Donald Trump's running mate Mike Pence said on Fox News Sunday that an investigation should be started to look into the overlap between the Clinton Foundation and Hillary Clinton's State Department.
Newly released emails showed favors being done for Foundation donors while Clinton was secretary of state, but her campaign has said that allegations of pay-for-play and conflicts of interest are "absurd."
"The new emails made public just in the last week seem to make a direct connection between favors done by State Department officials and major foreign donors to the Clinton Foundation," Pence said. "The American people have a right to know."
Fox's Chris Wallace asked Pence if he thought that Clinton was involved in a pay-for-play arrangement as Secretary of State.
Pence said that it looks that way.
"I think people of this country are tired of the pay-to-play politics in Washington, D.C.," he said. "I promise you, when Donald trump and I arrive at the White House, we're going to bring all of that to an end."
Wallace then asked if he had proof that actions actually took place as a result of the big donations going towards the foundation.
He said that these are very serious allegations, especially since now there is documented evidence of chains between foreign donors, the Clinton Foundation, and the State Department. He also noted some at FBI thought that there should be an investigation into this, but the Department of Justice stopped it.
Pence continued by saying these scandals are the reasons why the American public has an entrenched opinion of not trusting the Democratic nominee.
"It's one of the reasons why the American people have a fixed opinion about Hillary Clinton and her trustworthiness and why we so much need to elect Donald Trump as the next president of the United States," he said.