There are probably few people on the planet Earth who did not know that Hillary Clinton planned to run for President of the United States after Barack Obama tenure came to an end. She, as did innumerable democrats, believed her election would be more of a coronation than anything else and the election would be a mere formality. Between 2001 and the time Hillary made official her intention to run for President, she and her husband parlayed their present and past positions in government into a $153 million fortune. At the link is a list of the speeches the Clinton’s delivered to big banks. You will note that as the Presidency beckoned nearer, the speaking fees rose accordingly. Bill Clinton scored $500,000 for a 45 minute speech in 2013.
You can see a compilation of Hillary Clinton’s looting colleges here.
Hillary becoming Secretary of State was a boom for Bill:
After his wife became Secretary of State, former President Bill Clinton began to collect speaking fees that often doubled or tripled what he had been charging earlier in his post White House years, bringing in millions of dollars from groups that included several with interests pending before the State Department, an ABC News review of financial disclosure records shows.
Where he once had drawn $150,000 for a typical address in the years following his presidency, Clinton saw a succession of staggering paydays for speeches in 2010 and 2011, including $500,000 paid by a Russian investment bank and $750,000 to address a telecom conference in China.
“It’s unusual to see a former president’s speaking fee go up over time,” said Richard Painter, who served as chief ethics lawyer in the White House Counsel’s office under President George W. Bush. “I must say I’m surprised that he raised his fees. There’s no prohibition on his raising it. But it does create some appearance problems if he raises his fee after she becomes Secretary of State.”
A cynic might be tempted to think there was some association between Clinton speaking fees and Foundation donations and expected returns for that investment. But is there one? What effect has the Presidential loss had upon Clinton finances? Well, amidst the pay for play scandal donations have gone into a tailspin:
Donations to the Clinton Foundation nose-dived last year amid Hillary Clinton’s presidential run, pay-to-play allegations, internal strife and a black mark from a charity watchdog.
Contributions fell by 37 percent to $108 million, down from $172 million in 2014, according to the group’s latest tax filings.
The cash plummeted as Hillary Clinton left the nonprofit in April 2015 after announcing her ill-fated candidacy. The foundation became a major issue in the race, with Donald Trump vowing to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate it.
Donors are drying up:
Clinton Foundation officials were able to attract only five new donors between July 1 and September 30 — the controversial charity’s third quarter — The Daily Caller News Foundation’s Investigative Group has learned.
Foundation officials delayed release of the quarterly report of its latest donors on its website until the after the Nov. 8 presidential election, which former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton lost to Republican rival Donald Trump.
The low number of new donors may indicate potential contributors were frightened away by repeated news reports that the Clinton charity is under FBI investigation regarding multiple allegations of “pay-to-play” influence-peddling schemes involving both Hillary Clinton and former President Bill Clinton, as well as their key political aides.
ZeroHedge: Norway Slashes Clinton Foundation Donations By 87% As Political Clout Dries Up
If cash for access were a figment of the conservative imagination, clinton speaking fees and donations would not lose value and continue unaffected by her election loss. But the opposite has been proven true. It was always pay for play and the clinton’s put themselves up for sale. Now all that remains to be seen is if anyone wants a refund.
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Except for liberals being foolish.
Yeah you need a lot of moolah many many G Notes and thousands of pasaquas to listen to slick willy and his mindless braying
$29 million in cash was moved from the wipe house to ark three days before the clinton trash left the wipe house
Knowing that Hillary is under investigation…
And that she’d sell her own daughter to stay out of prison…
And that she had some really ugly, unethical doners…
What is her projected lifespan?
Perhaps these donors that spent millions and millions of dollars for access to governmental decision making are pushing Hillary to get off her fat ass and contest the election.
Soros and his cabal are funding the attempt to challenge the election results. They were so close to maintaining power that they will go to extremes to try and at a minimum, place in people minds the illegitimacy of a Trump Presidency…..
However, there is a flaw in Soros’s strategy….
The President is elected by a majority, not of possible electors (270), but by a majority of electors ACTUALLY APPOINTED (it says that, right in Article II and again in Amendment XII).
So, while I agree the purpose is to hurt Trump, blocking the certification of these electors can’t send the election to the House.
The total number of electors is reduced by the collective electors of WI, MI and Pa. That total is 46. So, a majority of 538-46= 492/2=246, Trump still wins….
The leftists revise the electoral vote down to 260 vs 232 creating an impression in the people that it was a closer election than not…..
Of course the Clinton speaking fees were regarded by donors as “pay to play”. Goldman Sachs and UBS likely wanted information from both Hillary and Bill. They also wanted to establish good will with the Clintons. But it is unlikely that there was an explicit quid pro quo arrangement in place when money changed hands.
In addition, president-elect Trump is using his time since the election lobbying foreign governments on behalf of his company, not the American public. Trump is implying that foreign governments that do not help line his pockets may pay a price while he is president. To me this type of shakedown seems equally or more corrupt than “Clinton Cash”. Trump is not draining the swamp with his actions post-election. Ted Cruz wouldn’t be doing this.
Two days prior to the election the clintons transferred 1.8 billion dollars from the clinton foundation to the bank of Qatar. (thank you wikileaks). Interestingly enough Qatar does not have an extradition treaty with the US.
@enchanted, #8:
The story is total, complete, unmitigated bullsh-t, having not even the tiny percentage of factual information that most writers of such viral false news stories start out with—unless we want to count the fact that Qatar is a real place. The story first appeared on WhatDoesItMean.com, attributed to one Sorcha Faal, an imaginary Russian academic who doesn’t actually exist.
@Greg:
It would seem many are unhitching their wagons from the Clinton crime syndicate……
@Greg: “The story is total, complete, unmitigated bullsh-t, having not even the tiny percentage of factual information that most writers of such viral false news stories start out with—” So, you are saying there is no truth to the claim that Hillary drew large paychecks from speaking at colleges or that Bill did not get $500,000 for a “speech”? Or, that contributions have fallen off? You need to take your hyperbole medication, Greg. I think you are out of control.
@Greg: