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Posted: 2020-02-25T13:50:01Z | Updated: 2020-02-25T13:50:01Z

Hillary Clinton, who had a long association with now-convicted rapist Harvey Weinstein, said Tuesday his guilty verdict shows it was time for an accounting.

The jurys verdict really speaks for itself, and it is obviously something that people have looked at and followed because it was time for an accounting, and the jury clearly found that, Clinton said during a news conference at the Berlin International Film Festival for an upcoming Hulu documentary series about her.

In a major advance for the Me Too movement, a jury in New York on Monday convicted Weinstein of criminal sexual assault and third-degree rape. The disgraced Hollywood mogul was acquitted of two counts of predatory sexual assault.

At the height of his power, Weinstein was a sought-after Democratic donor and fundraiser, contributing to and rallying Hollywoods elite around candidates, including Clinton during her two presidential campaigns. He also publicly supported progressive and feminist causes , which he touted in a statement apologizing for his behavior following 2017 reporting in The New Yorker and The New York Times chronicling his sexual predation.

Clinton said at the time she was shocked and appalled by the revelations, and would give away political contributions she received from Weinstein to charity.