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The Clinton body count is a
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asserting that former U.S. President Bill Clinton and wife, former U.S. Secretary of State
Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton ( Rodham; born October 26, 1947) is an American politician, diplomat, and former lawyer who served as the 67th United States Secretary of State for President Barack Obama from 2009 to 2013, as a United States senat ...
, have secretly had their political opponents murdered, totaling as many as 50 or more. Many parts of it have been advanced by
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publisher
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, congresswoman
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, and others. Such baseless allegations have been circulated since at least 1994, when a film called '' The Clinton Chronicles'', produced by Larry Nichols and promoted by Rev. Jerry Falwell, accused Bill Clinton of multiple crimes including murder. This conspiracy theory has been discredited in the
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'', the '' Chicago Tribune'',
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and others, who point to detailed death records, the unusually large circle of associates that a president is likely to have, and the fact that many of the people listed had been misidentified or were still alive. Others had no known link to the Clintons.


History

The Congressional Record (1994) condemns the list. It cited an article in '' U.S. News & World Report'' (August 8, 1994) by Greg Ferguson and David Bowermaster: "Whatever it is, Bill Clinton Likely Did It." According to them, the original list was compiled by lawyer and activist Linda Thompson. Her list was called "The Clinton Body Count: Coincidence or the Kiss of Death?" They wrote that "Thompson admits she has 'no direct evidence' of Clinton killing anyone. Indeed, she says the deaths were probably caused by 'people trying to control the president' but refuses to say who they were."


Alleged victims


C. Victor Raiser II

C. Victor Raiser II was National Finance Co-chairman for Bill Clinton. He died in a
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along with his son and three others on July 30, 1992, during a fishing trip. Conspiracy theorists believe the crash to have been deliberately caused, however the
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ruled it as an
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, stating:
he probable cause of the accident wasthe pilot's delayed decision in reversing course and his failure to maintain airspeed during the maneuver. Factors related to the accident were: mountainous terrain and a low ceiling.


Mary Mahoney

Mary Mahoney was a former White House intern who, in the early summer of 1997, was gunned down during an attempted robbery inside the
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in the Georgetown suburb of
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where Mahoney was working behind the counter. The robber entered the store and shot Mahoney after she attempted to take his gun. He then shot two Starbucks employees and fled. However, conspiracy theorists believe Mahoney was killed on the orders of the Clintons.


Vince Foster

Deputy White House counsel
Vince Foster Vincent Walker Foster Jr. (January 15, 1945 – July 20, 1993) was an American attorney who served as deputy White House counsel during the first six months of the Clinton administration. Foster had been a partner at Rose Law Firm in Lit ...
was found
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in
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in
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, outside Washington, D.C., on July 20, 1993. An
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determined that he was shot in the mouth, and no other wounds were found on his body. His death was ruled a
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by five official investigations, but he remains a subject of
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that he was actually murdered by the Clintons for knowing too much.


Seth Rich

The unsolved 2016 murder of
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staff member Seth Rich prompted conspiracy theorists to speculate that Hillary Clinton arranged his death; the debunked theory was based on a Fox News report, later retracted, that Rich had been responsible for Wikileaks' release of DNC emails during the 2016 United States presidential campaign. Various elements of this theory have been promoted by
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and prominent right-wing figures like
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,
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, and
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.


Jeffrey Epstein

Convicted sex offender
Jeffrey Epstein Jeffrey Edward Epstein ( ; January 20, 1953August 10, 2019) was an American sex offender and financier. Epstein, who was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York City, began his professional life by teaching at the Dalton School in Manhattan, des ...
, being held on federal charges of
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, was found dead in his cell at the high-security Metropolitan Correctional Center in Manhattan on August 10, 2019. An official autopsy later declared the cause of death as a
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. His death led to
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being relayed on social media, particularly relating to Bill Clinton and President
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. Hours after Epstein's death, Trump retweeted claims that Epstein's death was related to Clinton, including the hashtag #ClintonBodyCount.
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, a Trump appointee at HUD, said "Hillary'd!!" and used the hashtag #VinceFosterPartTwo in an Instagram post about Epstein's death. Political commentator
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attempted to use the time he spent in a federal correctional center to lend authority to the conspiracy theory that the Clintons were responsible for Epstein's death.


Christopher Sign

Reporter Christopher Sign broke the news of a meeting on June 27, 2016, on the Phoenix Sky Harbor tarmac between former President Bill Clinton and then-Attorney General
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. The timing of the meeting happened during the 2016 presidential election when then-candidate Hillary Clinton was under scrutiny for how she handled certain emails during her tenure as U.S. Secretary of State. Sign was found dead in his Alabama home on June 12, 2021. His death is being investigated as a suicide. Several right-wing figures, including
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,
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and
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, as well as the pro-Trump cable news channel
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, suggested that Sign had been murdered by the Clintons.


Jovenel Moïse

Haitian president
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was assassinated on July 7, 2021, when gunmen attacked his residence in Pèlerin 5, a district of
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. Martine Moïse, the first lady of Haiti, was hospitalized for wounds sustained during the attack. Some right-wing conspiracy theorists have claimed that the Clintons were involved in Moïse's death, pointing to political controversies regarding aid given to
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by the Clinton Foundation, such as "hurricane-proof" classroom trailers that were found to be structurally unsafe and laced with
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. Followers of the
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conspiracy theory, who claim that Donald Trump is secretly waging war against a
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of child traffickers that includes the Clintons, heavily discussed the idea that they had a hand in the assassination. Discussion of the unfounded claim caused the term "Clintons" to become a top trend on
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.


Others

Other persons linked to the Clinton Body Count include: * Jim McDougal, a financial partner of the Clintons in the real estate venture that led to the
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. McDougal died of a heart attack at the Federal Correctional Facility in
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, on March 8, 1998. *
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, who was, according to polls, the most popular Democrat in
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. According to friends, Kennedy considered seeking the seat of retiring Sen. Daniel Moynihan in the
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but died in a plane crash on July 16, 1999. Hillary Clinton was elected to Moynihan's vacated seat on November 7, 2000. * Edward Eugene Willey, Jr., a Clinton fundraiser whose wife,
Kathleen Willey Kathleen Willey (born June 2, 1946) is a former White House volunteer aide who, on March 15, 1998, alleged on the TV news program ''60 Minutes'' that Bill Clinton had sexually assaulted her on November 29, 1993, during his first term as Presiden ...
, alleged on the
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news magazine ''
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'' that Bill Clinton had sexually assaulted her on November 29, 1993. Kathleen also testified on the
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sexual harassment suit against Clinton. Edward was found dead in the Virginia woods, and his death was ruled a suicide. *
Ron Brown Ronald Harmon Brown (August 1, 1941 – April 3, 1996) was an American politician. He served as the United States Secretary of Commerce during the first term of President Bill Clinton. Prior to this he was chairman of the Democratic National C ...
, who served as the
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during the first term of President Bill Clinton. Prior to this he was chairman of the
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. Brown had been under investigation by an independent counsel for the Commerce Department trade mission controversy and was a material witness, who had been noticed to testify, in
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's lawsuit against the Clinton Commerce Department. He and 34 others died in the
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. * Jerry Parks, head of security for the Clinton headquarters during his presidential campaign in 1992, was killed on September 26, 1993, as he left a Mexican restaurant at the edge of
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, by a man in another car that shot him ten times using a 9mm handgun. Parks’ son, Gary, asserted that his father collected a secret file of Clinton's "peccadilloes", and that his father was using the file to try to blackmail the Clinton campaign. *
Jean-Luc Brunel Jean-Luc Brunel (1946 – 19 February 2022) was a French model scout. He gained prominence by leading the international modelling agency Karin Models, and founded MC2 Model Management, with financing by Jeffrey Epstein. The subject of a ''60 Minu ...
, suspected of being involved in a global pedophile ring organised by Epstein, died by suicide in prison before going on trial, on February 19, 2022. Senator
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attempted to link Brunel's death to the Clintons by asking "Anyone know where Hillary was this weekend?". * Don Henry and Kevin Ives, two Arkansas teenagers killed and their bodies were placed on railroad track on August 23, 1987. * Mark Middleton, an Arkansas business leader, mutual friend of Bill Clinton and Jeffrey Epstein, and former finance director for Clinton's presidential campaign and later special assistant to Clinton, was found dead hanging from a tree thirty miles from his home with a shotgun wound in his chest with no weapon in site. On May 7, 2022. Middleton's family filed an injunction to prevent police photos of the scene from being released to the public, citing concerns that the images could encourage conspiracy theories. Judge Alice Gray will decide whether the photographs can be released. The coroner's report ruled the death a suicide even though he was tied to a tree and no weapon was found near the body. * Fabricated tweets stating "I have information that will lead to the arrest of Hillary Clinton." were supposedly sent by figures such as celebrity chef
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, basketball player
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, Supreme Court Justice
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, former Japanese prime minister
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and
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prior to their deaths.


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