Clintons Invested In News Corp., Wal-Mart
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The blind trust of Senator Clinton and President Clinton invested in such companies as Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp., Wal-Mart Stores Inc., and Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc., according to documents released yesterday.
The Clintons dissolved the trust earlier this month to avoid possible conflicts of interest as Mrs. Clinton seeks the Democratic presidential nomination. The trust was valued at between $5 million and $25 million, according to the senator’s annual financial disclosure report released June 14. The Clintons’ overall assets were valued between $11 million and $51 million.
The couple set up the trust in 1993 when Mr. Clinton became president. The Clintons held from $250,000 to $500,000 each in Fairfield, Conn.-based General Electric Co., which owns the NBC television network, and Burbank, Calif.-based Walt Disney Co., owner of the ABC and ESPN networks, according to documents filed with the Senate Ethics Committee and Office of Public Records.
