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>> you think buying influence is okay? >> i don't think it's buying influence. >> should it be against the law, then? >> i think it probably shouldn't have been done and may well violate the understanding. i hope it's legislated out of existence going forward. >> if she had a high ethical standard she wouldn't do it? >> i think it was -- >> if she had high ethical standard -- come on let's not split hairs. >> they should not have taken it. >> coming up senator rick santorum announced he is running for president earlier today. he's going to join us for a "hannity" exclusive straight ahead. when...

They've come by their socialism honestly. and what is at issue here is the corruption and entitlement. and at some point, we have a ridiculous situation, whether clinton foundation has no other partners -- if you give 1 million to the clinton foundation because you're worried, like chelsea clinton said about diarrhea in africa $60,000 of it goes to diarrhea in africa and $940,000 of it gets sluiced off en route to keep the big clinton machine running. she said $30 million in speeches. and this is a woman, she's not a sparkling performer, like you were in chicago when we were at some event a ye...

Diarrhea in africa and $940,000 of it gets put toward keeping the clinton machine running. she's not a sparkling performer like you, it's like putting your wave machine on stage. no one is paying for the quality of her speeches. they're buying access and they're buying influence. >> let's go the tense exchange over releasing the e-mails, and this is what she said today. >> i have said repeatedly i want those e-mails out. nobody has a bigger interest in getting them released than i do. i respect the state department they have their process that they do for everybody, not just for me. but anythi...

They gave 70 lashes for a rape victim for being in a car with a man who was not her husband while she was being raped. that is so unconscionable, that hillary clinton should return that money. the thing is why would a country that lives with stone age barbarism like that why would they give money to hillary clinton, or to the clinton foundation unless they were buying influence. why would they give it if hillary clinton is supporting opposite policies. the thing is that there are a lot of unsavory characters. when they hand out money, i think by the millions, you have to wonder why hillary cli...

Influence functions in the world of politics and campaigns? >> absolutely. while this is not a new occurrence, this is not breaking news, it has gotten significantly worse. especially when you look at the mccutcheon, the supreme court decision that basically made buying influence a constitutional right. so when you look at that and you look at all of these other supreme court decisions that proceeded it, and then, from my own experience, i literally have had, when i was in the governor's office, i had someone mail a copy of a check that they had written to the governor to say, this is what the...