Hillary’s $5 million security guard – IOTW Report

Hillary’s $5 million security guard

WE: Hillary Clinton’s success was the big story this week, but one element of her work is underappreciated. She has successfully monetized her government “service” in a way few others can imagine, let alone claim.

Millions of dollars have poured into her personal and foundation bank accounts for paid speeches by herself and her husband that took just minutes to deliver. The money can be thought of as a down payment on future influence, a form of open corruption.

But a substantial amount also came from parties that already had specific interests before her State Department. This includes favor-seekers, both foreign (Russian uranium interests) and domestic (such as Laureate Education, a for-profit university which paid Bill Clinton $16.5 million as it raked in $55 million in grants from her State Department).

But there’s more than one angle to the Clintons’ sale of access to power. That’s called patronage.  MORE

6 Comments on Hillary’s $5 million security guard

  1. The depth and breadth of the Clinton’s monarchical sense of privilege is seen in this kind of ‘favor.’ They will be dethroned and reviled with the greats like Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos. Unfortunately, the gov’t will never recover the treasure.

    No one will be more surprised than the Clintons themselves.

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