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April 27, 2015

Gov. Asa Hutchinson (R-Ark.) on Sunday urged Republicans to exercise caution when referencing a controversial new book detailing Hillary Clinton’s financial dealings.

“Republicans need to be careful not to overstate the case,” Hutchinson said of author Peter Schweizer’s “Clinton Cash.”

“There’s no evidence of quid pro quo,” he told host Chuck Todd on NBC’s “Meet the Press.”

“There is evidence of mistakes,” Hutchinson added of Clinton’s fiscal decisions.

Hutchinson on Sunday argued the expose was unlikely to sway partisan voters. Its true impact, he charged, would impact centrists within the American electorate.

“It doesn’t impact her base or the Republican base,” Hutchinson said of the book’s accusations.

“It impacts the voters in the middle,” he said.

“Everything about the Clintons is complicated,” the governor concluded.

Peter Schweizer’s book alleges that the Clinton Foundation accepted donations from foreign entities. In exchange, it claims they received political favors from the State Department during Clinton’s tenure as secretary there.

The Clinton Foundation on Thursday announced it would redo multiple tax returns and audit others in response to Schweizer’s claims.

The Clinton campaign has rebuked the author as a conservative operative spreading political smears. Schweizer formerly wrote speeches for President George W. Bush.

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), a 2016 GOP presidential candidate, urged the Clinton Foundation on Thursday to return all of its questionable donations cash donations.