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In 1978 and 1979, lawyer and First Lady of Arkansas Hillary Rodham Clinton engaged in a series of trades of cattle futures contracts.Her initial $1,000 investment had generated nearly $100,000 (equivalent to $419,807.43 in 2023), [1] when she stopped trading after ten months.
Media pressure continued to build, and on April 22, 1994, Hillary Clinton gave an unusual press conference under a portrait of Abraham Lincoln in the State Dining Room of the White House, to address questions on both Whitewater and the cattle futures controversy; it was broadcast live on several networks. In it, she claimed that the Clintons ...
In March 1994, newspaper reports revealed that Clinton had earned spectacular profits from cattle futures trading in 1978–79. [71] The press made allegations that Clinton had engaged in a conflict of interest and disguised a bribery.
Clinton's Wednesday announcement that she opposes the Trans-Pacific Partnership prompted an immediate response from several of her Democratic rivals in the presidential race. "Wow! That's a reversal!"
Another scandal that arose was the Hillary Clinton cattle futures controversy, which related to cattle futures trading Clinton had made in 1978 and 1979. [164] Some in the press had alleged that Clinton had engaged in a conflict of interest and disguised a bribery.
United States Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) recently disclosed $250,000 in futures trading in wheat, corn, soy and cattle. On Aug. 14, Tuberville — who sits on the Senate Committee on ...
Veteran political adviser Philippe Reines joined others in criticizing the modern Democratic Party after recent election losses, saying it has been taken “hostage” by the far left. “The ...
In 1979, Rodham continued engaged in the trading of cattle futures contracts, something she had begun the previous year. [13] An initial $1,000 investment generated nearly $100,000 when she stopped trading after ten months. [ 14 ]