--- 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: 2026-08-19T07:43:32.389Z 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' > Sponsored content. 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