--- title: Rand Paul Says Clintons 'Think They're Above the Law' description: On the morning of Hillary Clinton's expected 2016 announcement. canonical: https://time.com/3818725/rand-paul-hillary-clinton/ author: NBC News article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-04-12T15:40:46.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T05:04:35.891Z article:section: Politics og:title: Rand Paul Says Clintons 'Think They're Above the Law' og:description: On the morning of Hillary Clinton's expected 2016 announcement og:url: https://time.com/3818725/rand-paul-hillary-clinton/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Rand Paul Says Clintons 'Think They're Above the Law' twitter:description: On the morning of Hillary Clinton's expected 2016 announcement twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Rand Paul Says Clintons 'Think They're Above the Law' by [NBC News](https://time.com/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Apr 12, 2015 3:40 PM UTC by [NBC News](https://time.com/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Apr 12, 2015 3:40 PM UTC Republican presidential candidate Rand Paul says that the Clintons “think they’re above the law” and that there is “a grand hypocrisy” to Hillary Clinton’s acceptance of donations from countries with poor records on women’s rights. “I think the thing is about the Clintons is that there’s a certain sense that they think they’re above the law,” he said in an interview with NBC’s Chuck Todd on “Meet the Press.” Paul argued that Clinton is wrong to say that Republicans are waging a “war on women” even as the Clinton Foundation receives funding from Saudi Arabia. [Read the rest of the story from our partners at NBC News](http://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/rand-paul-slams-hillary-clintons-grand-hypocrisy-n340096) ### Photos: On the Road with Rand Paul  Senator Rand Paul talks to voters at the Horry County Republican Party in Myrtle Beach, S.C. on Sept. 30th, 2014. Charles Ommanney for TIME  Senator Rand Paul talks with students at the University of South Carolina in Columbia, S.C. on Sept. 30th, 2014. Charles Ommanney for TIME  Senator Rand Paul's boots are seen as he talks with students at the University of South Carolina in Columbia, S.C. on Sept. 30th, 2014. Charles Ommanney for TIME  Senator Rand Paul bows his head in prayer before talking to voters at the Horry County Republican Party in Myrtle Beach, S.C. on Sept. 30th, 2014. Charles Ommanney for TIME  Senator Rand Paul and GOP Senatorial candidate Thom Tillis meet with diners at Big Ed's restaurant in Raleigh, N.C. on Oct. 1st, 2014. Charles Ommanney for TIME  Senator Rand Paul attends a BBQ event at the Donnelly Barn in Bowling Green, Ky. on Oct. 12th, 2014. Charles Ommanney for TIME  In a back tent, Senator Paul manages to have five minutes alone to go over his speech at the Donnelly Barn in Bowling Green, Ky. on Oct. 12, 2014. Charles Ommanney for TIME  Senator Rand Paul and Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell attend a BBQ event at the Donnelly Barn in Bowling Green, Ky. on Oct. 12th, 2014. Charles Ommanney for TIME  Senator Rand Paul speaks at a BBQ event at the Donnelly Barn in Bowling Green, Ky. on Oct. 12th, 2014. Charles Ommanney for TIME  The BBQ event's band at the Donnelly Barn in Bowling Green, Ky. on Oct. 12, 2014. 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