Clinton’s judgment, Sanders’ Wall Street plan questioned in New York debate

Clinton’s judgment, Sanders’ Wall Street plan questioned in New York debate
20160414_0622 Clintons judgment Sanders Wall Street plan questioned in New York debate (upi).jpg By Eric DuVall, UPI.com

(April 14, 2016 06:22) — NEW YORK, April 14 (UPI) — Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Sen. Bernie Sanders opened their ninth debate with sharp attacks on each other five days ahead of the crucial New York primary.

Sanders fired first when asked about his recent criticism that Clinton was not “qualified” to be president.

“I’ve known Secretary Clinton, how long, 25 years? I said that in response to the kind of attacks we were getting form the Clinton campaign,” Sanders said. “Does Secretary Clinton have the experience and intelligence to be president? Of course she does. But I do question her judgment. Her judgment that voted for the war in Iraq, the worst foreign policy blunder in our nation’s history.”

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TranscriptGate: Hillary Clinton’s Lack of Leadership Defers Transcript Release

20160223_2228 Hillary Clinton Now Says She’ll Only Release Big-Bank Speeches (Intercept).jpg Hillary Clinton Now Says She’ll Only Release Big-Bank Speeches if the Republicans Do

By Zaid Jilani, The Intercept

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton again refused to release transcripts of her paid speeches to big banks, telling a CNN town hall audience Tuesday night that she will only release her transcripts if her Republican opponents release theirs.

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UBS Deal Shows Clinton’s Complicated Ties

20150730_0827 UBS Deal Shows Clinton’s Complicated Ties (wsj).jpg UBS Deal Shows Clinton’s Complicated Ties

Donations to family foundation increased after secretary of state’s involvement in tax case
By JAMES V. GRIMALDI and REBECCA BALLHAUS

Updated July 30, 2015 8:27 a.m. ET
A few weeks after Hillary Clinton was sworn in as secretary of state in early 2009, she was summoned to Geneva by her Swiss counterpart to discuss an urgent matter. The Internal Revenue Service was suing UBS AG to get the identities of Americans with secret accounts.

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Clinton’s New Hampshire challenge: Winning trust (Washington Post)

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by By Catherine Lucey | AP February 6 at 11:37 AM

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. — The private email server. The Wall Street ties. The evolving policy positions. The speaking fees.

The concerns vary, but Hillary Clinton seems to be having trouble earning the public’s trust.

Ahead of Tuesday’s New Hampshire primary, the Democratic presidential candidate is trying to convince voters that she is authentic. Rival Bernie Sanders is stepping up criticism of her financial industry connections and questioning whether she is a true liberal.

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Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders Brawl Over His “Insinuation” That She’s Corrupt By Dan Froomkin (TheIntercept)

20160205_0021 Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders Brawl (TheIntercept).jpgHillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders Brawl Over His “Insinuation” That She’s Corrupt By Dan Froomkin at TheIntercept.com

Feb. 5 2016, 12:21 a.m.

Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton had a series of momentous exchanges Thursday night over what Clinton called Sanders’ “artful smear” — the suggestion that taking massive amounts of money from corporate special interests had corrupted her.

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Hillary Clinton Won’t Say if She’ll Release Transcripts of Goldman Sachs Speeches (TheIntercept)

20160204_2334 Hillary Clinton Won't Say if She'll Release Transcripts (TheIntercept).jpgHillary Clinton Won’t Say if She’ll Release Transcripts of Goldman Sachs Speeches
by Lee Fang

theIntercept.com (Feb. 4, 2016) — During the Democratic presidential debate Thursday evening, MSNBC moderator Chuck Todd picked a question offered by a viewer and pointedly asked Hillary Clinton if she would release the transcripts of her paid speeches to giant investment bank Goldman Sachs. Todd then broadened the question, asking: “Are you willing to release the transcripts of all your paid speeches?”

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Hillary Helps a Bank—and Then It Funnels Millions to the Clintons (theAtlantic)

20150731 Hillary Helps a Bank—and Then It Funnels Millions (theAtlantic).jpg Hillary Helps a Bank—and Then It Funnels Millions to the Clintons
by Conor Friedersdorf

The ATLANTIC (Jul. 31, 2015) — The Wall Street Journal’s eyebrow-raising story of how the presidential candidate and her husband accepted cash from UBS without any regard for the appearance of impropriety that it created.

The Swiss bank UBS is one of the biggest, most powerful financial institutions in the world. As secretary of state, Hillary Clinton intervened to help it out with the IRS. And after that, the Swiss bank paid Bill Clinton $1.5 million for speaking gigs. The Wall Street Journal reported all that and more Thursday in an article that highlights huge conflicts of interest that the Clintons have created in the recent past.

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