The AP did an analysis of the companies and groups for whom Hillary Clinton gave high priced speeches in 2013 to 2015. On average, Hillary got a quarter of a million dollars for a twenty minute speech. What the AP found is that one third of the group were government contractors and nearly all of the group were lobbying the federal government for something. Simply put, these people were buying influence should Hillary become president.
Let's be fair. There's nothing wrong with paying someone to come to give a speech. There is, however, something wrong when someone pays a ridiculously high price for a short speech that acts as a way to funnel money to the recipient. That's especially true when the cash is being laid out in hopes of getting future consideration from the next president. It may or may not be illegal; that's for the courts to decide. Without a doubt, however, it looks terrible, and it represents a complete departure from common sense by the recipient.
Remember, while Hillary was secretary of state, Bill was out making high priced speeches to people with business before the State Department. The speeches that the AP analyzed were made after Hillary left the State Department. The problem is that no one in the media seems to care about this. The AP wrote its story and there's essentially no coverage of it. Imagine if instead of Hillary it was Ted Cruz or Donald Trump who had done the same thing. There would be a media firestorm. The failure to push this story because it is a Clinton is unforgivable.
Let's be fair. There's nothing wrong with paying someone to come to give a speech. There is, however, something wrong when someone pays a ridiculously high price for a short speech that acts as a way to funnel money to the recipient. That's especially true when the cash is being laid out in hopes of getting future consideration from the next president. It may or may not be illegal; that's for the courts to decide. Without a doubt, however, it looks terrible, and it represents a complete departure from common sense by the recipient.
Remember, while Hillary was secretary of state, Bill was out making high priced speeches to people with business before the State Department. The speeches that the AP analyzed were made after Hillary left the State Department. The problem is that no one in the media seems to care about this. The AP wrote its story and there's essentially no coverage of it. Imagine if instead of Hillary it was Ted Cruz or Donald Trump who had done the same thing. There would be a media firestorm. The failure to push this story because it is a Clinton is unforgivable.
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