Mexico's Carlos Slim using NYT stake to meddle in
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Posted On: 10/15/2016 5:56:13 PM
Mexico's Carlos Slim using NYT stake to meddle in campaign
Washington – Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said Friday that Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim is using his stake in The New York Times to aid the campaign of Democratic rival Hillary Clinton.
The accusation comes two days after the Times published a story citing women who alleged sexual misconduct on the part of Trump.
"The corrupt media is doing everything in their power to stop our movement," Trump told supporters in Greensboro, North Carolina, going on to focus his ire on "the failing New York Times."
"The largest shareholder in the Times is Carlos Slim. Now Carlos Slim comes from Mexico," the candidate said. "He's given many millions of dollars to the Clintons and their (Clinton Global) Initiative."
"So Carlos Slim, the largest owner of the paper, from Mexico," Trump said, apparently implying that the telecom mogul is angry about the candidate's vow to build a wall on the U.S.-Mexican border.
Slim held about 17 percent of the newspaper's Class A shares as of March, according to reporting by The Wall Street Journal. As a group, Class A shareholders name four of the Times' 13 directors, while the other nine directors are chosen by holders of Class B shares, principally the Sulzberger family trust.
"Reporters of the New York Times, they're not journalists, they're corporate lobbyists for Carlos Slim and for Hillary Clinton," Trump said.
At odds with the media for much of his campaign, the real estate magnate has threatened to sue the Times over the story about his alleged sexual misconduct.
"We are going to let foreign corporations and their CEOs decide the outcomes ..." Trump said in Greensboro. "You just cannot do this. We cannot let this happen. We are not going to let it happen where they decide the outcome of our elections. They cannot do it and we are not going to let it happen."
Washington – Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said Friday that Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim is using his stake in The New York Times to aid the campaign of Democratic rival Hillary Clinton.
The accusation comes two days after the Times published a story citing women who alleged sexual misconduct on the part of Trump.
"The corrupt media is doing everything in their power to stop our movement," Trump told supporters in Greensboro, North Carolina, going on to focus his ire on "the failing New York Times."
"The largest shareholder in the Times is Carlos Slim. Now Carlos Slim comes from Mexico," the candidate said. "He's given many millions of dollars to the Clintons and their (Clinton Global) Initiative."
"So Carlos Slim, the largest owner of the paper, from Mexico," Trump said, apparently implying that the telecom mogul is angry about the candidate's vow to build a wall on the U.S.-Mexican border.
Slim held about 17 percent of the newspaper's Class A shares as of March, according to reporting by The Wall Street Journal. As a group, Class A shareholders name four of the Times' 13 directors, while the other nine directors are chosen by holders of Class B shares, principally the Sulzberger family trust.
"Reporters of the New York Times, they're not journalists, they're corporate lobbyists for Carlos Slim and for Hillary Clinton," Trump said.
At odds with the media for much of his campaign, the real estate magnate has threatened to sue the Times over the story about his alleged sexual misconduct.
"We are going to let foreign corporations and their CEOs decide the outcomes ..." Trump said in Greensboro. "You just cannot do this. We cannot let this happen. We are not going to let it happen where they decide the outcome of our elections. They cannot do it and we are not going to let it happen."
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