Clinton declined one-on-one with Trudeau in 2014 after Liberals turned apolitical event into fundraiser - News Summed Up

Clinton declined one-on-one with Trudeau in 2014 after Liberals turned apolitical event into fundraiser


Senior Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin raised concerns about Justin Trudeau’s staff ahead of Clinton’s trip to Ottawa in October 2014, emails released by Wikileaks Wednesday show. Clinton delivered a speech at the Ottawa Convention Centre (since renamed the Shaw Centre) on Oct. 6, 2014 organized by the think tank Canada 2020. RelatedIn the run-up to the event, senior staff to Trudeau scrambled to organize a one-on-one meeting between the then-leader of the Liberal party and the soon-to-be Democratic candidate for president. A post on the Liberal party’s website dated Sept. 30 2014 details a fundraising drive capitalizing on Hillary Clinton’s event. They did not hold any formal bilateral.”The speech Clinton gave on Oct. 6 was a private event where tickets for a table of ten cost $5,000.


Source: National Post November 02, 2016 18:21 UTC



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