List of Hillary Clinton controversies
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Over the years, Hillary Rodham Clinton has been involved in various controversies.[1][2][3][4] These have ranged in seriousness from allegations of legal, financial, or ethical wrongdoing, to episodes in the American culture wars, to misstatements that attracted media attention. This article aims to be a complete list of those notable controversies, and no controversy is listed here without a link to a longer treatment of that controversy elsewhere at Wikipedia.
The following list is chronological by the earliest known date of each controversy. No charges have been brought against her in relation to these incidents.[1][2][3][4]
List[edit]
- 1978: Whitewater (began with an investigation into a failed real estate investment[5]);
- 1978: Cattle futures ($1,000 investment generated nearly $100,000 leading to questions about possible impropriety in 1994[6]);
- 1980: Adoption of the Clinton last name (she stopped using "Rodham" as a last name to avoid offending some Arkansas voters[7]);
- 1993: Alleged suppression of Wellesley thesis (the White House requested that Wellesley not release it[8]);
- 1993: White House travel office controversy (critics said the firings allowed friends of the Clintons to take over the travel business[9]);
- 1993: Suicide of Vince Foster (her relationship with Foster allegedly somehow contributed to his suicide[10][11]);
- 1993: White House FBI files controversy (Clinton allegedly read FBI files for political purposes but her fingerprints were not found on files[12]);
- 1993: Health care plan (her role in secret proceedings of a task force sparked litigation[13]);
- 1996: Role in campaign finance controversy (she allegedly gave rides on a government plane in return for campaign cash[14]);
- 1996: "It Takes a Village" ghostwriter (criticized for not giving credit to ghostwriter who allegedly wrote most of the book[15]);
- 1998: "Vast right-wing conspiracy" (conspiracy theory referenced by her in 1998 and as recently as 2016[16]);
- 1999: Kissing Suha Arafat (kissed Mrs. Arafat after her speech claiming Israel used poison against Palestinians[17]);
- 2000: Hollywood fundraiser (Clinton's campaign fined for under-reporting funds raised for her by a convicted drug dealer[18]);
- 2001: Hasidic pardons (soon after her Senate election, the Clintons met with New York supporters seeking clemency for their neighbors, which they received[19]);
- 2007: Speech patterns (adopted a southern drawl when speaking to southern black audiences[20]);
- 2007: Norman Hsu (Clinton took bundled contributions from Hsu despite warnings about his criminal activity[21]);
- 2011: Libya intervention (she testified to Congress that congressional authorization for military action is not needed[22]);
- 2012: Benghazi attack (Clinton took responsibility for security lapses at consulate where fatalities occurred[23]);
- 2015: Email controversy (exclusively used her family's private email server for official State Department communications[24]).
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Graham, David. "From Whitewater to Benghazi: A Clinton-Scandal Primer", The Atlantic (June 2016).
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Berger, Sarah. "Hillary Clinton Scandals: 5 Times The Politician Got Caught Up In Controversy", International Business Times (October 13, 2015).
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "The scandals and gaffes that will haunt Hillary Clinton's 2016 campaign", Agence France-Presse via The Telegraph (April 13, 2015).
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Chozik, Amy. "'90s Scandals Threaten to Erode Hillary Clinton’s Strength With Women", New York Times (January 20, 2016).
- ↑ Clinton, Hillary. Living History. Simon & Schuster, 2003. ISBN 0-7432-2224-5. pp. 86–88.
- ↑ Bernstein, Carl (2007). A Woman in Charge: The Life of Hillary Rodham Clinton. Knopf. ISBN 0-375-40766-9. Search this book on
pp. 134–138.
- ↑ Morris, Roger (1996). Partners in Power: The Clintons and Their America. New York: Henry Holt. p. 282. ISBN 0-8050-2804-8. Search this book on
- ↑ Dedman, Bill, "Reading Hillary Rodham's hidden thesis", msnbc.com, March 2, 2007. Accessed March 3, 2007.
- ↑ Locy, Toni. "For White House Travel Office, a Two-Year Trip of Trouble", The Washington Post, February 27, 1995. Retrieved June 17, 2007.
- ↑ Book reveals Hillary's 'passionate affair' BBC News August 4, 1999
- ↑ Kessler, Ronald. The First Family Detail: Secret Service Agents Reveal the Hidden Lives of the Presidents, pp. 21–22 (Crown Publishing Group, 2014): "investigation had concluded that Hillary's rage had led to her friend's suicide."
- ↑ Johnston, David. " Tests Find No Proof First Lady or Top Aides Touched F.B.I. Files", The New York Times, November 3, 1996. Accessed July 15, 2007.
- ↑ Drew, Elizabeth. On the Edge: The Clinton Presidency, p. 192 (Simon and Schuster, 1995).
- ↑ Frieden, Terry. "Ex-Ron Brown Partner Claims Clintons Backed 'Sale' Of Trade Seats", CNN (March 23, 1998).
- ↑ Thomas, Bill. "Ghostly fees for Hillary's scribes?", Baltimore Sun (January 4, 2001).
- ↑ Condon, Stephanie (February 3, 2016). "Hillary Clinton: The vast, right-wing conspiracy" is "even better funded" now". CBS News. Retrieved February 5, 2016.
- ↑ Lueck, Thomas. "Mrs. Clinton Explains Kiss In Middle East", New York Times (July 14, 2000).
- ↑ "Sen. Clinton fundraising group fined over Hollywood gala". CNN.com. 2006-01-05. Archived from the original on January 11, 2006.
- ↑ Russakoff, Dale. "Clinton Cleared in New Square Pardon Case", Washington Post (June 21,2002).
- ↑ "Clinton Says Her Southern Twang a Virtue", Washington Post (April 27, 2007).
- ↑ Meek, James; McAuliff, Michael (2007-09-12). "Team Clinton can't explain ignoring warnings". Daily News. New York. Retrieved 2007-09-12.
- ↑ "Congress members grill administration officials on Libya mission". CNN. March 31, 2011.
- ↑ Rubin, Jennifer (May 21, 2013). "Clinton's role in the Benghazi fiasco and blame-shifting". The Washington Post.
- ↑ Helderman, Rosalind and Hamburger, Tom. "State Dept. inspector general report sharply criticizes Clinton's email practices", Washington Post (May 25, 2016).
External links[edit]
- "21 most consequential Clinton scandals, ranked from most important", Washington Times (October 12, 2015) (opinion piece)
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