The Real Scandal of Hillary Clinton’s E-Mails … “I was not aware of the proposal that he speak to me until this email exchange was released, but in any case we never spoke,” … In each of the Clinton e-mail releases, the question has been whether improper influence filtered through this circle, in particular from the Clinton Foundation.
In this week’s batch, the headlines came from an exchange between Abedin and Doug Band, a longtime aide to Bill Clinton, who was trying to get a Nigerian billionaire of Lebanese descent named Gilbert Chagoury, a major donor to the Clinton Foundation, access to the State Department. “We need Gilbert chagoury to speak to the substance person re lebanon,” Band wrote to Abedin. “As you know, he’s key guy there and to us and is loved in lebanon. Very imp.”
Abedin replied that the right person was a Lebanon policy expert named Jeffrey Feltman and said, “I’ll talk to Jeff.” The exchange might have ended here, but Band wrote back. “Better if you call him,” he said. “Now preferable. This is very important. He’s awake I’m sure.” Celebrities and power brokers genuflected to Abedin, but Band was sure he could lean on her.
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