Jt, you should be ashamed, you're as brazen a hypocrite as beternnun.
Bill Clinton collected $2.5 MILLION in speaking fees from companies that lobbied Hillary's State Department
- The former president's series of windfalls included 10 speeches from companies that lobbied State in the same calendar quarter they paid him
- Speeches between 2009 and 2013 included paydays from Oracle, Dell, Starwood Hotels,Goldman Sachs, Microsoft and three trade associations
- Bill Clinton's fees ranged from $150,000 to $300,000 per speech
- Personal enrichment is separate from money that flowed to the Clinton Foundation from foreign governments while Hillary was secretary of state
Former president Bill Clinton reaped more than $2.5 million in speaking fees from 13 companies that lobbied the State Department while his wife was secretary of state.
Ten of those companies paid him within the same 3-month reporting period covered by the government documents that disclosed the lobbying activity.
Most of the influence-peddling accusations swirling around Hillary Clinton in the past ten days have focused on claims that she traded the power of her office in exchange for foreign contributions to the Clinton Foundation, her family's global philanthropy.
But her husband's six-figure speaking fees, ranging from $150,000 to $300,000, are the first clear indication that the scandal could involve personally enriching the Clintons in a way that isn't easily explainable as a necessity for public good.
International Business Times published a list of the speaking engagements, which involved Fortune 500 companies like Dell and Oracle along with trade associations representing retailers, drug companies and biotechnology firms.
It's unclear whether Bill Clinton's series of windfalls are legally considered his-and-hers property in New York, where the former first couple lives.
If so, Hillary Clinton could be seen as collecting more than $1 million from companies whose overseas fortunes she had a significant hand in determining.
The $2.5 million figure, while large, likely represented only a tiny portion of the former president's speaking income during the four years Hillary was secretary of state.
Between 2011 and 2013, according to federal government disclosure filings, Bill Clinton earned more than $100 million giving speeches.
So far, media outlets including The Washington Post have connected $26 million of that money to companies that contributed $10,000 or more to the Clinton Foundation.
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The former president reaped windfall after windfall from companies with business pending before the State Department while his wife was at the helm
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TROUBLE IN CHAPPAQUA: Hillary Clinton's budding presidential campaign has been clobbered by accusations that she traded her official influence for foreign contributions to her family foundation