Clinton Cash by Peter
Schweizer, alleges that Hillary Clinton’s actions as secretary of state led to
millions of dollars in speaking fees for her husband as well as large donations
to the Clinton Foundation.
Schweizer writes
that he found a clear “pattern of financial transactions involving the Clintons
that occurred contemporaneous with favorable U.S. policy decisions benefiting
those providing the funds.”
One example of this
pattern came with a free-trade agreement with Colombia, according to the NewYork Post:
One example of an
alleged quid pro quo cited by the Times and other sources involved the State
Department’s backing of a free-trade agreement with Colombia that benefited a
company founded by a big donor to the Clinton Foundation.
Hillary opposed the
trade deal when running for president in 2008 because of the South American
country’s poor record on workers’ rights.
But then the
company, Canadian-based Pacific Rubiales, and its founder, Clinton Foundation
board member Frank Giustra, donated “millions” to the foundation, The
International Business Times reported.
In 2010, the State
Department under Hillary lauded Colombia’s human rights record, allowing
Giustra’s company to reap huge profits.
The book also
alleges that Bill Clinton used Hillary’s four years as secretary of state to
become one of the richest ex-presidents ever:
During Hillary’s
four-year stint as secretary of state, the ex-president earned about $48
million of a $105 million speaking
haul amassed between 2001 and 2013.
More than half of
the $48 million was paid by companies in China, Japan, Canada, Russia, Saudi
Arabia, United Arab Emirates and the Cayman Islands, among others.
The author writes
that “of the 13 Clinton speeches that fetched $500,000 or more, only two
occurred during the years his wife was not secretary of state.”
