George Stephanopoulos' Clinton Foundation Donations Cost Him Role in Republican Presidential Debate
PHILADELPHIA - OCTOBER 16: George Stephanopoulos the Chief Washington Correspondent for ABC News, moderates the Pennsylvania Senatorial Debate between Senator Rick Santorum (R-PA) and Democratic Challenger Bob Casey at the National Constitution Center on October 16, 2006 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. According to reports, Casey is leading Santorum in independent polls, with less than a month before the November 7th election.
Photographer: Jeff Fusco/Getty ImagesABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos on Thursday said he would not moderate his network's Republican primary debate next year after revealing that he had made $50,000 in previously undisclosed donations to the Clinton Foundation.
Stephanopoulos' decision came after several prominent Republican lawmakers questioned his objectivity in the wake of the revelations, among them Kentucky Senator Rand Paul, who is running for his party's presidential nomination.