The presidential race in America has reached the finish line and the attention of millions of people is riveted to the two main applicants for the post of chief democrat of the whole world. Hillary Clinton is the main candidate from the US Democratic Party. Moreover, her name often appears in the press not only in connection with the elections, but also next to such headlines as “scandal” and “accusation”.
Here are the top 5 most famous scandals associated with the US presidential candidate in the 2016 election - Hillary Clinton.
5. Relations with leaders of regimes that violate human rights
Over the years, the Clinton Foundation has received tens of millions of dollars from countries with a terrible attitude towards women, gays, and religious minorities. Often these countries pursued policies that directly contradict the stated goals of the Fund, such as promoting gender equality and LGBT rights.
Prince Salman, the successor to the throne of Bahrain, is the Clinton Foundation’s mega donor. In 2005, he donated $ 32 million to charity. Mrs. Clinton was Secretary of State at this time. This coincided with the fact that the US Department of State authorized the supply of arms to Bahrain.
Such transactions have taken place more than once. An IBTimes study earlier this year found strong links between Saudi donations to the Clinton Foundation and the multi-million dollar arms contracts signed by Hillary herself.
4. Negligent handling of classified documents
One of the requirements for the Secretary of State is the ability to work with classified information. During her time at the State Department, Hillary not only sent and received confidential documents by email, she may have sent them directly to hackers.
Secretary of State Hillary stored emails containing sensitive information on a personal account. She used several poorly protected devices to access mail and sent many private email addresses to other people. One of these addresses was hacked by hackers, possibly related to Russia. And Clinton employees even lost a laptop full of confidential letters in archive posts.
3. Double standards
On December 3, 2015, Hillary Clinton tweeted: “Everyone who survives after sexual abuse deserves to be heard, believed and supported.” However, one such Hillary survivor refuses to believe. It's about Juanita Broaddrick, who accused of raping Bill Clinton.
Juanita failed to prove this charge. And it is not so important whether it was or not. Importantly, Broaddrick's story is as consistent as that of many other victims of the attack. And if Clinton believes that all survivors of sexual violence should be trusted by default, then Juanita should also.
2. Legal assistance to the rapist
In 1975, Hillary defended a 41-year-old factory worker accused of raping a 12-year-old girl. As a court-appointed lawyer, Hillary was required to accept the case. And she decided to do this by trampling the victim into the mud.
She said that the girl had a wild fantasy and that she longed for sex with older men. The victim herself, years later, stated that all Clinton's statements were untrue.
1. Health Issues
Perhaps the most talked about scandal in Hillary Clinton ranking scandalous facts. Although the ex-US Secretary of State herself assures voters of her good health, the facts show otherwise.
Because of pneumonia, Clinton became ill at the event in memory of the victims of the 9/11 attacks. In March, she underwent a brain scan. And at the end of June, during a speech to reporters, Hillary's face twitched so strangely that she was suspected of epilepsy.
These are all potentially serious obstacles to assuming the presidency, given that Mrs. Clinton is already at a very respectable age (she is 68 years old).
