Clintons’ Speaking Fees Decline 93% in Latest Disclosure

[Purveyor]

Hillary and Bill Clinton disclosed almost $1.7 million in new earnings from the former president’s speeches last year, according to the couple’s latest financial disclosure. That’s down almost $23 million, or 93 percent, from the prior 16 months.

The Clintons also reported earning between $172,508 and $1.2 million in dividends and interest from Jan. 1, 2015 through May 16, according to the required filing, which the Democratic presidential front-runner’s campaign released to the media Tuesday night.

The Clintons’ net worth, as indicated on the form, is between $11.3 million and $52.7 million -- not including their multimillion dollar homes in Washington and New York, any federal government retirement accounts they may have, or personal items such as furniture and artwork. The disclosure form requires reporting within wide ranges of values; the couple’s net worth totals didn’t change from the financial disclosure that Hillary Clinton filed in May 2015.

Clinton’s campaign released the 11-page document after Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee, issued a statement saying that he had filed his own 104-page disclosure and that he reported income of more than $557 million. Trump’s campaign didn’t release his actual disclosure form.

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http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2016-05-18/clintons-speaking-fees-decline-93-in-latest-disclosure

"Dead broke now, I suppose...

[Recursion]

1. Well, yeah: she left the speaking circuit once she formed her campaign committee

And WJC cut back to while he was "helping" the campaign.

[JonLeibowitz]

2. AFL-CIO Seeks End to “Revolving Door” Payments

(Washington DC, November 20th, 2014) AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka today sent letters to seven large Wall Street banks calling for the banks to explain questionable compensation practices. Each bank (Morgan Stanley, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan Chase, Bank of America, Wells Fargo and Lazard) provides the opportunity for additional compensation to employees who leave the bank to work for the government.

http://www.aflcio.org/Press-Room/Press-Releases/AFL-CIO-Seeks-End-to-Revolving-Door-Payments

Not much of a difference here that I can see. Not a meaningful one, certainly.

[Recursion]

3. I'm missing the connection

Neither of the Clintons were employees of those banks

[JonLeibowitz]

4. The connection is that when outsized contributions are involved, the assumption should be that

the influence lasts past the actual date of services rendered. That's the main point that Trumka is trying to make, in my view.

[Recursion]

5. She hasn't received any contributions from banks either. That would be illegal (nt)

[JonLeibowitz]

6. And bank employees don't receive "contributions" either. They receive compensation, as did she

Perhaps my use of the word "contribution" was a poor indicator of what I was trying to say. Sorry.

[Recursion]

7. Oh, you're suggesting the speech is a form of employment. Got it. That's a fair point

I mean, I think honoraria are usually more of a 1099 situation, but I see your point.

[JonLeibowitz]

8. Yeah, I edited my post to apologize for the confusion, but that is what I am saying.