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Brief is free at time.com/newsletters. by [NBC News](https://time.com/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Jun 11, 2015 11:12 AM UTC  Former U.S. president and founding chairman of the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI), Bill Clinton, gestures during the opening session of the CGI Middle East and Africa in Marrakesh, Morocco on May 6, 2015 Former U.S. president and founding chairman of the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI), Bill Clinton, gestures during the opening session of the CGI Middle East and Africa in Marrakesh, Morocco on May 6, 2015 Fadel Senna—/Getty Images by [NBC News](https://time.com/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Jun 11, 2015 11:12 AM UTC Former President Bill Clinton said he will most likely stop giving paid speeches if his wife Hillary is elected president. The Clintons have been dogged by questions about potential conflicts of interest [around their foundation](http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/hillary-clinton/clinton-takes-questions-urges-state-dept-release-emails-soon-they-n361401) and the amounts they’ve earned from high-profile speaking engagements. When asked by Bloomberg Television whether he would continue to give paid speeches if Hillary Clinton is elected president, Bill Clinton replied: “I don’t think so.” [Read more from our partners at nbcnews.com](http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/bill-clinton-says-hell-nix-paid-speeches-if-hillary-wins-n373511?cid=par-time-article%5F20150611) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3917442/bill-clinton-paid-speeches/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3917442/bill-clinton-paid-speeches/"},"headline":"Bill Clinton Will Stop Giving Paid Speeches if Hillary Becomes President","datePublished":"2015-06-11T11:12:34.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T08:06:59.220Z","description":"The former president earns an average of $250,000 per speech","url":"https://time.com/3917442/bill-clinton-paid-speeches/","keywords":["2016 presidential election"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb4ae54845bee4e4c/6987eeb70b72e3bc306e1ed0/472309504.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"NBC News","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nbc-news/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb4ae54845bee4e4c/6987eeb70b72e3bc306e1ed0/472309504.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"MOROCCO-CONFERENCE-ECONOMY-DEVELOPMENT","caption":"MOROCCO-CONFERENCE-ECONOMY-DEVELOPMENT","creditText":"Fadel Senna—/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3917442/bill-clinton-paid-speeches/","name":"Bill Clinton Will Stop Giving Paid Speeches if Hillary Becomes President"}}]}] ```