Bill Clinton – Declan Hill – Investigative Journalist & Academic

Sex as the Coin of Corruption

Its not about sex. You might think that it was all about sex if you read many of the articles on the Jeffrey Epstein scandal. Epstein is the wealthy New Yorker financier indicted for sexual trafficking of potentially hundreds of underage girls. The media is full of salacious stories presented in an ‘Evils-of-Pornography-we-bring-you-a-26-part-special-investigation’ style. These stories feature tales of massages, recruitment of other teenagers and lots of bodily parts. All of these stories spectacularly miss the point. This case is...

The U.S. Election & the $19.2 Trillion Question That No One Talks About

It is the most important question facing America and in this election, filled with personal attacks, few candidates have spoken about it. A feature article I wrote for the Toronto Star: HOW BIG BANKERS BUY WASHINGTON AND AVOID PRISON The list is long and shameful. The Wachovia Bank helped launder hundreds of millions for Mexican drug cartels. Wells Fargo illegally created nearly two million fake accounts and then charged customers service fees for them. Barclay’s Bank executives manipulated and fixed international interest rates...