Add the voice of U.S. Senator David Perdue of Georgia to those Republicans calling for a special prosecutor to investigate Democratic Presidential Candidate Hillary Clinton.
The outcry follows the release of an AP review of State Department calendars that found that a large proportion of non-government employees who met with Clinton while she was secretary of state gave money to the Clinton Foundation.
"Actions speak louder than words, and this is just another example of Hillary Clinton’s questionable ethics and integrity," Perdue said in a prepared statement.
"Whether you are the Secretary of State, or want to be the Commander-in-Chief, pay-to-play politics is wrong. If then-Secretary Clinton potentially prioritized her time based on dollar signs instead of foreign policy goals that should be thoroughly examined. Any responsible leader would have avoided this situation all together instead of charging their friends for special treatment and access to the State Department. People are struggling to make it from payday to payday and our country is in a national debt crisis. These are the real issues facing our country, and the American people deserve better than career politicians who put their personal profits ahead of our national interests."
The AP report said at least 85 of 154 people from private interests who met or had phone conversations scheduled with Clinton donated to her family charity or pledged commitments to its international programs. The donations totaled $156 million.
The Clinton campaign has called the report flawed and distorted.
