...Although I could, I don’t give to political candidates’ campaigns because I talk about political matters and my personal judgment is that this would not be a good idea. As an aside, even if I were not in the media, I don’t know if I would contribute to a political campaign except for a close friend or family member....
I have been invited to attend the CGI event (like others in the media.) I paid nothing. I was invited. Just as other events where I might meet people who are good sources or guests for ON THE RECORD, I took full advantage of going. I was hoping I could get interviews for OTR and, in fact, I did....
My recollection of attending the CGI events is not perfect since these events are work for me, but I think I went 2 years and I think I interviewed President Clinton each time. I don’t know who else I interviewed but I oddly do remember it was also one of the two times in the 13 years at Fox News Channel that I have ever met Rupert Murdoch. I shook his hand and gave him my name – that was it. (The second time was years later when I saw Rupert Murdoch at a lupus charity event and we talked for the first time. We discussed North Korea as I had just returned from a trip there.)
The idea or suggestion that I am or was a member of Clinton Global Initiative is just silly – I think it is just a word the Clinton Global Inititive used in their event program to describe those who were invited and attended. It is never a word I would have used. This was work for me....
Let’s get something straight…. http://t.co/zIPBQnVd77
— Greta Van Susteren (@greta) May 17, 2015
