Hillary Clinton says rapist Harvey Weinstein donated to ‘everyone’s campaign’ – not just hers – but that it was ‘time for an accounting’ at his rape trial
- Clinton was asked on Tuesday for her opinion on the Weinstein guilty verdict
- She was in Berlin answering questions on her new Hulu documentary
- She said the verdict ‘speaks for itself’ and that it was ‘time for an accounting’
- Weinstein propped up Democratic campaigns with donations and was friendly with Clinton and her husband
Hillary Clinton justified receiving campaign donations from Harvey Weinstein by saying he donated to ‘everybody’s campaign on Tuesday.
Hillary was promoting her new Hulu documentary in Berlin when she was asked for her opinion on the verdict.
She said it ‘speaks for itself’ and that it was ‘time for an accounting’.
‘Well, I think that the jury’s verdict really speaks for itself.
‘And it is obviously something that people have looked at and followed because it was time for an accounting. And the jury clearly found that,’ she said.
Weinstein was found guilty of third degree rape and a first degree criminal sexual act. He now faces up to 29 years behind bars.
Hillary Clinton with Harvey Weinstein in 2004. They were friends and he raised money for a number of Democrats
Hillary made the comments on Tuesday while promoting her new Hulu documentary
He was brought down first in 2017 by a series of explosive magazine articles. It triggered a wave of women coming forward and forced Hollywood hypocrites, many of whom had ignored his behavior for years, to confront his behavior.
Clinton and her husband were friends with him and she accepted donations from him to her campaign.
On Tuesday, she said of that: ‘Well, it’s true. He contributed to every Democrat’s campaign.
‘He contributed to Barack Obama’s campaign and John Kerry’s campaign and Al Gore’s campaign and everybody’s campaign.
‘I don’t know whether that should chill anyone else from contributing to political campaigns, but it certainly should end the kind of behavior that he was just convicted for.’
She previously insisted she knew nothing of his predatory behavior.
Clinton and Weinsten together again in 2012, with his wife Georgina Chapman in the background. Clinton said on Tuesday that he donated to ‘everybody’s’ campaign
‘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,’ she said.
Weinstein gave $3,000 to Bill Clinton’s re-election campaign in 2000. He then went on to give more than $60,000 to super PACS backing either Hillary or Barack Obama.
He is now in the hospital, where he was taken with ‘chest pains and heart palpitations’ on Monday after the guilty verdict, before he could be taken to jail to await sentencing on March 11.
