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  1. Origins

  2. Synopsis

  3. Publication

      Clinton campaign reaction  

  4. Commercial reception

  5. Critical reaction and actions taken

  6. Film adaptation

  7. Graphic novel adaptation

  8. See also

  9. References

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Clinton Cash: The Untold Story of How and Why Foreign Governments and Businesses Helped Make Bill and Hillary Rich is a 2015 New York Times bestselling book by Peter Schweizer in which he investigates donations made to the Clinton Foundation by foreign entities, paid speeches made by Bill and Hillary Clinton, and the state of the Clintons' finances since leaving the White House in 2001. It was published by Broadside Books, a division of HarperCollins and was adapted into both a film and a graphic novel.

Origins

Schweizer wrote the book using researchers from the Government Accountability Institute (GAI). The Mercer Family Foundation funded the $2.6 million cost of producing the book with a $1.7 million contribution to the Institute in 2015,[1][2] which was more than GAI's entire budget for the previous year.[3]

Synopsis

Clinton Cash is an investigation of the foreign benefactors of Bill and Hillary Clinton and the Clinton Foundation.[4] It investigates alleged connections between Clinton Foundation donors and Hillary Clinton’s work at the State Department.[5]

The book argues that the Clinton family accepted lavish donations and speaking fees from foreign donors at times when the State Department was considering whether to award large contracts to groups and people affiliated with those donors.[6] One of those donors include Mohammed Hussein Al Amoudi, an Ethiopian and Saudi Arabian billionaire businessman.

The book has eleven chapters. Some chapters focus on particular transactions or deals, such as the creation of UrAsia Energy and Uranium One in Kazakhstan, and the connection shareholders had and have to the Clintons. Other chapters focus on a broader set of relationships, particularly with regard to Bill Clinton’s paid speeches during the years Hillary Clinton served as Secretary of State, and whether those paying for his speeches had significant business before the State Department.[6] Schweizer dubs the Clintons' blend of government service and private remuneration the “Clinton blur.” [7]

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Publication

The New York Times, The Washington Post and Fox News were granted exclusive agreements with the book's author to pursue the story lines found in the book.[8] The Times faced considerable criticism for this arrangement from both its readers and from other media outlets.[8] The paper's own public editor, Margaret Sullivan, said the arrangement was "troubling" and lacked transparency.[8] Salon wrote that Schweizer was not a responsible journalist and that the arrangement showed that right-wing forces were luring the mainstream press into giving attention to gossip and innuendo much as they had during various supposed Clinton controversies of the 1990s.[9] In addition, Media Matters criticized these two newspapers for failing to report in a timely fashion on inaccuracies that had been discovered in the book.[10]

Clinton campaign reaction

The day the book was published, Hillary Clinton's campaign set up a portal called "The Briefing" on its official website. The Briefing is designed to rebut the allegations made in Schweizer's book. Clinton's campaign manager, John Podesta, wrote: "The book has zero evidence to back up its outlandish claims... While we will not be consumed by these kinds of attacks, we will also not let them go unchallenged."[11] Various spokespeople for Hillary and Bill Clinton disputed the book's allegations,[12] e.g. concerning the charges that Clinton was paid for speeches by Irish billionaire Denis O'Brien of Digicel in exchange for help in securing telecommunications contracts in Haiti in 2010.[13]

Commercial reception

Clinton Cash debuted at number two on the New York Times Best Seller list. In its first week it sold 31,000 copies and was also second on the Nielsen BookScan ranking for adult nonfiction.[14] The book stayed on the New York Times Best Seller list for hardcover non-fiction for five weeks.[15]

A paperback edition of the book released in 2016 made the relevant Times best seller list as well.[16] According to Fred Barnes of The Weekly Standard, the book sold approximately 200,000 copies, in hardcover and paperback as of July 2016.[17]

Critical reaction and actions taken

Writing for The Washington Post, academic and political activist Lawrence Lessig wrote "On any fair reading, the pattern of behavior that Schweizer has charged is corruption."[18] James Freeman reviewed the book for The Wall Street Journal, writing that "Almost every page of the fascinating Clinton Cash... will be excruciating reading for partisans on both sides of the aisle".[19]

Ed Pilkington, writing for The Guardian, reported that it was factually correct that "large donations to the foundation from the chairman of Uranium One, Ian Telfer, at around the time of the Russian purchase of the company and while Hillary Clinton was secretary of state, were never disclosed to the public. The multimillion dollar sums were channeled through a subsidiary of the Clinton Foundation, CGSCI, which did not reveal its individual donors."[23] Following publication and in reaction to areas where it said improvements were warranted, the Clinton Foundation said it would put into place some new procedures for better financial reporting and that it would limit some kinds of foreign donations. Pilkington assessed those claims made by the Clinton Foundation as unlikely to put the matter to rest: "But with Bill refusing doggedly to give up his speaker engagements – 'I gotta pay our bills' – and foreign corporations and super-rich individuals still able to donate to the family charity, it looks like this controversy may run and run."[23]

Pilkington also described the book as "an unrestrained attack on the former president and first lady." Pilkington notes that some of the claims in the book have been proven factually inaccurate. According to Pilkington, Schweizer does not prove corruption on the part of the Clintons, but "one of his main contentions – that the former president’s rates skyrocketed after his wife became secretary of state – is correct... pointing to several glaring conflicts of interest."[20]

Several weeks after the book's initial publication, HarperCollins and the author made some corrections to the Kindle edition of the book. Schweizer corrected "seven or eight" passages that were revealed to be inaccurate after the book was released.[5] FactCheck.org found Schweizer's assertion that Clinton, as Secretary of State, could have stopped Russia from buying a company with extensive uranium mining operations in the U.S. to be false, due to Obama's decision on it.[21] PolitiFact found the assertion that Clinton changed her views on a nuclear deal with India in response to donations to her family's foundation to be false.[22]

Film adaptation

In May 2016, a film adaptation of the book, funded by co-founder of Government Accountability Institute and Breitbart News executive chairman Steve Bannon (CEO of the Donald Trump presidential campaign, 2016), was screened at the Cannes Film Festival.[23][24]

Time magazine reported that conservatives were not the intended audience for the film adaptation of the book: "Environmentalists. Anti-nuke activists. Gay-rights advocates. Good-government folks. They’re all going to find themselves increasingly uncomfortable over claims that the likely Democratic nominee, in the film’s words, takes cash from the “darkest, worst corners of the world.”[25]

The film's U.S. premiere was scheduled for July 24, 2016 in Philadelphia (prior to the 2016 Democratic National Convention there) and the film had a limited release in four other major U.S. cities in early August.[23][24]

Graphic novel adaptation

A graphic novel adaptation of the book, written by Chuck Dixon and illustrated by Brett R. Smith, was released by Regnery Publishing on August 8, 2016.[26][27]

In late summer 2016 this graphic adaptation placed itself atop the Times best seller list for the Hardcover Graphic format.[28]

See also

  • Clinton Foundation–State Department controversy
  • Dark Money
  • Uranium One controversy

References

1. ^{{cite web|last=Mider|first=Zachary|url= https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-01-18/-clinton-cash-book-got-most-of-its-funding-from-hedge-fund-star |title=‘Clinton Cash’ Book Got Most of Its Funding From One Hedge Fund Star|newspaper=Bloomberg|date=January 18, 2017|accessdate=August 3, 2018}}
2. ^{{cite web|last=Hoffman|first=Andy|url= https://www.investopedia.com/news/trump-donor-robert-mercer-funded-book-clinton-cash-dealings/ |title=Trump Donor Robert Mercer Funded Book on Clinton Cash Dealings|newspaper=Investopedia|date=January 19, 2017|accessdate=August 3, 2018}}
3. ^{{cite web|last=Mayer|first=Jane|url= https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/03/27/the-reclusive-hedge-fund-tycoon-behind-the-trump-presidency |title=‘The Reclusive Hedge-Fund Tycoon Behind the Trump Presidency|newspaper=The New Yorker|date=March 27, 2017|accessdate=August 3, 2018}}
4. ^{{cite news|last1=Becker|first1=Jo|last2=McIntire|first2=Mike|title=Cash Flowed to Clinton Foundation Amid Russian Uranium Deal|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/24/us/cash-flowed-to-clinton-foundation-as-russians-pressed-for-control-of-uranium-company.html|accessdate=28 August 2015|newspaper=The New York Times|date=April 23, 2015}}
5. ^{{cite news|last1=Karni|first1=Annie|title='Clinton Cash' publisher corrects '7 or 8' inaccurate passages|url=http://www.politico.com/story/2015/05/clinton-cash-publisher-corrects-7-or-8-inaccurate-passages-117946|accessdate=28 August 2015|publisher=Politico|date=May 14, 2015}}
6. ^{{cite news|last1=Wofford|first1=Taylor|title=Everything You Need to Know About 'Clinton Cash'|url=http://www.newsweek.com/everything-you-need-know-about-clinton-cash-327694|accessdate=28 August 2015|publisher=Newsweek|date=May 1, 2015}}
7. ^{{cite news|last1=Green|first1=Joshua|last2=Epstein|first2=Jennifer|title=Author Alleges Bill Clinton Just Quit Education Company Because of 'Clinton Cash'|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-04-25/author-alleges-bill-clinton-just-quit-education-company-because-of-clinton-cash-|accessdate=28 August 2015|publisher=Bloomberg|date=April 25, 2015}}
8. ^{{cite news|last1=Sullivan|first1=Margaret|title=An ‘Exclusive’ Arrangement on a Clinton Book, and Many Questions|url=http://publiceditor.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/04/23/an-exclusive-arrangement-on-a-clinton-book-and-many-questions/?_r=0|accessdate=28 August 2015|newspaper=The New York Times|date=April 23, 2015}}
9. ^{{cite news |title=The right’s new Clinton obsession just went mainstream: How a sketchy Hillary "exposé" hooked the New York Times |work=Salon |date=April 21, 2015 |url=https://www.salon.com/2015/04/21/inside_the_rights_new_clinton_cash_obsession_the_sketchy_new_hillary_expose_that_hooked_the_new_york_times/ }}
10. ^{{cite web|url=http://mediamatters.org/blog/2015/05/01/after-forming-clinton-cash-exclusives-ny-times/203492|title=After Forming Clinton Cash "Exclusives," NY Times, Washington Post Fail To Report On Book's Errors|date=30 April 2015|publisher=}}
11. ^Haberman, Maggie. "[https://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2015/05/04/clinton-team-bolsters-its-defense-ahead-of-negative-books-release/ Clinton Team Bolsters Its Defense Ahead of Negative Book’s Release]", The New York Times, May 4, 2015. Accessed: May 6, 2015.
12. ^{{cite news|last1=Stanton|first1=John|title=Spokesman Disputes Book: Bill Clinton Not Paid For Series Of Speeches|url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/johnstanton/spokesman-bill-clinton-was-not-paid-for-speeches-book-says-h#.sypZZdWmv2|accessdate=1 April 2016|publisher=buzzfeed.com|date=April 28, 2015}}
13. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/johnstanton/spokesman-bill-clinton-was-not-paid-for-speeches-book-says-h#.nyXB0X8mD|title='Spokesman Disputes Book: Bill Clinton Not Paid For Series Of Speeches|date=April 28, 2015|publisher=buzzfeed.com}}
14. ^{{cite web|last=Milliot |first=Jim |url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/66640-clinton-cash-selfish-hit-the-list.html |title='Clinton Cash,' 'Selfish' Hit the List |website=Publishersweekly.com |date=2015-05-15 |accessdate=2016-09-11}}
15. ^{{cite news|last1=Paul|first1=Pamela|title=Hardcover Nonfiction Books - Best Sellers - June 21, 2015 - The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/2015/06/21/hardcover-nonfiction/?action=click&contentCollection=Books|accessdate=7 October 2016|work=The New York Times Book Review|publisher=The New York Times Company|date=21 June 2015|quote=5 WEEKS ON THE LIST: CLINTON CASH by Peter Schweizer. Harper/HarperCollins. An examination of donations made to the Clinton Foundation by foreign entities.}}
16. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/paperback-nonfiction/?_r%3D0 |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2016-06-14 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6iGXZr0Zt?url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/paperback-nonfiction/?_r=0 |archivedate=2016-06-14 |df= }}
17. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.weeklystandard.com/hillary-and-bill-clintons-story-of-money-grubbing-and-sleaze/article/2003412|title=Hillary and Bill Clinton's Story of Money-Grubbing and Sleaze|date=21 July 2016|publisher=}}
18. ^{{cite news|last1=Lessig|first1=Lawrence|title=Democrats embrace the logic of 'Citizens United'|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-clintons-citizens-united-and-21st-century-corruption/2015/05/08/7f11a0d6-f57b-11e4-b2f3-af5479e6bbdd_story.html|accessdate=28 August 2015|work=The Washington Post|date=May 8, 2015}}
19. ^{{cite news|last1=Freeman|first1=James|title=There’s Money to Be Made |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/book-review-clinton-cash-by-peter-schweizer-1430952794|accessdate=28 August 2015|newspaper=Wall Street Journal|date=May 6, 2015}}
20. ^{{cite news|last1=Pilkington|first1=Ed |title=Clinton Cash: errors dog Bill and Hillary exposé – but is there any 'there' there?|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/may/05/clinton-cash-bill-hillary-scandal-book|accessdate=28 August 2015|work=The Guardian|date=May 5, 2015}}
21. ^{{cite news|last1=Kiely|first1=Eugene |title='No ‘Veto Power’ for Clinton on Uranium Deal |url=http://www.factcheck.org/2015/04/no-veto-power-for-clinton-on-uranium-deal/|publisher=FactCheck.org|date=April 28, 2015 |accessdate=1 April 2016}}
22. ^{{cite news|last1=Carroll|first1=Lauren|title='Clinton Cash' author: Hillary Clinton changed positions on India nuclear deal |url=http://www.politifact.com/punditfact/statements/2015/may/06/peter-schweizer/clinton-cash-author-hillary-changed-positions-indi/|accessdate=1 April 2016|publisher=PunditFact |work=Tampa Bay Times|date=May 6, 2015}}
23. ^Joshua Green, [https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2016-04-28/clinton-cash-has-been-made-into-a-movie 'Clinton Cash' Has Been Made Into a Movie], Bloomberg Politics (April 28, 2016).
24. ^[https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/may/12/clinton-cash-film-hillary-foundation-finances Clinton Cash film aims to cause likely Democratic nominee maximum damage], The Guardian (May 12, 2016).
25. ^{{cite web|last1=Elliott|first1=Philip|title=Clinton Cash: A Scathing Film Aimed at Persuading Liberals|url=http://time.com/4328254/clinton-cash-movie-hillary-clinton-peter-schweizer-breitbart/|website=TIME.com|publisher=Time Magazine|accessdate=7 October 2016|location=New York|date=12 May 2016}}
26. ^{{cite news|last1=Harper|first1=Jennifer|title=Bill and Hillary: The graphic novel|publisher=The Washington Times|url=http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/jul/24/bill-hillary-clinton-featured-in-graphic-novel/|accessdate=5 August 2016|date=24 July 2016}}
27. ^{{ISBN|978-1-62157-545-0}}
28. ^[https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/hardcover-graphic-books/?_r=0] {{dead link|date=September 2016}}

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