--- description: Clinton has not released transcripts of the speeches title: Hillary Clinton's Paid Wall Street Speeches Called Almost 'Gushy' image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7ef4f9be05159c00/69887d5fbc6cfc03553dbb45/509691362.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Hillary Clinton's Paid Wall Street Speeches Called Almost 'Gushy' by [Maya Rhodan](/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 12, 2016 12:58 PM CUT  Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton greets guests after participating in the PBS NewsHour Democratic presidential candidate debate at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee on February 11, 2016 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Win McNamee—Getty Images Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton greets guests after participating in the PBS NewsHour Democratic presidential candidate debate at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee on February 11, 2016 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Win McNamee—Getty ImagesWin McNamee—Getty Images by [Maya Rhodan](/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 12, 2016 12:58 PM CUT The [highly-paid speeches](http://time.com/3878061/hillary-bill-clinton-paid-speeches/ "undefined") Hillary Clinton [gave to financial institutions](http://www.politico.com/story/2016/02/clinton-speeches-218969 "undefined") were “friendly” and “light,” [according to a new report](http://www.wsj.com/articles/hillary-clintons-wall-street-talks-were-highly-paid-friendly-1455239512 "undefined"), as Clinton’s rival Bernie Sanders continues to make the speeches a campaign issue and [Clinton faces growing pressure to release transcripts](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/02/05/why-hillary-clinton-wont-release-transcripts-of-her-paid-speeches/ "undefined"). The _Wall Street Journal_, citing unnamed sources who attended some of the speeches or are familiar with them, reports that during a speech to Goldman Sachs, Clinton didn’t pin the blame on bankers alone for the 2008 financial crisis. A person who attended one talk described it as almost “gushy.” Clinton has not released transcripts of the speeches, and she [said during a recent town hall](http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2016/02/04/hillary%5Fclinton%5Fon%5Freleasing%5Ftranscripts%5Fof%5Fgoldman%5Fsachs%5Fspeeches%5Fi%5Fwill%5Flook%5Finto%5Fit.html "undefined") that she would “look into it.” Clinton earned as much as $225,000 for every speech she delivered to financial institutions like Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank AG, Morgan Stanley, and Bank of America in the two years that followed her tenure as Secretary of State. The speeches have become a point of contention on the campaign trail, where her populist Sanders has accused Clinton of being too cozy with Wall Street. \[[_WSJ_](http://www.wsj.com/articles/hillary-clintons-wall-street-talks-were-highly-paid-friendly-1455239512 "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4219049/hillary-clinton-wall-street-speeches-paid/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4219049/hillary-clinton-wall-street-speeches-paid/"},"headline":"Hillary Clinton's Paid Wall Street Speeches Called Almost 'Gushy'","datePublished":"2016-02-12T12:58:50.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T15:02:08.628Z","description":"Clinton has not released transcripts of the speeches","url":"https://time.com/4219049/hillary-clinton-wall-street-speeches-paid/","keywords":["Hillary Clinton","wall street","Clinton"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7ef4f9be05159c00/69887d5fbc6cfc03553dbb45/509691362.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Maya Rhodan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7ef4f9be05159c00/69887d5fbc6cfc03553dbb45/509691362.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Democratic Presidential Candidates Debate In Milwaukee","caption":"Democratic Presidential Candidates Debate In Milwaukee","creditText":"Win McNamee—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/4219049/hillary-clinton-wall-street-speeches-paid/","name":"Hillary Clinton's Paid Wall Street Speeches Called Almost 'Gushy'"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"TIME's Jay Newton-Small Asks Madeleine Albright About Her Controversial Comments","description":"","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/CYfxLJ5T/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2016-02-12T23:16:43.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/CYfxLJ5T.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4219049/hillary-clinton-wall-street-speeches-paid/","duration":"PT1M20S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4219049/hillary-clinton-wall-street-speeches-paid/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```