While Hillary Clinton’s e-mails dribble out, the FBI continues its investigation surrounding her e-mails and information on “pay for access,” to the secretary of state or the possible next president through Clinton foundation contributions, a new scandal has surfaced.
Clinton personally signed-off on the deal in 2012 that let her top aide, Huma Abedin, simultaneously work for the State Department and a private New York firm, the Teneo Group, with deep ties to the Clinton family.
E-mails revealed that she tried to get the federal government to pay the cost of her commuting back and forth to Washington to serve as Clinton’s senior advisor soon after she began working in New York.
While there is a provision where someone can work as a contractor, a special government employee (SGE), the duties must be different enough from the original job to warrant approval. “MY NEW POSITION IS THE SAME AS MY OLD POSITION,” wrote Abedin in all caps in one of her e-mails to a colleague. Oops!
Of course, this has been labeled, a Witch Hunt.