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Inside Hillary’s $675K worth of Goldman speaking fees

WASHINGTON — Hillary Clinton — who now claims she took what Goldman Sachs was willing to offer to give three speeches — had a price list for just about everyone else.

She charged the University of California $300,000 in March 2014. When the school asked for a discount, her team at the Harry Walker Agency balked, saying that was the “special university rate.”

The University of Nevada had to shell out $225,000 to get Clinton in June 2014, causing a ruckus at the school in the face of rising tuition.

The State University of New York at Buffalo lined up Clinton in October 2013 for $275,000 and had to agree to a long list of demands that included approval of a moderator, stage set and limits on the number of photos.

But during a New Hampshire town hall Wednesday night, Clinton claimed she took whatever Goldman Sachs was willing to pay.

“That’s what they offered,” she said of the $675,000 she received for three speeches.

One source with knowledge of Clinton’s speaking fees said it’s disingenuous for the Democratic front-runner to assert she took whatever clients wanted to pay, since hiring her was a big deal involving big bucks.

Rival Bernie Sanders has been hitting Clinton hard for financial ties to Goldman and Wall Street as evidence she’s beholden to them.

“Anybody who knows me, who thinks that they can influence me, name anything they’ve influenced me on,” Clinton challenged at the town hall forum. “Just name one thing.”

Clinton said she hit the speaking circuit because it’s common practice for former secretaries of state and “I wasn’t committed to running [for president]. I didn’t know whether I would or not.”

Just about everyone else, though, considered her a prime presidential contender after she left the State Department.

Clinton’s Goldman Sachs speeches were contracted and negotiated by the Harry Walker Agency, and her Goldman payments ($225,000 a speech) were on par with her typical speaking fees.

A spokesman for the financial giant said Clinton spoke to the firm’s clients at conferences on topics that ranged from women in finance to entrepreneurship.

“We host hundreds of conferences around the world for our clients as do so many other companies,” spokesman Andrew Williams said in a statement.

“Businesses want speakers that will interest the attendees of their conferences.”

In New Hampshire Thursday night, Sanders suggested Goldman used the speech fees to win influential friends.

“Goldman Sachs makes huge amounts of campaign contributions and provides speakers fees to help people, you know, work with them,” Sanders said.