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Billionaire Paid $150K For Trump Speech VIDEO
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6:00Now PlayingThe Trump Foundation received speaking fees from a Ukrainian billionaire. Ana Kasparian and Michael Shure, hosts of The Young Turks, break it down. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.
"President-elect Donald Trump’s foundation received $150,000 as speaking fee in 2015 from a Ukrainian oligarch who donated millions to the Clinton Foundation, according to a report Tuesday.
Victor Pinchuk is a Ukrainian steel magnate whose relationship with Trump’s rival Hillary Clinton’s foundation raised eyebrows during the presidential campaign over the Democrat’s foreign business interests. Clinton, during her term as secretary of state, drew flak for hosting a dinner with Pinchuk and other donors.
Thomas Weihe, head of the Pinchuk Foundation’s board, confirmed to BuzzFeed News in an email that a $150,000 speaker fee was paid for Trump to appear at a conference in September 2015.
“The payment to President-elect Trump’s foundation was in support of video link appearance at a conference called Yalta European Strategy Annual Meeting, which the Victor Pinchuk Foundation and Yalta European Strategy — an NGO founded by Mr. Pinchuk — organize annually in September in Ukraine,” Weihe wrote in the email.”*
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