WASHINGTON — Cindy McCain, whose husband has been a critic of the violence in Sudan, sold off more than $2 million in mutual funds whose holdings include companies that do business in the African country.
The sale Wednesday came after The Associated Press questioned the investments in light of calls by John McCain, the Republican nominee-in-waiting, for international financial sanctions against the Sudanese leadership.
McCain, who was campaigning in Ohio, said that neither he nor his wife had been aware of the Sudan-related holdings.
Last year, at least four presidential candidates divested themselves of Sudan-related holdings.
According to McCain’s personal financial disclosure, Cindy McCain’s investments include two mutual funds — American Funds Europacific Growth fund and American Funds Capital World Growth and Income fund — that are listed by the Sudan Divestment Task Force as targets for divestment.
