In 2015, the Clintons made $1 million in charitable contributions, mostly to the Clinton Foundation; former President Bill Clinton brought in almost $5.3 million in speaking fees; and the former secretary of state reported income of $3 million from publisher Simon & Schuster for her book on her tenure at the State Department.
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She mocked his plan to cut the tax rate business owners pay on personal income derived from their business to 15 percent as self-serving.
The Clintons have disclosed returns for every year dating back to 1977.
Democrat Hillary Clinton’s lead over Trump in national polls has widened in recent days, while a growing number of fellow Republicans have declared they won’t support him.
Yes, that’s disgraced former U.S. Rep. Mark Foley of Florida smiling behind the stage during the Republican presidential nominee’s rally in Florida. “What is he trying to hide?”, said Jennifer Palmieri.
It’s still unclear if Trump’s campaign knew Foley was at the rally and was right behind the presidential candidate.
That document gave only an estimate of Trump’s assets, liabilities and income.
Critics have suggested Mr Trump’s filings could contradict his claims about his net worth and his charitable contributions. Their effective state and local tax rate was 9%. The big losses were speaking fees, as Bill’s dropped from $9.7 million to $5.3 million.and Hillary’s speaking fees went from $10.5 million to $1.5 million.
Departing from 40 years of tradition for presidential candidates, Trump has so far refused to release any of his tax returns for public inspection. He did so for the previous 29 years, according to The Washington Post.
“There are no rules against showing your tax returns and just let people ask us questions about the items that are on there”, said Buffett.
Clinton’s campaign also released a list of 41 speeches that she delivered in 2013, with speaking fees ranging from 225,000 dollars to 400,000 dollars.
His sinking poll numbers are worrying some Republicans, but party boss Reince Priebus weighed in Friday to show his support.
“She’s totally controlled by her donors and her special interests and her lobbyists and she’ll do whatever they want and what they want is not necessarily good for Florida and our country, and I think we are going to do fantastically well in Florida”, Trump said.
Hillary Clinton has opened up commanding leads over Donald Trump in several critical battleground states, including North Carolina and Colorado, according to a new poll Friday.
He has tangled with party leaders, clashed with the parents of a fallen Muslim American Army captain and this week accused Clinton, a former secretary of state, and President Barack Obama of “founding” the Islamic State militant group.
“They are the lowest form of humanity”.
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67 percent said they feel the harsh language often used during this election season is unjustified.
