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The Hill reported in an article entitled, "Clinton promises to release Wall Street transcripts if opponents do the same".

Clinton and her husband, former President Bill Clinton, have racked up $153 million in speaker fees since 2001, including from financial firms like Goldman Sachs and UBS.

Is the above claim true?

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  • [This indicates less](http://www.politico.com/story/2015/05/bill-and-hillary-clinton-made-roughly-25-million-in-speeches-since-2014-118009). It would be interesting to dig up their dataset. –  Feb 08 '16 at 08:42
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    @JanDoggen: I only skimmed that article, but it seemed to be talking about "since 2014", where the question asks "since 2001". – Oddthinking Feb 08 '16 at 23:56

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True: the Clintons received $153 million in speaker fees.

It seems to be be true. CNN states, since 2001,

  • The Clintons have given 729 speeches; paying an average of $210,795; for a total of $153,699,691.

They break this down to

  • Bill: 637 speeches; paying an average of $207,255; for a total of $132,021,691.
  • Hillary: 92 speeches; paying an average of $235,304; for a total of $21,648,000.
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