Huma Abedin testimony limited during questioning by lawmakers
“No
matter how you slice it, these [Clinton] people were sucking up
taxpayer money in some inventive ways that would put the average
American in federal prison. It almost appears to be an organized crime
shell-game, but as usual Democrats ask where’s the smoking gun?” noted
former criminal investigator Cheryl Freedman. “Smoking gun or not, I’ve
seen Americans locked up with less evidence than what I’ve seen here,”
she added.
Following
the closed-door questioning of former Secretary of State Hillary
Clinton’s top aide and confidante Huma Abedin by House of
Representatives’ Select Committee on Benghazi, Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-South
Carolina, released a statement.
“The
interview with Ms. Huma Abedin has concluded. She answered all
questions posed by Members and staff, and the Select Committee on
Benghazi greatly appreciates her willingness to take the time to
voluntarily appear before the committee, as well as her service to the
United States over a number of years. The information she provided will
assist the committee in writing its final report,” Rep. Gowdy, a former
prosecutor, stated.
Although
what started as an investigation into the tragic terrorist attack on a
U.S. diplomatic mission that left four Americans dead,
including Clinton’s “friend” U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens, there have
been other issues that came to light. One major subplot to the Benghazi
incident was Hillary Clinton’s email and unauthorized Internet server as
well as the suspicious activity at Bill Clinton’s so-called charity —
the Clinton Foundation — that appears to be a large-scale slush fund for
the Clinton family’s allies to draw paychecks while waiting for Hillary
Clinton’s presidential campaign.
Unfortunately,
thanks to Democratic Party’s lock-stepped stonewalling and
media-generated tactics, Gowdy and his panel have been attacked and
their efforts to getting to the truth labeled a witch hunt by some
reporters and pundits. It’s the replay of what kept her husband Bill
from being ousted and imprisoned.
Meanwhile, an internal investigation by
the Obama State Department discovered information that a top State
Department aide to then Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, disgraced
Democrat Anthony Weiner’s wife Huma Abedin, while working as a
government employment was involved in activities that could be construed
as conflicts of interest.The investigation also discovered evidence of
overpayments by then Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to her alleged
“closest aide.”
In
a previous letter to Secretary of State John Kerry, Sen. Chuck
Grassley, who chairs the Senate Judiciary Committee, stated that a
special probe by the State Department’s inspector general uncovered
possible leveraging of a State Department job by Huma Abedin that
appears to have benefited her other employers while she worked for Mrs.
Clinton. The two paid positions were with the now infamous Clinton
Foundation and a consulting firm called Teneo Strategies that is also
tied to former President Bill Clinton.
The
so-called consulting firm known as Teneo Strategies is run by Douglas
Band who once served as a special adviser to President Bill Clinton.
Part of the Teneo firm’s success has been Band bragging to potential
clients and others that the former president is a paid board member and
has been in that position since 2011, coincidentally while Hillary
Clinton served as Secretary of State.
According
to Grassley’s letter to Kerry, Abedin allegedly sent or received more
than 7,000 emails on her government account that involved Band and his
firm which conducted business overseas with nations that benefited from
having the Secretary of State’s ear. One example of Abedin’s potential
conflicts of interest was an email exchange that was discovered in which
Band pressured Abedin to encourage Hillary Clinton to help one of his
clients secure a White House appointment.
Judith
Rodin, Band’s client, was then president of the Rockefeller Foundation
based in New York City, “which donated hundreds of millions of dollars
to the Clinton Foundation, a fact which Mr. Band allegedly noted in his
email to Ms. Abedin,” the Grassley letter noted. “(The) email evidence
allegedly suggests that Ms. Abedin and Ms. Mills shared a desire to find
a way to ensure the Department paid for Ms. Abedin’s travel to and from
New York,” the Grassley letter states.
Grassley also
questions a payment of more than $30,000 that Ms. Abedin received from
the State Department for leave she hadn’t used. However, there are
questions unanswered about the times she took off from the State
Department but worked for the Clinton Foundation or Teneo Strategies.
The
Iowa Republican pointed out that the Senate Judiciary Committee found
evidence that Abedin had indeed taken leave during her time as a
government employee, and it has led to questions about whether or not
Abedin was entitled to taxpayer money in excess of $30,000, the annual
take-home pay of many police officers not as fortunate to be connected
to the Clintons.
Critics
have accused Hillary Clinton of, once again, bending the rules – in
this case personnel regulations – to allow Huma Abedin to collect her
government paycheck while wielding her influence to the benefit of her
other employers who did business with the State Department.
Grassley
cited Hillary Clinton’s trip to Ireland with Huma Abedin for her last
official appearance as secretary of State. While in Ireland Mrs. Clinton
attended an event hosted by a major Clinton Foundation donor – under
the guise of a charitable contribution – that was being promoted by
Teneo.
“No
matter how you slice it, these [Clinton] people were sucking up
taxpayer money in some inventive ways that would put the average
American in federal prison. It almost appears to be a organized crime
shell-game, but as usual Democrats ask where’s the smoking gun?” noted
former criminal investigator Cheryl Freedman. “Smoking gun or not, I’ve
seen Americans locked up with less evidence than what I’ve seen here,”
she added.
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