Hillary scrutinized for arms sales at State

The State Department under Hillary ClintonHillary Rodham ClintonRepublicans dismiss growing protests at home Chaffetz: Crowd used 'bullying and intimidation' at town hall Report: Trump taunts Dems for letting 'Pocahontas' Warren become 'face of your party' 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 ClintonObamas sign with agency for speaking gigs Does Gorsuch have enough votes to get to Supreme Court? With Abe visit, Trump, US need to get to what counts with Japan 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.