{"id":28985,"date":"2016-08-10T11:49:32","date_gmt":"2016-08-10T15:49:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=28985"},"modified":"2016-08-10T11:49:32","modified_gmt":"2016-08-10T15:49:32","slug":"anatomy-of-a-scandal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=28985","title":{"rendered":"Anatomy Of A Scandal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/politics\/articles\/2016-08-09\/e-mails-by-clinton-aides-show-state-department-foundation-links\" target=\"_blank\">Bloomberg.com<\/a> posted a story yesterday about more private Clinton emails that we won&#8217;t get to see until after the election. However, some of the emails of Mrs. Clinton&#8217;s staff have made their way into the public eye, and they are very revealing.<\/p>\n<p>Bloomberg reports:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Newly released e-mails from a top aide to Hillary Clinton show evidence of contacts between Clinton\u2019s <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"United States Department of State\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?ll=38.8941666667,-77.0483333333&amp;spn=0.01,0.01&amp;q=38.8941666667,-77.0483333333 (United%20States%20Department%20of%20State)&amp;t=h\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"geolocation\">State Department<\/a> and donors to her family foundation and political campaigns.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>The e-mails released Tuesday by the conservative group <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Judicial Watch\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Judicial_Watch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">Judicial Watch<\/a> included a 2009 exchange in which <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Doug Band\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Doug_Band\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">Doug Band<\/a>, a senior staff member at the <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Clinton Foundation\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Clinton_Foundation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">Clinton Foundation<\/a>, told a top Clinton aide at the State Department that it was \u201cimportant to take care of\u201d an individual, whose name was redacted.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Huma Abedin\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Huma_Abedin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">Huma Abedin<\/a>, the State Department aide, replied that \u201cpersonnel has been sending him options.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>&#8230;In another 2009 exchange released Tuesday, Band asked Abedin and <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Cheryl Mills\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cheryl_Mills\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">Cheryl Mills<\/a>, Clinton\u2019s chief of staff, to put Lebanese-Nigerian billionaire Gilbert Chagoury in touch with a State Department &#8220;substance person&#8221; on Lebanon. The Chagoury Group co-founder has given between $1 million and $5 million to the Clinton Foundation, according to a list of donors posted online.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>&#8230;Judicial Watch said it has now found 171 messages that weren\u2019t included in the 30,000 e-mails Clinton turned over to the State Department. <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Director_of_the_Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">FBI Director<\/a> <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"James B. Comey\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/James_B._Comey\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">James Comey<\/a> has said that his agency found \u201cseveral thousand\u201d work-related e-mails that weren\u2019t turned over by Clinton\u2019s lawyers. Clinton has told the State Department she believes she submitted all work-related e-mails she had in her possession, the department\u2019s Trudeau said in a statement.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Under President Obama (and under President Clinton, if she is elected) there is one set of rules for the politically connected and another set of rules for the rest of us. This story should disturb all of us, regardless of our political inclinations. It is no wonder that the rest of Mrs. Clinton&#8217;s emails will not be released until after the election. At that point, &#8220;What difference does it make?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bloomberg.com posted a story yesterday about more private Clinton emails that we won&#8217;t get to see until after the election. 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