Hillary reveals she earned $1.5million from just SIX speeches last year and $5million in book royalties – while husband Bill's speeches raked in a whopping $5 million
Hillary Clinton filed a candidate financial disclosure form on Tuesday
The documents show that the presidential hopeful made $5million from royalties for her book 'Hard Choices' in the year before her campaign
In 2015 she also made $1.5million in speaking fees
Her highest-paying speech was at eBay, for $315,000
Clinton released her financial disclosure form just hours after Trump issued a statement, describing his personal wealth at about $10billion
Trump says he has submitted his financial disclosure forms and that they show 'a tremendous cash flow'
By Associated Press
Published: 22:21 EST, 17 May 2016 | Updated: 10:36 EST, 18 May 2016
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Hillary Clinton filed financial documents Tuesday showing that in 2015 she earned more than $5 million in royalties from her book 'Hard Choices' and about $1.5 million in speaking fees before she launched her presidential campaign.
Her husband, former President Bill Clinton, continued his lucrative speaking tour through last November, more than six months after his wife entered the race, reaping more than $5 million from banking, tech and other corporate interests.
Hillary Clinton released the candidate financial disclosure form she filed to the Federal Election Commission earlier this week.
The 11-page document shows that most of her personal wealth is held in a Vanguard 500 Index Fund and a separate JP Morgan Custody Account, both valued at $5 million to $25 million.
According to a financial disclosure form released on Tuesday, Hillary Clinton made$1.5million in speaking fees in 2015, while her husband made $5million. The Clintons pictured together on April 26 in Philadelphia
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According to a financial disclosure form released on Tuesday, Hillary Clinton made$1.5million in speaking fees in 2015, while her husband made $5million. The Clintons pictured together on April 26 in Philadelphia
Clinton's campaign released her disclosure publicly hours after Republican Donald Trump put out a statement describing his personal wealth at $10 billion.
She used the release to sting Trump for refusing to publicly release his tax returns, a theme she and her surrogates have repeated in recent days, asking what Trump is 'hiding.' Last year, she released her own family tax returns covering 1977 to 2014.
The year before she entered the presidential race, she also made $5million in royalties for her book Hard Choices (pictured above)
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The year before she entered the presidential race, she also made $5million in royalties for her book Hard Choices (pictured above)
'Despite Donald Trump's boasting, submitting his personal financial disclosure form is no breakthrough for transparency,' Clinton campaign spokeswoman Christina Reynolds said.
'The true test for Donald Trump is whether he will adhere to the precedent followed by every presidential candidate in the modern era and make his tax returns available, as Hillary Clinton has done.'
Earlier in the day, Trump announced he had submitted his candidate financial disclosure form to the FEC.
He said it showed 'a tremendous cash flow' and growing revenues from his businesses.
The form - which will be publicly available after an initial review by the government - should offer updated information about the value of his assets and the revenues produced by his businesses.
According to Trump, over the last 17 months his businesses' revenues grew by $190 million, and he earned $557 million in income.
Hillary Clinton's speeches to Wall Street interests between 2013 and 2015 spurred questions about her own lack of transparency, leading to repeated calls from her Democratic rival, Bernie Sanders, for transcripts of her talks to banks, investment houses and other financial interests.
The six speeches disclosed in Mrs Clinton's latest documents include the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce paying her $150,000 for a talk in January 2015, following two other speeches in Canada that also were co-sponsored by the bank.
In all, she made at least 94 appearances before corporate and other special interests between 2013 and 2015, earning more than $21.6 million for her services.
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