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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":"https://time.com/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"}}]}] ```