Bill's speaking fees will be way way worse than any campaign finance scandal

[dkf]

The amount of money he "earned" from foreigners, and from corporations that went straight into Hillary's pockets via Bill is beyond the dreams of most Americans.

It will make these $100,000 bundlers look small potatoes indeed.

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[Captain Hilts]

1. He's giving most of it away. He pulled in $5m in Toronto this week. nt

[dkf]

2. The Clinton fortune is estimated at $17 to $54 million

Bill received $40 million in speaking fees since getting out of office and they had a boatload of legal fees.

I highly doubt he gave it all to charity.

[dkf]

3. He is still taking speaking fees?

Do you have any more info on this?

Interesting. Wow this is bad.

[Captain Hilts]

9. It all went to a charity for Latin American relief in mining areas. nt

[dkf]

12. So the check was not made out to Bill Clinton then?

It went straight to the charity?

If so, this is not the same thing as what I'm talking about.

I'm talking about speaking fees that went into Bill Clinton's pocket, ergo Hillary's joint account.

[LostinVA]

4. Who cares?

This is as ridiculous as how much Senator Edwards' house cost.

I also didn't care how much Theresa Heinz Kerry made.

[Arkansas Granny]

5. So what if Bill earned speaking fees? I would imagine most former Presidents

have done the same.

[BeyondGeography]

6. $40 million in the last five years...words putting lots of food on the table

:thumbsup:

[BeyondGeography]

7. DU tech fart/dupe

[splat]

8. That's the American Dream, silly, and it's all legal

[dkf]

11. So if Michelle Obama went on a speaking tour and got

$100 million in speaking fees that would be legal?

Am I in lala land here?

[splat]

16. It's how celebs earn a living

[blocker]

10. good for him!

[NightWatcher]

13. I predict they would show more "library donations" from people like Marc Rich

who were given pardons in exchange for money in the last days of the Clinton Administration.

[suston96]

14. Who or what says that retired politicians cannot collect speaking fees?

And how much of all that money Bill Clinton got went to AIDS in Africa, the Tsunami Relief, and other charities?

Whassamatta? The IWR vote by Hillary lost its impact? Tuesday's wins by Hillary sure seem to suggest it.

[MonkeyFunk]

15. What's wrong with speaking fees?