Hillary Clinton's Hedge Fund Support Is Deeper Than 9/11

Hillary Clinton's Hedge Fund Support Is Deeper Than 9/11
She says she can take a hard line on Wall Street reform while accepting the finance industry's millions.

Paul Blumenthal
Money in Politics Reporter, The Huffington Post

WASHINGTON -- Hillary Clinton argued during Saturday’s Democratic presidential debate that she could take a hard line on Wall Street excesses while accepting millions from the industry in campaign contributions. As proof, she pointed to attacks on her campaign funded by two hedge fund billionaires.

“You have two billionaire hedge fund managers who started a super PAC and they're advertising against me in Iowa as we speak,” Clinton said, referencing a super PAC called Future45 funded by Paul Singer and Ken Griffin. “So they clearly think I'm going to do what I say I will do.”

Those two billionaires, however, don't necessarily represent the broader world of hedge funds or Wall Street.

In fact, campaign finance records show the $204,202 that Clinton has raised from hedge fund executives is by far the most of any 2016 candidate, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. And, as The Huffington Post previously reported, Clinton is the top recipient among the presidential candidates of contributions from the largest banking institutions. ...............(more)

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