Hillary scrutinized for arms sales at State

The State Department under Hillary ClintonHillary Rodham ClintonSanders drops lawsuit against DNC Trump predicts easy win in November Sanders-Warren ticket would sweep the nation MORE authorized arms sales to countries that had donated millions of dollars to the Clinton Foundation, according to a new report.

State approved $165 billion worth of weapons sales to 20 foreign governments during Clinton's tenure, the International Business Times reports. Among the countries involved in the sales were Algeria, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.

The Clinton Foundation received between $54 million and $141 million in donations from the foreign governments and defense contractors involved in those sales, the report says.

Certain defense contractors also paid her husband, former President Bill ClintonBill ClintonTrump aide: We’re prepared to hit Clinton with Lewinsky Trump: Clinton 'dishonest' and an 'enabler' For Clinton, there's really only one choice for veep MORE, for speaking engagements during that time.

While the report does not allege a direct connection between the arms sales and the donations, the activities of the Clinton Foundation have become a growing headache for Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign.

A new book by Peter Schweizer, Clinton Cash, questions whether foreign governments sought to curry influence with the Clintons by making donations to the foundation.

The Clinton campaign has dismissed the book as a hit job by a conservative author, arguing it is filled with "sloppy research and attacks pulled out of thin air."

— This story was last updated at 12:14 p.m.