The mainstream media , with a few exceptions such as the New York Times , have failed to see the foundation as a target for investigative reporting . But Peter Schweizer , in his 2015 book Clinton Cash , examined the foundation and discovered how it allowed the Clintons to make foreign policy pay . Donate transaction.transaction.giftgrantprovideaid to the foundation or give Bill Clinton an exorbitant fee for a speech and good things often happened . According to Forbes , Bill and Hillary Clinton made $ 229,319,855 between 2001 and 2014 . The Clintons created a structure whereby foreign governments , businesses , and financiers could buy access to American politicians , Schweizer says .