'How could we have known?': Hillary Clinton defends taking money from Harvey Weinstein and says the Obamas took it too when asked if she has any regrets over her lengthy association with him
By Lauren Fruen
Daily Mail
January 21, 2020
Hillary Clinton has defended taking money from Harvey Weinstein, arguing the Obamas did it too and she 'could not have possibly known' about the raft of sexual assault allegations against him.
The former presidential candidate, 72, was asked if she had any regrets about her lengthy association and close friendship with the disgraced movie mogul, 67, in a wide ranging interview with The Hollywood Reporter.
Weinsten, who is facing life in prison if convicted in his upcoming rape and sexual assault trial, had been a longtime major donor to the Clintons. He donated $250,000 to the Clinton Foundation and $10,000 to Bill's legal fund when he faced impeachment during the Monica Lewinsky scandal.
But when asked about her association with the shamed producer Clinton told The Hollywood Reporter: 'How could we have known? He raised money for me, for the Obamas, for Democrats in general.
'And that at the time was something that everybody thought made sense. And of course, if all of us had known what we know now, it would have affected our behavior.'
However, a New York Times article revealed Clinton's campaigned had been warned about the rumors swirling around about Weinstein.
Actress Lena Dunham - one of Hillary's biggest celebrity endorsers - emailed her campaign's deputy communications director in 2016.
The email stated: 'I just want you to let you know that Harvey's a rapist and this is going to come out at some point.
'I think it's a really bad idea for him to host fund-raisers and be involved because it's an open secret in Hollywood that he has a problem with sexual assault.'
1 comment:
I strongly suspect that Bill had a MUCH CLOSER relationship with Harvey than did Hillary, but you never know.
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