Count former New York Times Executive Editor Jill Abramson among the minority of Americans who think Hillary Clinton is OK when it comes to honesty.
In a column for the Guardian, Abramson says that based on her years of experience reporting on the Clintons, she finds the Democratic presidential candidate “fundamentally honest and trustworthy.”
Referring to Clinton’s most recent controversies, such as relying on a private email server while serving as secretary of state and accepting massive speaking fees for speeches she gave to Goldman Sachs executives, Abramson said “there are no instances I know of where Clinton was doing the bidding of a donor or benefactor.”
“Clinton has mainly been constant on issues and changing positions over time is not dishonest,” Abramson wrote. “It’s fair to expect more transparency. But it’s a double standard to insist on her purity.”
Polls have consistently shown Clinton receiving low marks on honesty and trustworthiness, even as she maintains her wide lead to become her party’s nominee.
In early March, an ABC News-Washington Post poll showed that 57 percent of U.S. adults do not believe Clinton is honest or trustworthy.
