Hillary Clinton’s $675,000 Goldman Sachs Paid Speech Transcripts Requests Evidence Lack of Credibility
(Feb. 7, 2016) — Hillary Clinton’s tendency to omit and obfuscate historical information has been an ongoing problem for her even more so now as the presumptive 2016 democratic nominee for president. In light of the latest debacle, the requests for the transcripts of her paid speeches with Goldman Sachs where she was paid $675,000 are not appearing to go away.
The speeches Clinton gave to Goldman Sachs, and in light of the amount of fees she was paid, have spawned questions about her ability to not beholden to Wall Street if she were to be elected president and in light of the heated debate over campaign finance reform.
The request for actual transcripts of what Clinton said during those talks at Goldman Sachs is indicative of the lack of credibility she has to be able to be taken at her word.
Creating personalized historical time-lines appear to be a tendency of Clinton’s as noted by Carl Bernstein, known for his investigative Watergate reporting leading to the downfall of former president Richard Nixon.
Bernstein’s investigative reporting of Nixon also involved the acquisition of transcripts of audio recordings made of Nixon’s conversations inside the White House.
“Hillary has never wanted anyone else to tell her story except herself,” Bernstein said in a 2007 interview with CNN when discussing his book on the former first lady “A Woman in Charge,” released that same year.
“The former first lady’s 2003 autobiography ‘Living History’ was full of ‘omissions (and) obfuscation,'” Bernstein told CNN.
During Thursday night’s New Hampshire one-on-one debate with her 2016 presidential bid opponent, Sen. Bernie Sanders, Clinton was asked by MSNBC moderator Chuck Todd if she would release the transcripts of her paid speeches.
“I will look into it,” Clinton said. “I don’t know the status, but I would surely look into it.”
Clinton has already begun digging a hole around herself related to the speeches by characterizing the talks as being little more than a discussion of “issues that had to do with world affairs.”
Meanwhile, the matter has not gone away.
Powerhouse investigative journalists have already committed to uncovering the truth behind Clinton’s Goldman Sachs paid speeches.
Lee Fang, a reporter for the “The Intercept” has previously written about the transcripts in his article released Thursday, “Hillary Clinton Won’t Say if She’ll Release Transcripts of Goldman Sachs Speeches.”
Fang said when he asked Clinton about the transcripts two weeks before Thursday’s debate she, “Simply laughed and turned away.”
It appears the issues is not going away for the former first lady where leading investigative journalists are right on her heals.
Given Clinton’s ongoing lack of credibility to be taken at her own word, it appears the only way this matter can be resolved is if she releases the transcripts.
