Band said that it was “important to take care of [redacted]”.
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“Personnel has been sending him options”, Abedin assures him in response.
In the most concerning, Mr. Band pressed Clinton confidantes Huma Abedin and Cheryl D. Mills to connect Gilbert Chagoury, a major Clinton Foundation donor, with a senior State Department official.
Abedin responded: “It’s jeff feltman”, referring to Jeffrey Feltman, who was the US ambassador to Lebanon at the time.
New emails released from Hillary Clinton’s time as secretary of state have revealed a dubious relationship between donors of her charitable Clinton Foundation and the State Department.
He also pledged Dollars 1 billion to the Clinton Global Initiative. He cut a deal and agreed to repay US$66 million to the Nigerian government.
Banks informed the field offices about suspicious activity concerning the Clinton Foundation and the Federal Bureau of Investigation sought to probe conflicts of interest arising out of foreign donations, according to the documents, which carry 296 pages of emails from the Democratic presidential nominee, released by Judicial Watch. ‘I’m sure he know him. When asked about a specific email chain, she answered repeatedly, “I can’t speak to that”.
But the outrage over this and many other recent Trump statements is unlikely to dissipate any time soon. nor are Republican efforts to topple Clinton with State Department emails. Feltman said he never connected with the billionaire donor to the foundation.
Judicial Watch said it has now found 171 messages that weren’t included in the 30,000 e-mails Clinton turned over to the State Department. Should Ms. Clinton win in November, she will bring to the Oval Office a web of connections and potential conflicts of interest, developed over decades in private, public and, in the case of her family’s philanthropic work, quasi-public activities.
Gov. Mike Pence is on the attack, going after Hillary Clinton on the campaign trail and in an exclusive interview with Fox News Sunday’s Chris Wallace.
Mills left the board of the Clinton Foundation when Clinton became secretary of state to serve as her chief of staff.
Of course, Clinton’s campaign claims that Band was acting at Bill Clinton’s assistant, not as a Foundation executive.
Clinton spokesman Josh Schwerin called Trump’s comments “a classic Trump playbook move”.
Neither Clinton nor the foundation appears to have done anything wrong, Capuano said today, noting the State Department does not appear to have acted on the requests from the foundation.
The scrutiny of Clinton’s private email server while at the State Department has fueled public distrust of her and plagued her presidential bid.
As for Clinton’s presidential campaign, they insist that there’s nothing to see here, folks.
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When asked about the appointment of Rajiv Fernando, a Clinton Foundation donor, to an global intelligence advisory board, McCaskill said, “I’m not sure that was a good idea”.
