Obama still has a Bill problem

Bill Clinton has agreed to scale back his activities with the Clinton Global Initiative and disclose his donors list, but as Politico reports, he still has an awful lot of leeway for activities that could give the president-elect headaches down the road:

He can still give speeches around the world and pull down six-figure speaking and consulting fees.

He can still ask for multi-million dollar checks to fund the Clinton Foundation’s work.

His foundation can host big events overseas and accept major contributions from foreign governments to fund its international disease-fighting, development and environmental initiatives.

And if he wants to do something that makes ethics officials at State uneasy, they can flag their concerns to the Clintons, but likely won’t be able to veto Bill’s proposed activities, experts say.

If his controversial speech in Malaysia last week was any indication of his future activities, it could be a fun four years to cover the State Department.

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