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Bill Clinton collected $2.5 MILLION in speaking fees from companies that lobbied Hillary's...
Daily Mail ^ | 4/28/15 | David Martosko

Posted on 04/29/2015 2:59:14 AM PDT by Libloather

Bill Clinton collected $2.5 MILLION in speaking fees from companies that lobbied Hillary's State Department

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.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: clinton; fees; hillary; lobby
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.

Her emails should clear up everything.

1 posted on 04/29/2015 2:59:15 AM PDT by Libloather
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To: Libloather

If this were anybody but the Clintons the IRS would have already seized their assets.


2 posted on 04/29/2015 3:15:46 AM PDT by Gen.Blather
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To: Libloather

Bill got multiple $300,000 per speech speaking fees directly from the State Department while Hillary was Secretary.


3 posted on 04/29/2015 3:25:07 AM PDT by shalom aleichem
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To: Libloather

Oh my, quite incestuous, don’t you think?


4 posted on 04/29/2015 3:27:03 AM PDT by OttawaFreeper ("Keeping your stick down used to be a commandment, but not anymore" Harry Sinden, 1988)
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To: Gen.Blather

Al Capone would be insulted I’m sure.


5 posted on 04/29/2015 4:07:49 AM PDT by wally_bert (There are no winners in a game of losers. I'm Tommy Joyce, welcome to the Oriental Lounge.)
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To: Libloather

Why do you suppose the Rose Law Firm way back in Little Rock days hired Hillary — the wife of the boy-governor? Does anybody think Hillary was a competent lawyer? Whenever I see Hillary the P*ss in a Boot analogy leaps to mind.


6 posted on 04/29/2015 4:11:38 AM PDT by Tallguy
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A physician cannot accept a pen from a drug company but Bubba and Hippo-Hips can rake in billions? Where is the economy of scale, and where is the fairness?
7 posted on 04/29/2015 4:14:36 AM PDT by urbanpovertylawcenter (the law and poverty collide in an urban setting and sparks fly)
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8 posted on 04/29/2015 4:41:35 AM PDT by markomalley (Nothing emboldens the wicked so greatly as the lack of courage on the part of the good -- Leo XIII)
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To: Libloather

Another example of the weakness and submissiveness of the conservative movement and its leaders. Scooter Libby got prosecuted. Hillary won’t.


9 posted on 04/29/2015 5:07:12 AM PDT by IDontLikeToPayTaxes
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The symbiotic relationship between state dept lobbyists and the Clinton foundation is striking. At least 181 companies, individuals, and foreign govt on- record as Clinton Foundation donors also lobbied Hillary's State Dept......(according to a Vox analysis of foundation records and federal lobbying disclosures).

So how was this info conveyed from the State Dept to The Clinton Foundation? From Hill to Bill? Which corporations had business before the State Dept? How did Bill know who to shakedown for donations?

Taxpayers demand the following info be made public at once:

<><> Minutes of corporate board meetings wherein discussion of The Clinton Foundation donations and lobbying the State Dept were discussed.

<><> How publicly-traded companies disclosed to shareholders their donations to the Clinton Foundation.

<><> How donations to the Clinton Foundation were handled on corporate financial reports.

<><> Were donations to the Clinton Foundation conveyed by corporate auditors? To corporate CFO's?

Corporations should also be requested to release:

<><> letters of solicitation The Clinton Foundation sent corporate donors.

<><> copies of all corporate emails wherein corporations discussed lobbying activites and donations to the Clinton Foundation.

<><> details on donations made by individual corporate executives to the Clinton Foundation.

<><> request lobbying agents for corporations provide all of the above-mentioned info.

ASK YOUR SENATOR/CONGRESSMAN TO GET YOU THIS INFO.

WEB SITE http://www.contactingthecongress.org/

10 posted on 04/29/2015 6:42:06 AM PDT by Liz (Another Clinton administration? Are you nuts?)
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