January 2016: "Ron Burkle, who has raised millions for the Clintons over the years, has not only stayed away from Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign, but is holding a fundraiser for one of her potential Republican opponents at his trendy West Hollywood Soho House.

So why hasn’t the Clinton campaign asked him for money? The answer may lie partly in Hillary Clinton’s efforts to minimize stories about her husband’s past.

The Times story notes that “Bill Clinton’s bromance with Burkle invited scandal.” Specifically, it describes how “unverified reports of the two men jetting around in a Burkle 757 filled with attractive young women leached from the tabloids to the mainstream media.”

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