International Business Times: Firms Paid Bill Clinton Millions As They Lobbied Hillary Clinton

“The dynamic is insidious and endemic to this system,” said Meredith McGehee, policy director of the Campaign Legal Center, a campaign finance watchdog group in Washington. "The fact is that the wealthiest .01 percent on the outside of government believes -- fervently -- that by paying speaking fees, or making campaign contributions, that it can gain access and influence."

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