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Hillary and Bill Clinton Made $139 Million in Eight Years

The Democratic presidential front-runner and her ex-president husband paid more than $43 million in taxes. But they're not complaining.
Democratic Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and former President Bill Clinton embrace after Hillary officially launched her presidential campaign at a rally on June 13, 2015 in New York City.

Democratic Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and former President Bill Clinton embrace after Hillary officially launched her presidential campaign at a rally on June 13, 2015 in New York City.

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Hillary and Bill Clinton made $139.1 million over the past eight years, cashing in on their celebrity and connections to put themselves in the ranks of the highest-paid Americans, according to tax returns released Friday by the former secretary of state's presidential campaign.

Speaking fees paid to both Clintons. along with former President Bill Clinton's lucrative consulting deals put the couple near the very, very top of the U.S. economic scale. Their 2012 adjusted gross income of $19.7 million placed them in the top 0.01 percent for that year, a level reached by fewer than 14,000 households, and it represents a meteoric rise for a couple that once depended on Hillary Clinton's law firm salary.