Trump Drops Chilling Video Reviving the ‘Clinton Body Count’ Controversy
President Donald Trump no doubt shocked more than a few people on Saturday when he posted a video report citing a number of “mysterious deaths” linked to former President Bill Clinton and first lady Hillary Clinton.
Trump wrote “The Video Hillary Clinton Does Not Want You to See” in the Truth Social post. The clip goes on to ‘document’ a number of deaths and suicides of persons who were either close to or associated with the Clintons.
The video referenced several high-profile deaths linked in public speculation to the Clintons, including John F. Kennedy Jr., DNC staffer Seth Rich, former White House Counsel Vince Foster, and former White House intern Mary Mahoney.
In July 1999, John F. Kennedy Jr.—widely seen as a potential rival to Hillary Clinton for the U.S. Senate seat in New York—died in a plane crash.
Mary Mahoney, a former White House intern during the Clinton administration who some believed could have been a key witness during the impeachment proceedings, was fatally shot during a robbery at a Washington, D.C., Starbucks in July 1997.
The video also covers the July 1993 death of White House Counsel Vince Foster, who was found in Fort Marcy Park near the George Washington Parkway in Virginia, in what was ruled an apparent suicide.
In 1998, James McDougal, a key witness for prosecutors in the Whitewater land scandal and a former financial associate of Bill and Hillary Clinton, died of cardiac arrest while serving time at the Federal Correctional Institution in Fort Worth, Texas, shortly before he was scheduled to testify.
In 2015, former Clinton White House Executive Chef Walter Scheib was found dead following what authorities described as an accidental drowning. Scheib had gone missing while hiking a trail in Taos, New Mexico, and his body was discovered submerged in a mountain drainage area carrying surface runoff.
In July 2016, DNC staffer Seth Rich was shot and killed in Washington, D.C., while walking home from a bar. Some have speculated that Rich was the source of the leaked Democratic National Committee emails published by WikiLeaks—messages that significantly harmed Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign.
The following month, in August 2016, Shawn Lucas—a Bernie Sanders supporter who served a lawsuit against the DNC alleging it had rigged the primary process in Clinton’s favor—was found dead in his home.
For several years, there have been scores of rumors of the “Clinton body count” — deaths some have deemed as highly suspicious at the time of people who were linked in some way to the former first family — but there has never been hard evidence presented against the Clintons in a court of law that tied them to any of the fatalities.
But the fact that the video clip was posted by the current president and a long-time rival of Hillary Clinton was noteworthy.
Snopes began covering the ‘Clinton body count’ conspiracy theory before the turn of the 21st century, writing in 1998, “Since 1994, various respected news outlets have been confronted with versions of the ‘Clinton Body Count’ list, run their own investigations of a few of the claims, and found nothing to substantiate what they looked into. Those investigations would culminate in yet another story about an oddball conspiracy rumor.”
The last time in recent memory that #ClintonBodyCount trended online was following the reported suicide of convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein while in custody in a New York City jail cell.
Democrats and Clinton allies immediately condemned Twitter for allowing the conspiracy to trend, Newsweek reported at the time.
Hong Ruthlessly Mocked After Bernie Sanders Refuses To Endorse Campaign
Democrats have apparently found a socialist candidate who is even too crazy for Vermont socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders to endorse.
Sanders delivered a clear rebuff to Wisconsin’s leading Democratic gubernatorial candidate Francesca Hong this week, refusing to endorse the democratic socialist just days before voters head to the polls.
The Vermont independent’s decision leaves Hong without the backing of one of the progressive left’s most prominent figures as she tries to secure her party’s nomination to succeed term-limited Democratic Gov. Tony Evers.
Appearing Wednesday on the “Pod Save America” podcast, Sanders was asked directly by host Jon Favreau whether he would support Hong.
He responded flatly: “I don’t think so.”
Sanders described Hong as “very, very nice” but admitted he was not closely following the contest.
“We have not gotten involved in many governors’ races…. My major concern right now is seeing that we have a Senate and a House that is going to stand up to [President] Trump,” Sanders said.
“That’s really where my focus is,” Sanders added. “So as of now, we have really not been involved in that race.”
Wisconsin Democrats vote Tuesday to choose their nominee for the November general election, where the winner is expected to face Rep. Tom Tiffany, the likely Republican standard-bearer.
Polling has shown Hong, a state lawmaker and former professional chef, leading the Democratic field.
Yet she carries significant baggage that even members of her own party have flagged as a liability.
Hong has spent recent weeks scrambling to contain fallout from a since-deleted 2020 social media post in which she wrote: “Cancel Thanksgiving. Should have done this in 1621.”
Her explanations have shifted repeatedly. On Monday she told CNN the holiday is “incredibly painful for many people.”
By Wednesday she told Politico that Thanksgiving is actually her “favorite” holiday.
Tiffany has already highlighted Hong’s prior criticism of holidays, including Thanksgiving and Valentine’s Day, positioning the comments as out of touch with mainstream Wisconsin values.
Layered on top of that controversy is Hong’s earlier advocacy for defunding and abolishing the police.
At a debate last month, she attempted to soft-pedal the stance, saying she needs to be “sensible and practical on what we can achieve.”
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This pattern of advancing radical positions only to walk them back when scrutiny intensifies has become familiar among progressive candidates.
Moderate Democrats have poured millions into efforts to stop democratic socialists from winning primaries precisely because such views energize activists but collapse with general-election voters.
Sanders is not alone in keeping his distance.
Evers endorsed Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley in July after Lt. Gov. Sara Rodriguez exited the race and Crowley reentered.
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This week Evers went further, telling the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that Hong would likely lose to Tiffany in November.
Hong’s campaign has received support from Our Revolution Wisconsin, an affiliate of the national group Sanders founded, as well as some progressive lawmakers.
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Yet Sanders’ absence of an endorsement, along with Evers’ open preference for Crowley, highlights fractures within the Democratic coalition.
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Progressive insurgents have captured primaries by mobilizing activist bases, but their general-election track records remain mixed.
In Wisconsin, the establishment is not mounting a massive spending campaign against Hong; it is simply withholding support.
