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Re:$153M in Bill and Hillary Clinton speaking fees, documented by koolba on Sunday April 17, 2016 @09:34PM (#11517199)
It doesn't matter if they keep the money, donate it to their self run slush fund[1], or launder it through the Democratic Party[2]. The ethics issue is taking money from people who you're supposed to be regulating and misrepresenting your allegiances to voters.

[1]: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clinton_Foundation

[2]: http://www.mahablog.com/2016/02/23/elaborating-on-the-dnc-cl...

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Re:$153M in Bill and Hillary Clinton speaking fees, documented by Alex3917 on Monday April 18, 2016 @11:33AM (#11520705)
> It doesn't matter if they keep the money

If she's getting speaking appearances based on her position as secretary of state, I think it's fine as long as the money goes to the state department and there aren't any conflicts of interest. That obviously wasn't the case here though.

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