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Reuters: Clintons made $109 million since 2000

Clintons made $109 million since 2000, returns show

By John Whitesides, Political Correspondent
2 hours, 22 minutes ago

Democrat Hillary Clinton and her husband, former President Bill Clinton, have made $109 million since leaving the White House, including $51 million in speech income for Bill Clinton, according to eight years of tax records released on Friday.

The couple paid taxes of more than $33 million and gave more than $10 million to charity between 2000 -- their last year in the White House -- and 2007, tax information released by Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign showed.

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The Clintons' tax returns, released late on Friday afternoon, showed their income jumped dramatically from $350,000 in 2000, their final year in the White House, to $16 million in 2001.

Their biggest money-making years were 2004 and 2007, when they made $20 million in each year. The 2004 income included more than $15 million in business income primarily from Bill Clinton's speeches.

"I never thought I'd say this, but ever since my husband got out of full-time public service, he's actually made money, much to both of our amazement," Clinton told a labor group in Philadelphia on Tuesday, before the release of the returns.

The Clinton campaign has pushed Obama to release records from his days in the Illinois legislature and his earlier tax returns. Hillary Clinton's public schedules from her time as first lady were released last month.

"The Clintons have now made public 30 years of tax returns, a record matched by few people in public service. None of Hillary Clinton's presidential opponents have revealed anything close to this amount of personal financial information," Clinton spokesman Jay Carson said.

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