Rand Paul on Clinton Book: ‘People Are Going To Be Blown Away’
Rand Paul On Clinton Book: "I Promised Not To Reveal All The Details... But People Are Going To Be Blown Away" (RealClearPolitics)
HANNITY: "Let me go to The New York Times writing about Peter Schweizer's book, claiming that you have been briefed on it specifically. And they say that foreign entities made payments to the Clinton Foundation and through Mr. Clinton, through high speaking fees, and they received favors from Mrs. Clinton's State Department in return. In other words, we see a pattern of financial transactions involving the Clintons that occurred contemporaneous with favorable U.S. policy decisions benefiting those providing the funds. Your reaction to that? That is the definition of pay to play, quid pro quo, is it not? Buying access?"
PAUL: “I’ve been briefed by Peter Schweizer on this book, and the facts are going to be alarming, they’re going to be mind-boggling, and I think people are going to read this book and say: My Goodness, this is happening in America? How could this happen in America? It is detail after detail after detail — I promised not to reveal all the details because it is not my book, but I think people are going to be blown away by the details in this book, and how they link the Clintons into this enormous exchange of money from foreign countries, from donors, from companies, and it is all swirling around, and I don’t think it would happen if you didn’t have somebody who was a Secretary of State and a former president, and they seem to be capitalizing on their service in government. It sure doesn’t remind me of Harry Truman at all, it reminds me of people using the system to enrich themselves. I think it looks unseemly and I think a lot of Americans are going to agree with me.”
HANNITY: “The New York Times mentioned three specific transactions. One, a Columbia free trade agreement that benefited a major donor to the Foundation. The second case, development of projects in the aftermath of the Haitian earthquake. And the third one is $1 million payments to Mr. Clinton by a Canadian bank who is a major stakeholder in the Keystone XL Pipeline. Do you think as you read these allegations, and whatever you have been briefed on, that there is a possibility that laws may have been broken, sir?”
PAUL: “I think there's going to be some real questions because there are certain transactions that the secretary of state does oversee and I'm not going to be able to get into the details tonight until the book comes out. All I can say is that the secretary of state has to oversee some transactions and the real question is, was there money that influenced these transactions directly or indirectly? Is there the appearance of impropriety, at the very least, and that's what voters have to look at and wonder can we trust somebody to be the president of the United States who is involved with so much money changing hands from foreign countries, foreign entities. And even then they say they are not going to take it from foreign countries anymore, but they are still going to take it from wealthy people who live in the foreign countries. So it's hard to separate people out in some of these countries."
