Politico: Jeb’s Hillary Clinton Problem

AP/Elise Amendola/John Raoux
AP/Elise Amendola/John Raoux

Politico reports that Jeb Bush has a Hillary Clinton-style problem: He’s been well compensated for speeches overseas.

“As he amassed wealth after leaving the Florida governor’s office, Jeb Bush delivered 10 separate paid speeches to a South Korean metal company that won more than $1 billion in contracts from his brother’s presidential administration, according to disclosures released Tuesday.

The company, Poongsan Corp., and its CEO Jin Roy Ryu, have been generous patrons of the Bush family over the years, raising about $1 million for the presidential library of Bush’s father, former President George H.W. Bush, while also helping to organize trips to South Korea for Jeb Bush and his presidential relatives.”

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