019 to 2021.

The rumors and accusations continue to spread as the agency’s future remains very much in doubt. 

A judge has temporarily blocked Donald Trump from placing 2,200 workers at the USAID on paid leave, just hours before it was due to happen.

Judge Carl Nichols issued a ‘limited’ temporary restraining order after two unions filed a last-minute lawsuit trying to save the agency. The order will remain in place until Friday at midnight.

The US President has argued that the overseas aid agency is not a valuable use of taxpayer money and wants to dismantle it – with plans to keep just 611 employees and put nearly 10,000 on leave. 

Some 500 staff had already been placed on administrative leave and another 2,200 were due to join them from midnight last Friday.

But the lawsuit argued that the government was violating the US Constitution and that USAID workers were suffering harm.

Judge Nichols sided with the unions, saying they would suffer ‘irreparable harm’ if the court did not intervene, while there would be ‘zero harm to the government’.

The order also reinstates the 500 staff already placed on leave. It is unclear what will happen to the agency’s remaining employees.

USAID is the world’s biggest aid donor, with much of its budget spent on health programs. Two-thirds of its 10,000 staff work overseas.

It is one of many federal agencies targeted by Trump as he works to slash federal spending in the US.

The President campaigned on overhauling the government and formed an advisory body named the Department of Government Efficiency (Doge) – led by tech billionaire Elon Musk – to slash the budget.

Friday’s ruling came in response to an emergency petition by the unions American Foreign Service Association and American Federation of Government Employees, which represent USAID employees.

The legal action argued that the President was violating the US Constitution and federal law. ‘Not a single one of defendants’ actions to dismantle USAID were taken pursuant to congressional authorization,’ it said.

Representing the Trump administration, Justice Department official Brett Shumate told the judge that the President ‘has decided there is corruption and fraud at USAID’.