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riversedge

(70,195 posts)
Mon Aug 24, 2015, 10:48 AM Aug 2015

Lawyer for Huma Abedin, a Hillary Clinton Aide, Strikes Back at Accuser-Sen. Chuck Grassley

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It never ends!



Lawyer for Huma Abedin, a Hillary Clinton Aide, Strikes Back at Accuser




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Hillary Rodham Clinton with her longtime aide Huma Abedin at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines this month.Credit Eric Thayer for The New York Times

A lawyer for Huma Abedin, a top adviser to Hillary Rodham Clinton, has accused Charles E. Grassley, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, of damaging Ms. Abedin’s reputation through “unfounded allegations” about her time at the State Department.

Here is a link (honestly do not know if correct one as there are several when I searched for it)


http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2015/08/24/lawyer-for-huma-abedin-a-hillary-clinton-aide-strikes-back-at-accuser/?_r=0
......Mr. Rodriguez, in his letter, alluded to a recent report that Mr. Grassley had received information from a confidential source about an internal investigation into Ms. Abedin that was completed in May by the State Department inspector general.

“We are deeply concerned that Chairman Grassley’s letter has unfairly tarnished Ms. Abedin’s reputation by making unsubstantiated allegations that appear to flow from misinformation that Chairman Grassley has been provided by an unnamed — and apparently unreliable — source,” Mr. Rodriguez wrote. Those allegations, he wrote, included the “suggestion that Ms. Abedin has violated any criminal statute.”

He also noted Mr. Grassley’s assertion..............

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Lawyer for Huma Abedin, a Hillary Clinton Aide, Strikes Back at Accuser-Sen. Chuck Grassley (Original Post) riversedge Aug 2015 OP
I think she's Mrs. Anthony Weiner. n/t CincyDem Aug 2015 #1
It would be more he is Mr Huma Abedin, she is the smart good person, his win. Thinkingabout Aug 2015 #4
agree. like most of us guys, he sure married up. CincyDem Aug 2015 #6
Do you have a link? It appears Grassley has said/done something... Frustratedlady Aug 2015 #2
Could Larry Klayman (Judicial Watch) be the Senate whisperer? nt DURHAM D Aug 2015 #3
oops. sorry--here is the link riversedge Aug 2015 #7
link please.... BooScout Aug 2015 #5
soory just got off work--here it is riversedge Aug 2015 #8
Thank you!.... BooScout Aug 2015 #9

Frustratedlady

(16,254 posts)
2. Do you have a link? It appears Grassley has said/done something...
Mon Aug 24, 2015, 11:05 AM
Aug 2015

I rarely see his name any more and figured he was reclining in his rocking chair and waiting for his huge retirement package to kick in...or, in other words, staying out of any controversial situations that might require work.

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