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berniepdx420

(1,784 posts)
Sat Apr 16, 2016, 04:10 PM Apr 2016

Hillary Clinton's top donors (since 1999):

This is who buys access....

1. Citigroup (bank)

2. Goldman Sachs (bank)

3. DLA Piper (corporate law firm)

4. JPMorgan Chase (bank)

5. EMILY's List (Democrat political action committee (PAC))

6. Morgan Stanley (bank)

7. Time Warner (corporation)

8. Skadden, Arps et al. (corporate law firm)

9. Lehman Brothers (bank)

10. Cablevision Systems (corporation)

11. University of California (university)

12. Kirkland & Ellis (corporate law firm)

13. Squire Patton Boggs (corporate law firm)

14. 21st Century Fox (corporation)

15. National Amusement (corporation)

16. Ernst & Young (corporate professional services firm)

17. Merrill Lynch (bank)

18. Credit Suisse Group (bank)

19. Corning (corporation)

20. Greenberg Traurig (corporate law firm)

multiple sources:

http://www.truth-out.org/speakout/item/32165-comparing-hillary-clinton-s-top-donors-to-bernie-sanders-top-donors

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2015/jul/07/facebook-posts/meme-says-hillary-clintons-top-donors-are-banks-an/

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/6/27/1397149/-None-of-Hillary-s-top-donors-are-unions-All-of-Bernie-s-are

https://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/contrib.php?cid=N00000019&cycle=Career

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Hillary Clinton's top donors (since 1999): (Original Post) berniepdx420 Apr 2016 OP
Source, pls? snot Apr 2016 #1
there ya go.. I added 4 sources to the OP berniepdx420 Apr 2016 #4
Thx! snot Apr 2016 #5
Yeah, but big banks give people money without any expectation of anything in return ALL THE TIME! Romulox Apr 2016 #2
PS: snot Apr 2016 #3
Now you do know that they contribute to many more candidates also. Right? nt Jitter65 Apr 2016 #6
your allegiance blinds you berniepdx420 Apr 2016 #7

snot

(10,529 posts)
3. PS:
Sat Apr 16, 2016, 04:16 PM
Apr 2016

I knew Greenberg Traurig as a firm that represented Bank of America (supposedly the target of the trove of Wikileaks info that Daniel Domscheit-Berg stole and never got around to publishing).

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