De Blasio Says Clinton Need Not Disclose Her Wall Street Talks
- NYC mayor says candidate has called for tougher regulations
- Wall Street banks caused the financial crisis, he says
Lloyd Blankfein, chairman and CEO of Goldman Sachs, stands on stage with former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton during the 2014 Clinton Global Initiative annual meeting in New York on Sept. 24, 2014.
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New York Mayor Bill de Blasio said that Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton doesn’t need to release transcripts of speeches she gave to employees of Wall Street firms such as the Goldman Sachs Group Inc., for which she was paid hundreds of thousands of dollars.
De Blasio, who endorsed Clinton in October after remaining neutral for several months, said Clinton’s stand on Wall Street regulation was more important than what she may have said privately to groups of executives.