Hillary Clinton got nearly $1.6 million from big banks in 2013

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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. Clinton’s 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...

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1. More evolution for Hillary and willful ignore-ance from her followers

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2. It is baffling that some do not consider this important as to the merits of a candidate...

[Armstead]

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.

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6. Most Americans probably know little or nothing about these speeches /nt

[Armstead]

7. True...But it should be an issue

[think]

8. Indeed. But NBC, CBS, ABC, CNN, & FOX won't be mentioning this. They'd rather hype email & the like.

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3. Bought, Sold And Owned By The 1%

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[cpompilo]

4. Helps to explain her "cut that out" approach to Wall Street, thanks.

[think]

10. Did they ever cut it out? Some of those banks are now felons so it sure doesn't seem like it....

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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]

11. K&R nt