Chelsea Clinton got $65K for speech

Chelsea Clinton received $65,000 from the University of Missouri at Kansas City for delivering a speech last year.

The school initially sought to have her mother, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, speak at a February 2014 gala to mark the opening of a women’s hall of fame but balked at her $275,000 fee, The Washington Post reported Tuesday.

The school settled for the young Clinton, who delivered a 10-minute speech, followed by a 20-minute question-and-answer session and a half-hour period for pictures with guests.

{mosads}Similar to her parents’ handling of speaking fees, Chelsea donated the revenue to the Clinton Foundation, her spokesman told the Post, which reported the contract but didn’t mention that the money went to charity.

A university spokesman told the Post the fee was paid using private donations, and the $35 tickets doled out for the event raised $38,500.

Chelsea Clinton has raised between $370,000 and $800,000 for the Clinton Foundation with nine paid speeches in recent years, according to the newspaper. 

The foundation has taken in upwards of $26 million, mostly from her parents, who have faced scrutiny in recent months for their high speaking fees with Hillary Clinton running for the Democratic presidential nomination. 

Chelsea Clinton has appeared in public more recently on behalf of her mother’s 2016 White House campaign. She defended the donations to the family’s foundation and was on the cover of Elle magazine in May.