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Clinton: 'Why is there one standard for me and not for everybody else?'

Hillary Clinton pushed back on questions over the transcripts of her paid speeches during a televised Democratic town hall Tuesday, asking, “Why is there one standard for me and not for everybody else?”

The former secretary of state has been criticized for her paid speeches, including three for Goldman Sachs that earned her $675,000. During a town hall in Nevada last week, she said she would release transcripts of the speeches “when everybody else does the same.”

Clinton echoed that promise again during CNN's town hall on Tuesday, saying she'd release the speeches “if everybody does it, and that includes the Republicans."

Bernie Sanders weighed in on the transcripts during his appearance on the town hall, which came before Clinton’s.

“I have not had a paid speech; it’s against the law to give paid speeches [if you're a sitting senator]. I have given some speeches. The money was donated,” Sanders told moderator Chris Cuomo. “But what Secretary Clinton said, I will do it if other people will do it. I am happy to release all of my pages to Wall Street. Here it is, Chris — there ain’t none. I don’t do that. I don’t get speakers fees from Goldman Sachs.”

Last week, Sanders spokesman Michael Briggs made a similar vow, releasing a statement that sarcastically promised to release transcripts of the Vermont senator’s Wall Street speeches.

“He will release all of the transcripts of all of his Wall Street speeches. That’s easy. The fact is, there weren’t any. Bernie gave no speeches to Wall Street firms,” Briggs said.