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Related: About this forumHillary Clinton got nearly $1.6 million from big banks in 2013
Hillary Clinton got nearly $1.6 million from big banks in 2013
BY GREG GORDON - JULY 31, 2015
Washington - Hillary Clinton earned nearly $10 million in speaking fees in 2013, including almost $1.6 million from major Wall Street banks, she disclosed Friday along with releasing eight years of personal income tax returns.
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The totals brought the couples combined post-White House speaking income to more than $150 million, an off-the-charts sum when compared with other present and former U.S. politicians.
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In 2013, however, she accepted $1,575,000 from Wall Street banks that have been blamed for their roles in the 2008 financial crisis, including $675,000 from Goldman Sachs, and $225,000 each from UBS Wealth Management, Bank of America, Morgan Stanley and Deutsche Bank.
The Clintons also disclosed that UBS Wealth Management paid a $175,000 speaking fee to Bill Clinton in May 2013. Together, UBS paid the couple $1.9 million for speeches since 2011.
The Wall Street Journal reported this week that shortly after taking office as secretary of state in 2009, Hillary Clinton intervened in negotiations with the Swiss government to release long-confidential information on the UBS accounts of thousands of American citizens suspected of evading U.S. taxes. Clintons intervention resulted in a settlement providing for the release of information on 4,450 accounts, not the 52,000 sought by the Internal Revenue Service, the Journal reported...
Read more here: http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/article29711881.html#storylink=cpy
BY GREG GORDON - JULY 31, 2015
Washington - Hillary Clinton earned nearly $10 million in speaking fees in 2013, including almost $1.6 million from major Wall Street banks, she disclosed Friday along with releasing eight years of personal income tax returns.
~Snip~
The totals brought the couples combined post-White House speaking income to more than $150 million, an off-the-charts sum when compared with other present and former U.S. politicians.
~Snip~
In 2013, however, she accepted $1,575,000 from Wall Street banks that have been blamed for their roles in the 2008 financial crisis, including $675,000 from Goldman Sachs, and $225,000 each from UBS Wealth Management, Bank of America, Morgan Stanley and Deutsche Bank.
The Clintons also disclosed that UBS Wealth Management paid a $175,000 speaking fee to Bill Clinton in May 2013. Together, UBS paid the couple $1.9 million for speeches since 2011.
The Wall Street Journal reported this week that shortly after taking office as secretary of state in 2009, Hillary Clinton intervened in negotiations with the Swiss government to release long-confidential information on the UBS accounts of thousands of American citizens suspected of evading U.S. taxes. Clintons intervention resulted in a settlement providing for the release of information on 4,450 accounts, not the 52,000 sought by the Internal Revenue Service, the Journal reported...
Read more here: http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/article29711881.html#storylink=cpy
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Hillary Clinton got nearly $1.6 million from big banks in 2013 (Original Post)
think
Oct 2015
OP
It is baffling that some do not consider this important as to the merits of a candidate...
think
Oct 2015
#2
Indeed. But NBC, CBS, ABC, CNN, & FOX won't be mentioning this. They'd rather hype email & the like.
think
Oct 2015
#8
Did they ever cut it out? Some of those banks are now felons so it sure doesn't seem like it....
think
Oct 2015
#10
Android3.14
(5,402 posts)1. More evolution for Hillary and willful ignore-ance from her followers
think
(11,641 posts)2. It is baffling that some do not consider this important as to the merits of a candidate...
Armstead
(47,803 posts)5. It is, I'm sure they could have made money in other ways....
Like making more speeches to universities and other civic organizations for less stratospheric fees.
And it show a certain arrogance to assume that you can do that before running for president without it coming back to bite you.
Except maybe that arrogant assumption was correct.
think
(11,641 posts)6. Most Americans probably know little or nothing about these speeches /nt
Armstead
(47,803 posts)7. True...But it should be an issue
think
(11,641 posts)8. Indeed. But NBC, CBS, ABC, CNN, & FOX won't be mentioning this. They'd rather hype email & the like.
cantbeserious
(13,039 posts)3. Bought, Sold And Owned By The 1%
eom
cpompilo
(323 posts)4. Helps to explain her "cut that out" approach to Wall Street, thanks.
think
(11,641 posts)10. Did they ever cut it out? Some of those banks are now felons so it sure doesn't seem like it....
leveymg
(36,418 posts)9. That's just a fraction of the hundred or so million the Foundation has received from the Saudis
and Gulf Arabs. That also had no expectation of reciprocity, of course.
Live and Learn
(12,769 posts)11. K&R nt