Washington Post political investigations reporter Rosalind Helderman tweeted on Monday that former President Bill Clinton has said he gives “a lot” of his income from giving speeches to the Clinton Foundation. He’ll keep giving speeches even as Hillary runs for president, he told Today, because “I’ve gotta pay our bills.” So which is it? Does the money go to charity or toward the mortgage?
Helderman links to an April 22 piece in which she notes that Bill Clinton “was paid at least $26 million in speaking fees by companies and organizations that are also major donors” to the Clinton Foundation — about a quarter of his income from speeches between 2001 and 2013.
Clinton says he gives "a lot" of speech $ to the Foundat'n. We found that sponsors of those speeches aren't disclosed http://t.co/dRYNO5DmvD
— Rosalind Helderman (@PostRoz) May 4, 2015
Which he is paid from MT @PostRoz: Clinton says he gives "a lot" of speech $ to the Foundation.
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) May 4, 2015
https://twitter.com/JasonWhitmanOD/status/595376990766563329
@redsteeze and the Foundation pays for all his travel that donors don't. @PostRoz
— Kris Kinder (@kris_kinder) May 5, 2015
@redsteeze @PostRoz Unfortunately, they don't use the money to help others. #CharityNavigator
— Holly (@HollyASwanson) May 4, 2015
1) Donate to the c3 to reduce your tax bill. 2) Get $0.85 on the dollar back to spend on yourself. 3) Profit. @redsteeze @PostRoz
— Erik Soderstrom (@soderstrom) May 5, 2015
https://twitter.com/RayPureface/status/595378070120456192
He donates them to charity and takes a write off of $2/pair. http://t.co/2QC1mA9J1n @RayPureface @redsteeze @PostRoz
— Erik Soderstrom (@soderstrom) May 5, 2015
@soderstrom @JoshToTheSmith @redsteeze @PostRoz I'll be starting the Allen Foundation right away.
— Allen McNight (@AMcNight) May 5, 2015
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