• Essay

    Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton scandals, ranked from most important – Washington Times

    9 years ago

    ANALYSIS/OPINION:

    1. Monica Lewinsky: Led to only the second president in American history to be impeached.

    2.  Benghazi: Four Americans killed, an entire system of weak diplomatic security uncloaked, and the credibility of a president and his secretary of state damaged.

    3.  Asia fundraising scandal: More than four dozen convicted in a scandal that made the Lincoln bedroom, White House donor coffees and Buddhist monks infamous.


    PHOTOS: The most consequential Clinton scandals — in order


    4. Hillary’s private emails: Hundreds of national secrets already leaked through private email and the specter of a criminal probe looming large. 5. Whitewater: A large S&L failed and several people went to prison. 6. Travelgate: The firing of the career travel office was the very first crony capitalism scandal of the Clinton era.

    7. Humagate: An aide’s sweetheart job arrangement.

    8. Pardongate: The first time donations were ever connected as possible motives for presidential pardons.

    9. Foundation favors: Revealing evidence that the Clinton Foundation was a pay-to-play back door to the State Department, and an open checkbook for foreigners to curry favor.

    10. Mysterious files: The disappearance and re-discovery of Hillary’s Rose Law Firm records.

    11. Filegate: The Clinton use of FBI files to dig for dirt on their enemies.

    12. Hubble trouble: The resignation and imprisonment of Hillary law partner Web Hubbell.

    13. The Waco tragedy: One of the most lethal exercises of police power in American history.

    14. The Clinton’s Swedish slush fund: $26 million collected overseas with little accountability and lots of questions about whether contributors got a pass on Iran sanctions.

    15. Troopergate: From the good old days, did Arkansas state troopers facilitate Bill Clinton’s philandering?

    16. Gennifer Flowers: The tale that catapulted a supermarket tabloid into the big time.

    17. Bill’s Golden Tongue: His and her speech fees shocked the American public.

    18. Boeing Bucks: Boeing contributed big-time to Bill; Hillary helped the company obtain a profitable Russian contract.

    19. Larry Lawrence: How did a fat cat donor get buried in Arlington National Cemetery without war experience?

    20. The cattle futures: Hillary as commodity trader extraordinaire.

    21. Chinagate: Nuclear secrets go to China on her husband’s watch.

     

    Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton scandals, ranked from most important – Washington Times.