Republican frontrunner Donald Trump said on Sunday that he will not allow big donors to influence him.
He said he’s not interested in any campaign donations given with the expectation of favors in return.
According to The Hill:
“I don’t want lobbyists, I don’t want special interests,” he told host John Dickerson on CBS’s “Face the Nation.”
“I don’t want any strings attached,” Trump said. “I turned down $5 million last week from a very important lobbyist because there are total strings attached to a thing like that.”
“He’s going to come to me in a year or two years,” he added. “And he’s going to want something for a country that he represents or a company that he represents. That’s the kind of money I won’t take.”
Later in the interview Trump spoke on laws regarding hedge funds, saying he would change it.
“The hedge fund guys are getting away with murder,” Trump said. “It’s the wrong thing. They’re making a tremendous amount of money. They have to pay tax.”
Trump has repeatedly said that he is separate from establishment politics because of his wealth, and previously pointed figures at both Hillary Clinton and Jeb Bush for bowing to special interests and wealthy donors, not unlike himself in previous election cycles.