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Transcripts of Clinton's Wall Street Talks Released By Wikileaks

October 15, 2016

Wikileaks, the controversial transparency group, published on Saturday what is purported to be Hillary Clinton's full remarks to several Wall Street audiences.  The transcripts were part of Wikileaks’ latest batch of hacked emails.  The documents showed comments by Clinton during Q&A sessions with Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein and Tim O'Neill, the bank's head of investment management, at 3 separate events in 2013 in Arizona, New York and South Carolina.

 

Clinton's campaign has declined to verify the emails. Goldman Sachs did not immediately provide any comment on Saturday.

 

In the email released on Saturday, Clinton campaign staff highlighted sections that could pose problems, including saying "political reasons" factored into passing the 2010 Dodd-Frank law on Wall Street reforms and, while talking about regulation, saying the people who work in the industry know it best.

 

The excerpts that have surfaced so far angered voters who backed Clinton's former Democratic opponent, U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders, who endorsed her after losing the party's primary.  While few of these voters are expected to vote for Republican nominee Donald Trump, Democratic strategists worry that disappointment with Clinton could hurt turnout in the 11/8 election among liberals and younger voters.