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Why do you think they made this giant donation? whats the possible explanation? >> reporter: buying access, you know, trying to buy the idea that they will not be condemned for human rights violations. look, im so old i remember when it used to be a bad thing in a republican primary to have any connection with sit co and venezuela state-run operations because we all recognize them as corrupt oppressive dictators. frankly i wish president trump and his team would take that money and donate it to ...

There has never been one, by the way. so you have 200 diplomats based in washington, and the inauguration has always been typically american. so access to these events is limited just to the inaugural event itself for foreign diplomats. so this president, who has not had access to the foreign community, said, you know, i want to do something to create a tribute to them, to allow them to see my first fingerprints on a global canvas of diplomacy. and so that first dinner is really for them. its 16...

Disturbing to a the love us about hillary clinton. not only did she sell access but she was in charge of improving very important things to the national security. li not only is this a conflicted interest. this should be investigated as really whether or not she broke laws and whether or not bill clinton broke laws in accepting money. were talking about millions of dollars. he got, i think, $750,000 from the bank that was brokering the deal to sell the iranian country tt russians. i think this n...

Say im donald trump and therefore so my concern is hell grab up that power and treat the country as his bully. that could be a real problem, particularly when were not sure what is his philosophy. he said to "the wall street journal". i give politicians money so they do what the hell i tell them to do. that concerns me. thats what i dont like, politicians are bought and sold. many conservatives are upset with hillary clinton because she appears to sell access. my concern is a businessman like do...

Her title is special adviser to the president. shelves a liason between the white house and congress. and last friday night, she called actually a capitol hill police officer. he came over and they fought about another woman he was dating. when he went out to his car, apparently, she was able get not just his cell phones, two cell phones, but his service revolver t. gun he carries as a capitol hill police officer and she wanted the passwords to his phone. when he refused, they went back into the...

Judgment. and it shows terrible judgment. now it is being investigated by the fbi. being investigated by the department of justice. and she puts a lot of people at risk shelf puts people at risk by having her schedule out there on the e-mail server but also the lives at risk for the people commissioned to protect her. i think this goes to the heart of the matter whether or not she would be a good commander in chief. whether or not we want to give her that responsibility. i think it goes to bate ...

Judgment. and it shows terrible judgment. now it is being investigated by the fbi. being investigated by the department of justice. and she puts a lot of people at risk shelf puts people at risk by having her schedule out there on the e-mail server but also the lives at risk for the people commissioned to protect her. i think this goes to the heart of the matter whether or not she would be a good commander in chief. whether or not we want to give her that responsibility. i think it goes to bate ...

We have co-equal branches. one of my concerns and the concerns of tea party is that the xeg i have the branch has grown too strong. and i say we need to give power back to the legislature and back to the people respectively. and my concern is that he would grab up that power and really treat the country as sort of his little bully fifedom. and that i think could be a real problem when were not sure, what is his philosophy? emto the "wall street journal." i give politicians money so theyll do wha...

Disturbing to a the love us about hillary clinton. not only did she sell access but she was in charge of improving very important things to the national security. li not only is this a conflicted interest. this should be investigated as really whether or not she broke laws and whether or not bill clinton broke laws in accepting money. were talking about millions of dollars. he got, i think, $750,000 from the bank that was brokering the deal to sell the iranian country tt russians. i think this n...

So. my concern is he would grab up that power and really treat the country as sort of his bully fifedom. i think that cob a problem particularly when what is his philosophy? he said to the "wall street journal," he said, i give politicians money so theyll do what the hell i tell them to do. >> that kind of concerns me. thats what i dont like about washington t. politicians are bought and sold. you know, hillary clinton, many of us conservatives are upset with hillary clinton, she sells access, a...