Hillary Clinton Says She's Donated All University Speaking Fees
Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks at the Edmund Fusco Contemporary Issues Forum at the University of Connecticut, April 23, 2014, in Storrs, Conn.
Hillary Clinton continued to justify her high-dollar speaking fees on Friday, telling ABC News' Ann Compton that all of the money she's made from colleges over the past year and a half has been donated to her family's foundation.
"All of the fees have been donated to the Clinton Foundation for it to continue its life-changing and life-saving work. So it goes from a foundation at a university to another foundation," Clinton said when asked about the criticism she and her husband have faced recently for their wealth.
Hillary Clinton reportedly makes roughly $200,000 for each speaking engagement. And recent reports show that she has made much more from some of the country's top universities.
Last week, students at the University of Nevada Las Vegas, where Clinton is scheduled to speak at a fundraiser in October, asked the former secretary of state to return her fee of $225,000 back to the university. If she does not, the students said they plan to protest her visit.
When asked to respond to the students' plea during the ABC News interview, Clinton made no suggestion she would do as they've requested. Clinton said that as she travels the country speaking, she is presenting new ideas to help strengthen the economy, which in turn, will help lower income inequality.
"It's been my experience," Clinton said, "That they're not worried about my speaking or my household, they're worried about their own. And that's the kind of debate I think I'm furthering as I go around the country speaking."
Clinton's response comes after a month of increased scrutiny over her family's wealth. Throughout her book tour, Hillary Clinton has faced heat for telling ABC's Diane Sawyer that she and her husband were "dead broke" when they left the White House.
Hillary Clinton is currently traveling in London where she is promoting her new memoir, "Hard Choices," overseas.