Hillary Clinton did too. At some point, your side HAS to address this complete inability to recognize hypocrisy. You make it way too easy on us to win debates. Like Trump said, we are getting bored with winning so much.
[ The Clintons returned what was asked of them, without being forced to do so. That is the difference. ]
The Clinton White House furnishings in question, which were donated in 1993, included two sofas, an easy chair and an ottoman, worth $19,900, from Steve Mittman; a kitchen table and four chairs, valued at $3,650, from Lee Ficks; a $2,843 sofa from Brad Noe; $1,170 in lamps from Stuart Schiller; and a $1,000 needlepoint rug from David Martinous, according to the
Post.
Mittman, Noe and Joy Ficks, the widow of Lee Ficks,
told the Post that their donations were gifts to the White House, not the Clintons. The contributions were intended to complement a
1993 White House redecoration project.
That was apparently news to the Clintons and their transition team, which said that they were not aware that the gifts were not intended to go to them.
“All of these items were considered gifts to us,” Hillary Clinton said in 2001, according the
Post. She added, “That’s what the permanent record of the White House showed. … But if there is a different intent, we will certainly honor the intention of the donor.”
(full article online)
Q: Did Bill and Hillary Clinton return furniture they took from the White House in 2001? A: Yes. The Clintons returned more than $28,000 worth of items, which, they said, they thought were personal gifts given to them and not to the White House. FULL QUESTION Was Hillary Clinton forced to...
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