{"id":3549,"date":"2021-10-13T09:00:40","date_gmt":"2021-10-13T09:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsphere.com\/?p=3549"},"modified":"2021-10-13T09:00:57","modified_gmt":"2021-10-13T09:00:57","slug":"fact-check-is-clinton-corrupt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsphere.com\/fact-check-is-clinton-corrupt\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Is Clinton Corrupt?"},"content":{"rendered":"

A popular saying states that \u201cpolitics is a dirty game,\u201d so it means that no politician has clean hands. Other common phrases entail how \u201cpoliticians are the best liars\u201d and have a sweet tongue that entices the masses, but they do not deliver on their promises. But only a fact check can assess if one is corrupt or not.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Hillary Clinton is one of the prominent politicians in the United States, and she once dominated the political spotlight. The young adults remember her during the heated debates with former U.S. President Donald Trump and her intense run for the presidency in 2016.<\/span><\/p>\n

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By Gage Skidmore – File:Hillary Clinton Arizona 2016.jpg, CC BY-SA 2.0, https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=82889407<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

During her run for higher office up to now, it was suggested that Clinton made about $95,5 million, and together with Barack Obama, they amassed wealth by stealing the American people\u2019s money\u00a0<\/span>[Source]<\/span><\/a>. But the meme which purported these claims had no concrete evidence to back them up. A false tweet once emerged suggesting that the late Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had deep secrets, which could lead to the arrest of Clinton, and it was discovered that Ginsburg did not have a personal Twitter account, so she could not have authored the tweet.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

More baseless allegations against Clinton were related to how the Ukrainian government gave her \u201cmore money than any other country\u201d funding the Clinton Foundation. In 2016, a T.V. ad titled \u201cCorruption\u201d was aired in which Donald Trump allegedly said that Clinton \u201chanded over American uranium rights to the Russians as part of a pay-to-play scheme to get filthy rich\u201d\u00a0<\/span>[Source]<\/span><\/a>. Clinton was part of the nine voting members of the foreign investment committee in 2010 to approve the uranium deal. The president would also put his stamp of approval before the sale went through the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and Clinton did not possess any authority to \u201cunilaterally approve that deal.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The ad also stated that \u201cThe Clintons: from dead broke to worth hundreds of millions. So how did Hillary end up filthy rich? Pay to play politics. Staggering amounts of cash poured into the Clinton Foundation from criminals, dictators, countries that hate America.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

However, a fact check revealed that the Clintons never acquired money donated to the non-profit Clinton Foundation. Bill Clinton set up this foundation after leaving the presidential office. The money, which Trump pinpointed, was obtained from Clinton\u2019s outside activities, including giving speeches and writing books. Also, Clinton\u2019s net worth was pegged at 4110 million, contrary to the \u201chundreds of millions\u201d suggested.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Trump once fingered Clinton in a conspiracy of cutting deals for donors and alluded to a 2009 period where Clinton was working for the Swiss-based UBS \u201cwhich was facing an IRS lawsuit to get the identities of Americans with secret bank accounts. The reported story of this case posited how Clinton \u201cwas summoned to Geneva by her Swiss counterpart to discuss the case, which, if it proceeded would leave UBS to either Violate Swiss secrecy laws by handing over the names or refuse and face criminal charges in U.S. federal court.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The matter was concluded after the company settled with the Justice Department and only gave out information on 4 450 accounts out of the intended 52 000. A surge followed this in donations to the Clinton Foundation from UBS. A closer analysis found no linkage between the donations and Mrs. Clinton\u2019s involvement, even her participation in the case was not backed up by any evidence.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

A massive backlash against Clinton and her family is related to the Clinton Foundation\u00a0<\/span>[Source]<\/span><\/a>. Hillary Clinton continues to argue that there was a clear distinction between her foundation and the state during her presidential run. For most of the corrupt allegations laid against her, Clinton proved to be innocent by a fact check.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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