While at State Dept., a seat at Hillary’s table meant donors paid up to $1 million.
A new report by the Associated Press about Hillary CLinton’s tenure while Secretary of State raises even more questions about Clinton’s ethics were she to win November’s presidential election.
According to the Associated Press:
More than half the people outside the government who met with Hillary Clinton while she was secretary of state gave money – either personally or through companies or groups – to the Clinton Foundation. It’s an extraordinary proportion indicating her possible ethics challenges if elected president.
At least 85 of 154 people from private interests who met or had phone conversations scheduled with Clinton while she led the State Department donated to her family charity or pledged commitments to its international programs, according to a review of State Department calendars released so far to The Associated Press. Combined, the 85 donors contributed as much as $156 million. At least 40 donated more than $100,000 each, and 20 gave more than $1 million.
And, it gets worse…
The 154 did not include U.S. federal employees or foreign government representatives. Clinton met with representatives of at least 16 foreign governments that donated as much as $170 million to the Clinton charity, but they were not included in AP’s calculations because such meetings would presumably have been part of her diplomatic duties. [Emphasis added.]
Bill and Hillary Clinton are among the nation’s super rich. In fact, the former first couple is estimated to be worth $111 million.
However, they did not get that way by earning their money the old-fashioned way–they got it the political way.
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