http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/09/politics/clinton-obama-weinstein/index.html
Longtime Hillary Clinton aides have been confused by the former secretary of state's silence on the issue, questioning -- in private -- why she has not weighed in at all.
Weinstein has long been a Clinton donor with ties to the political family. Weinstein was one of many from Hollywood who donated to Bill Clinton's legal defense fund in the 1990s, a Washington Post report from the time stated. More recently, the Clintons rented a home next to Weinstein in the Hamptons in 2015, and Weinstein served as a connector between Hollywood stars and Hillary Clinton's 2016 campaign.
Weinstein raised about $1.5 million from 1990-2016, according to data from the campaign finance-tracking Center for Responsive Politics, and was a bundler for Clinton's 2016 effort, including at a star-studded fundraiser for Clinton in June 2016 at Weinstein's Manhattan home.
Clinton personally headlined multiple fundraisers Weinstein was involved in organizing during the campaign.
CRP's OpenSecrets website shows Weinstein was a bundler for Obama as well, and the Hollywood giant visited the White House on several occasions during Obama's tenure. At a White House event for student films in 2013, first lady Michelle Obama credited Weinstein for making the event happen and praised him as a wonderful person and a good friend.
I mean, this stuff isn't coming from Breitbart.
I guess if you are asking my opinion then I would say that the
personal friendship the Clintons have enjoyed for many years with Harvey probably entices the press more than the professional relationships Trump had with O'Reilly and Ailes. I would probably add that
Bill's long history of womanizing probably also plays a part. Pressed further, I might conclude that the perception of Hillary giggling as she recalls her defense of a 41 year old man who raped a 12 year old girl doesn't help, and neither does
Carl Bernstein's claim that she was the person in charge of keeping Bill's mistresses silent.
But that's just my opinion. I don't exactly why CNN, NYT, Hillary's aides, etc were pushing it so hard.