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Gillibrand is one of the most aggressive fund-raisers in the country, and prospective opponents dropped out of the 2010 Senate primary. Harold Ford, a former Congressman from Tennessee who lost a Senate bid there after voters reacted against his notoriously corrupt Memphis family was a notable challenger in New York until he dropped out.

Gillibrand is one of the most aggressive fund-raisers in the country, and prospective opponents dropped out of the 2010 Senate primary. Harold Ford, a former Congressman from Tennessee who lost a Senate bid there after voters reacted against his notoriously corrupt Memphis family was a notable challenger in New York until he dropped out.

===NXVIM/Hillary Clinton controversy===

===Sex cult/Hillary Clinton controversy===

Gillibrand's father, Doug Rutnik, was the attorney for the NXIVM sex cult.<ref>https://nypost.com/2018/03/27/gillibrand-rival-slams-her-fathers-ties-to-alleged-sex-slave-cult/</ref><ref>https://artvoice.com/2018/06/23/nxivm-love-story-kirsten-gillibrands-father-and-stepmother-fell-in-love-because-of-sex-slaver-cult/</ref><ref>https://bigleaguepolitics.com/kirsten-gillibrands-stepmother-was-in-child-trafficking-sex-cult-says-former-cult-employee/</ref> According to court documents reported in the ''Albany Times Union'', Seagram's heiress [[Clare Bronfman]], a NXIVM cultist, attached a key logger virus to her father, Edgar Bronfman's email account. Edgar Bronfman was in email contact Hillary Clinton. Through the key logger, NXIVM officials were able to hack into Hillary Clinton's email account.<ref>https://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Records-NXIVM-hacked-billionaire-s-emails-with-6576310.php</ref> It is said Rutnik blackmailed Clinton, with information garnered from the hacked emails, to turn her Senate seat over to Gillibrand when Clinton resigned from the Senate in 2009 to become Secretary of State.<ref>https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/03/kirsten-gillibrand-alleged-sex-slavery-and-the-2020-primary.html</ref> In March 2019, NXIVM co-founder Nancy  Salzman plead guilty to sex slavery charges,<ref>https://www.courthousenews.com/co-founder-of-group-tied-to-sex-slavery-pleads-guilty/</ref><ref>https://frankreport.com/2019/01/21/forget-dad-stepmom-gillibrand-has-her-own-ties-to-nxivm/</ref> and NXIVM founder Keith Raniere was charged with manufacturing child [[pornography]].<ref>https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-crime-cult/self-help-guru-raniere-faces-u-s-child-porn-charges-associate-pleads-guilty-idUSKCN1QU2Z2</ref>

Gillibrand's father, Doug Rutnik, was the attorney for the NXIVM sex cult.<ref>https://nypost.com/2018/03/27/gillibrand-rival-slams-her-fathers-ties-to-alleged-sex-slave-cult/</ref><ref>https://artvoice.com/2018/06/23/nxivm-love-story-kirsten-gillibrands-father-and-stepmother-fell-in-love-because-of-sex-slaver-cult/</ref><ref>https://bigleaguepolitics.com/kirsten-gillibrands-stepmother-was-in-child-trafficking-sex-cult-says-former-cult-employee/</ref> According to court documents reported in the ''Albany Times Union'', Seagram's heiress [[Clare Bronfman]], a NXIVM cultist, attached a key logger virus to her father, Edgar Bronfman's email account. Edgar Bronfman was in email contact Hillary Clinton. Through the key logger, NXIVM officials were able to hack into Hillary Clinton's email account.<ref>https://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Records-NXIVM-hacked-billionaire-s-emails-with-6576310.php</ref> It is said Rutnik blackmailed Clinton, with information garnered from the hacked emails, to turn her Senate seat over to Gillibrand when Clinton resigned from the Senate in 2009 to become Secretary of State.<ref>https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/03/kirsten-gillibrand-alleged-sex-slavery-and-the-2020-primary.html</ref> In March 2019, NXIVM co-founder Nancy  Salzman plead guilty to sex slavery charges,<ref>https://www.courthousenews.com/co-founder-of-group-tied-to-sex-slavery-pleads-guilty/</ref><ref>https://frankreport.com/2019/01/21/forget-dad-stepmom-gillibrand-has-her-own-ties-to-nxivm/</ref> and NXIVM founder Keith Raniere was charged with manufacturing child [[pornography]].<ref>https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-crime-cult/self-help-guru-raniere-faces-u-s-child-porn-charges-associate-pleads-guilty-idUSKCN1QU2Z2</ref>