AGAINST ISIS. NOW BACK TO JESSE WATERS.
>> Jesse: WE COULDN’T TALK ABOUT
CORRUPTION IN WASHINGTON WITHOUT
MENTIONING BILL AND HILLARY
CLINTON.
I MEAN, NOBODY LOVES POWER AND
MONEY MORE THAN THESE PEOPLE.
THE DYNAMIC DUO, PERHAPS THE
MOST FAMOUSLY CROOKED COUPLE IN
THE UNITED STATES.
THEY MET WAY BACK IN 1971 AT
YALE LAW SCHOOL AND THE REST IS
HISTORY, LITERALLY.
THESE TWO HAVE MANAGED TO DO A
LOT IN THEIR 50 YEARS IN
POLITICS.
SOME GOOD, SOME BAD, BUT MOSTLY
UGLY.
TONIGHT, WE’RE GOING THROUGH IT
ALL, THE GREED, THE CORRUPTION,
THE ROTTEN TO THE CORE CLINTONS.
STARTING WITH ONE OF THEIR
BIGGEST CONTROVERSIES,
WHITEWATER.
STARTED BACK IN 1978 WHEN THE
CLINTONS PARTNERED WITH ANOTHER
COUPLE JAMES AND SUSAN MCDOUGAL.
TOGETHER THEY BORROWED MONEY
FROM THE BANK WITH A PLAN TO
TURN SOME ARKANSAS MOUNTAIN LAND
INTO A SPOT WITH VACATION HOMES.
BUT THE REAL ESTATE OPPORTUNITY
FLOPPED.
BILL AND HILLARY LOST A LOT OF
MONEY AND JIM MCDOUGAL WENT INTO
BANKING.
STARTED A SAVINGS AND LOAN
COMPANY CALLED MADISON
GUARANTEE.
THAT’S WHERE THE STORY GETS MORE
INTERESTING.
MADISON GUARANTEE ENDED UP BEING
A PRETTY SKETCHY BUSINESS.
MCDOUGAL USED IT TO DEFRAUD
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
THAT OPENED UP A FEDERAL
INVESTIGATION OF ALL MCDOUGAL’S
BUSINESS DEALINGS, WITH
WHITEWATER, BILL AND HILLARY AT
THE CENTER.
THE TIMING WASN’T GREAT FOR THE
CLINTONS.
THE INVESTIGATION BLEW UP IN
1994 WHILE BILL WAS IN THE WHITE
HOUSE.
KEY WITNESS ALLEGED THAT BILL
PRESSURED HIM INTO GIVING AN
ILLEGAL LOAN FOR THE WHITEWATER
DEAL.
ACCORDING TO FOX, OTHER
ALLEGATIONS SWIRLED ABOUT THE
CLINTONS AND MADISON, INCLUDING
CLAIMS THAT MCDOUGAL USED
MADISON FUNDS TO PAY OFF BILL’S
GUBERNATORIAL COSTS AND BILL
APPOINTED A FRIENDLY BANK
SOLICITOR TO PROTECT MCTKOUBGAL.
LOT OF SKETCHING SPENDY, LOTTED
OF CORRUPTION.
HERE’S BILL ON CBS IN 1997.
>> THIS THING’S BEEN GOING ON
FOR OVER THREE YEARS.
TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS HAVE
BEEN SPENT.
THERE HAVE BEEN, BY THE WAY, TWO
FEDERAL REPORTS BY INDEPENDENT
AGENCIES, SAYING THAT WHAT I
SAID AND WHAT MY WIFE SAID IN
THE VERY BEGINNING OF THIS WAS
TRUE.
THAT WE WERE NOT INVOLVED IN
RUNNING THE SAVINGS AND LOAN.
THAT WE LOST MONEY ON A REAL
ESTATE DEAL.
AND THAT THIS WHOLE INQUIRY IS
GOING AFTER TWO PEOPLE WHO LOST
MONEY ON A REAL ESTATE DEAL MADE
ALMOST 19 YEARS AGO NOW.
>> Jesse: THE THING ABOUT THE
CLINTONS IS THEY ALWAYS SEEM TO
WEASEL THEIR PAY OUT OF TROUBLE.
SO WHILE OTHER PEOPLE WENT TO
JAIL FOR THE FRAUD SCANDAL, THE
CLINTONS DIDN’T.
BILL KEPT RUNNING THE COUNTRY.
WHICH BRINGS ME TO THIS.
TRAVEL GATE.
IN 1993, NOT LONG AFTER BILL
TOOK OFFICE, HE FIRED A HANDFUL
OF LONG-TIME WHITE HOUSE
EMPLOYEES WORKING IN THE TRAVEL
OFFICE.
IT WAS A PRETTY QUESTIONABLE
DECISION, LIKE MOST THINGS THE
CLINTONS DO, THERE’S AN ULTERIOR
MOTIVE.
TURNS OUT BILL AND HILLARY
WANTED TO MAKE ROOM FOR THEIR
BUDDIES.
YOU KNOW, TAKE THE CRONIES FROM
LITTLE ROCK AND MOVE THEM TO
D.C.
THAT RAISED SOME ETHICS CONCERNS
AND DIDN’T SIT WELL WITH
AMERICA.
THE NEW YORK TIMES REPORTED BACK
IN 1993 THAT OVER THE COURSE OF
SEVERAL EMBARRASSING DAYS, THE
WHITE HOUSE WAS FORCED TO
RETREAT, REHIRE FIVE OF THE
SEVEN INVESTIGATES.
MOST OF THE FIRED EMPLOYEES GOT
THEIR JOBS BACK AND ALL IS WELL.
BUT NOT REALLY.
BILL’S TIME IN THE WHITE HOUSE
WAS JUST THE START OF THE
CLINTON CORRUPTION.
ENTER THE CLINTON FOUNDATION,
THE MOTHER OF ALL MONEY SCHEMES.
THEY ESTABLISHED THE NONPROFIT
IN THE ’90S WITH THE GOAL OF
HELPING OTHERS.
AT LEAST THAT’S WHAT THEY TOLD
US.
THAT DOESN’T REALLY ALWAYS LOOK
THAT WAY.
BACK IN 2015, THE FEDERALIST
REPORTED THAT BETWEEN THE YEARS
OF 2011 AND 2013, THE CLINTON
FOUNDATION SPENT LESS THAN 10%
OF ITS BUDGET ON CHARITIES.
THAT’S ODD.
SO WE HAVE TO WONDER, WHERE IN
THE WORLD DID THE REST OF THE
CASH GO?
WELL, I’D LIKE TO POINT OUT WHAT
FOX ONCE REPORTED.
AT LEAST 181 COMPANIES,
INDIVIDUALS AND FOREIGN
GOVERNMENTS THAT HAVE GIVE TON
THE CLINTON FOUNDATION ALSO
LOBBIED THE STATE DEPARTMENT
WHEN HILLARY RAN THE PLACE.
HMM.
IT SOUNDS LIKE THE SO-CALLED
CHARITY WAS DOUBLE TIMING AS THE
CLINTON SLUSH FUND.
AND THIS WASN’T THE ONLY TIME
BILL AND CROOKED WERE ACCUSED OF
USING THEIR POLITICAL STATURE TO
MAKE MONEY.
IN THE BOOK "CLINTON CASH" PETER
SCHWEITZER WRITES THIS.
OF THE 13 BILL CLINTON SPEECHES
THAT FETCHED HALF MILLION OR
MORE, ONLY TWO OCCURRED DURING
THE YEARS HIS WIFE WAS NOT
SECRETARY OF STATE.
SOUNDS A LITTLE ODD, RIGHT?
THAT’S A LOT OF MONEY FOR A
SPEECH.
WE CAN’T IGNORE THE TIMING.
THESE BIG PAYOUTS MOSTLY
OCCURRED WHILE HILLARY WAS
SECRETARY OF STATE.
ALMOST MAKES YOU WONDER WHAT WAS
REALLY HAPPENING BEHIND THE
SCENES.
I’M NOT THE ONLY ONES ASKING
QUESTIONS.
THE PRICEY SPEECHES HAVE BEEN
RAISING EYEBROWS FOR AWHILE.
HILLARY TRIED TO EXPLAIN IT BACK
IN 2014.
>> IT’S BEEN REPORTED YOU MADE
$5 MILLION MAKING SPEECHES.
THE PRESIDENT MADE MORE THAN
$100 MILLION?
>> WELL, IF YOU -- YOU HAVE TO
REASON TO REMEMBER, BUT WE CAME
OUT OF THE WHITE HOUSE NOT ONLY
DEAD BROKE, BUT IN DEBT.
BILL HAS WORKED REALLY HARD.
IT’S BEEN AMAZING TO ME.
>> DO YOU THINK AMERICAN WILL
UNDERSTAND FIVE TIMES THE MEDIAN
INCOME IN THIS COUNTRY FOR ONE
SPEECH?
>> WELSH LET ME PUT IT THIS WAY.
I THOUGHT MAKING SPEECHES FOR
MONEY WAS A MUCH BETTER THING
THAN GETTING CONNECTED WITH ANY
ONE GROUP OR COMPANY, AS SO MANY
PEOPLE WHO LEAVE PUBLIC LIFE DO.
>> Jesse: NOBODY’S BUYING THAT.
THE CLINTONS HAVE BEEN AND
ALWAYS WILL BE ALL ABOUT THE
MONEY.
AND THEY DON’T CARE HOW THEY GET
IT, EVEN IF IT MEANS SELLING OUT
THE COUNTRY.
ERIC EGERS WAS THE LEAD
INVESTIGATOR FOR CLINTON CASH.
I DIDN’T EVEN REMEMBER THAT.
$100 MILLION FOR SPEAKING
ENGAGEMENTS?
THAT IS AN ASTOUNDING AMOUNT OF
MONEY.
AND WHILE HIS WIFE WAS SECRETARY
OF STATE.
LOT OF THAT HAD TO HAVE BEEN
OVERSEAS, RIGHT?
>> IT WAS ALMOST ENTIRELY
OVERSEAS, JESSE.
THAT’S SUCH A GREAT POINT.
AND YOU MENTIONED THE FACT THAT
11 OF THE 13 SPEECHES THAT PAID
BILL CLINTON OVER HALF A MILLION
DOLLARS OCCURRED WHILE HILLARY
CLINTON WAS SECRETARY OF STATE.
PUT IT ANOTHER WAY.
BILL CLINTON LEAVES OFFICE AND
FOR EIGHT YEARS IS ONLY OFFERED
TWO SPEECHES FOR HALF MILLION
DOLLARS.
THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, BILL
CLINTON RAISES HIS PRICES AND
LOW AND BEHOLD THE INTERNATIONAL
INTEREST IN WHAT BILL CLINTON
HAS TO SAY SPIKES DRAMATICALLY,
AT THE SAME TIME HILLARY IS
SECRETARY OF STATE AND AS WE
REPORTED, OTHER PEOPLE REPORTED,
IS ABSOLUTELY AN OVERLAP WITH
THESE INTERNATIONAL PEOPLE THAT
HAD BUSINESS BEFORE THE STATE
DEPARTMENT.
DON’T FORGET IN 2010, BILL
CLINTON WAS PAID HALF MILLION
DOLLARS BY RUSSIAN BANKS BECAUSE
AT THE SAME TIME 20% OF U.S.
URANIUM WERE BEING TRANSFERRED
TO VLADAMIR PUTIN, OF ALL
PEOPLE, AT THE SAME TIME MONEY
WAS GOING TO THE CLINTON FOUND
EIGHT.
THERE’S ALWAYS BEEN AN
INTERMINGLING OF INTERESTS, AND
NONE OF IT LOOKS GOOD.
>> Jesse: TELL US ABOUT THE
CLINTON FOUNDATION.
IT WAS FLYING HIGH FOR AWHILE.
I MEAN, EPSTEIN WAS ON THE JETS.
BILL WAS GOING TO AFRICA WITH
HOLLYWOOD CELEBRITIES.
THE MONEY WAS POURING IN.
SAUDI ARABIA, ALL OVER THE
PLACE.
THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN WHAT
HAPPENED?
THE MONEY DRIED UP.
WHY WAS THAT?
>> WELL, I THINK IT HAS
SOMETHING TO DO WITH HILLARY’S
PRESIDENTIAL LOSS IN 2016.
>> Jesse: RIGHT.
>> THEY WENT FROM RAISING OVER
$60 MILLION IN THAT YEAR TO NOW
AS AXIOS REPORTED, DONATIONS ARE
DOWN 75%.
SO OBVIOUSLY, TO YOUR POINT, THE
BUSINESS MODEL FOR THE CLINTONS
HAS ALWAYS WORKED ON PROXIMITY
TO POWER.
WHEN THEY DON’T HAVE IT, NO ONE
WANTS TO TALK TO THEM OR GIVE
THEM MONEY.
IT’S ONE OF THE REASONS THEY
CAME OUT AND SAID ALL OF A
SUDDEN WE’RE OFFERING LEADERSHIP
CLASSES THROUGH MASTER CLASS.
THE CLINTONS MAY NOT BE BROKE
BUT THEY DON’T HAVE THE MONEY
FROM THE CLINTON SLUSH FUND SO
THEY’RE COURSE CORRECTING.
>> Jesse: HOW MUCH NOW AT THIS
POINT CAN HILLARY AND BILL MAKE
IN THE SPEAKING CIRCUIT?
BECAUSE SHE’S DISGRACED, TO A
CERTAIN EXTENT.
SHE LOST THE ELECTION, BUT SHE’S
DISGRACED IN THE SENSE THAT, YOU
KNOW, SHE’S INVOLVED IN THIS
RUSSIA HOAX.
I DON’T THINK THAT MATTERS TO
MANY LEFTISTS WHO ARE WILLING TO
PONY UP MONEY TO HEAR HER
CROOKED TALK.
YOU HAVE BILL CLINTON FIGURED
FOR BEING ON EPSTEIN ISLAND
RUNNING AROUND IN THESE JETS.
ARE PEOPLE STILL WILLING TO PAY
THESE PEOPLE?
>> UNFORTUNATELY, I THINK
ABSOLUTELY.
IT’S FUNNY, JESSE.
YOU’RE HAVING THIS SPECIAL WHERE
YOU LOOK AT POLITICAL FAMILIES
ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
KIND OF LIKE IN SCHOOL WHEN
EVERYONE WOULD GET A DIFFERENT
NATIONAL PARK.
I GET TO TALK ABOUT YELLOWSTONE.
CLINTONS ARE THE YELLOWSTONE OF
POLITICAL CORRUPTION.
LIKE OLD FAITHFUL, IT IS
CONSISTENT AND HAS PROVEN TO
ATTRACT PAYING CUSTOMERS FROM
AROUND THE WORLD.
CLINTONS WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE
SPEAKING -- REMEMBER, HILLARY
THINKS THE ELECTION WAS STOLEN
FROM HER.
YOU’LL HAVE LOTS OF PEOPLE WHO
WANT TO HEAR THAT STORY.
BILL WILL ALWAYS HAVE TALES TO
SELL INTERNATIONALLY.
>> Jesse: ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU SHARING